Conversion efficiency and luminosity for gamma-proton colliders based on the LHC-CLIC or LHC-ILC QCD Explorer scheme

TL;DR

This paper evaluates the potential luminosity and conversion efficiency of gamma-proton colliders based on LHC-CLIC or LHC-ILC schemes, enabling advanced QCD research at high energies.

Contribution

It provides detailed analysis of gamma-proton collider luminosity and laser requirements for high conversion efficiency in LHC-based schemes.

Findings

Luminosity estimates for ILC×LHC and CLIC×LHC gamma-proton colliders.

Laser property requirements for optimal conversion efficiency.

Potential to explore low x and high Q^2 regions in QCD.

Abstract

Gamma-proton collisions allow unprecedented investigations of the low x and high $Q^{2}$ regions in quantum chromodynamics. In this paper, we investigate the luminosity for "ILC"$\times$LHC ($\sqrt{s_{ep}}=1.3$ TeV) and "CLIC"$\times$LHC ($\sqrt{s_{ep}}=1.45$ TeV) based $\gamma p$ colliders. Also we determine the laser properties required for high conversion efficiency.