String Derived Z$^\prime$ Model at an Upgraded Superconducting Super Collider

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of an Upgraded Superconducting Super Collider (USSC) to bridge the gap between current and future high-energy colliders, focusing on testing the Standard Model and analyzing a string-derived Z' model at NNLO in QCD.

Contribution

It proposes the concept of an USSC with 25-30 TeV energy, highlighting its role in advancing collider physics and providing a detailed NNLO QCD analysis of a Z' model.

Findings

USSC could operate at 25-30 TeV, filling the gap before future colliders.

Analysis of invariant mass distribution at NNLO in QCD for a 5 TeV Z' model.

USSC can test Standard Model sectors with improved energy reach.

Abstract

The future of collider physics is under investigation. With the High Luminosity LHC program lasting until the late 2030s, the next machine in the energy frontier is envisioned to appear in 30--40 years, which may be too far into the future to sustain the field. In this paper we explore the physics potential of an Upgraded Superconducting Super Collider (USSC). The Original Superconducting Super Collider (OSSC) was planned to operate at 20TeV beam energy, and with improved magnet technology and/or longer tunnel, one may envision that it can be extended to 25--30TeV beam energy. Given that the decision on the OSSC construction took place in Autumn 1988 and it was planned to start operation in the 1996-1999 period, an USSC can be constructed 10--15 years from decision and fill the gap between the end of HL--LHC and the future envisioned machines. While the main mission of the USSC will be to test the Standard Model and its electroweak and strongly interacting sectors, as a specific example we illustrate the invariant mass distribution at NNLO in QCD for a 5 TeV $Z^\prime$ in the string derived $Z^\prime$ model.