High Energy Hadron Colliders - Report of the Snowmass 2013 Frontier Capabilities Hadron Collider Study Group

TL;DR

This report reviews the development, technological challenges, and future prospects of high energy hadron colliders, including upgrades to existing colliders and proposals for new 100 TeV machines, guiding future research directions.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of future hadron collider projects, technological challenges, and strategic recommendations for advancing collider research and technology.

Findings

Assessment of high luminosity LHC upgrade prospects

Analysis of technological challenges for 100 TeV collider

Recommendations for future collider R&D and development

Abstract

High energy hadron colliders have been the tools for discovery at the highest mass scales of the energy frontier from the SppS, to the Tevatron and now the LHC. This report reviews future hadron collider projects from the high luminosity LHC upgrade to a 100 TeV hadron collider in a large tunnel, the underlying technology challenges and R&D directions and presents a series of recommendations for the future development of hadron collider research and technology.