Volume 297 - XXV International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects (DIS2017) - WG7 Future of DIS
Physics case of the very high energy electron–proton collider, VHEeP
A.C. Caldwell, F. Keeble, E. Simpson Dore, M. Wing*
*corresponding author
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Pre-published on: 2017 October 22
Published on: 2018 January 16
Abstract
The possibility of a very high energy electron-proton (VHEeP) collider with a centre-of-mass energy of 9 TeV has been presented at previous workshops. These proceedings briefly summarise the VHEeP concept, which was recently published, and developments since then, as well as future directions. At the VHEeP collider, with a centre-of-mass energy 30 times greater than HERA, parton momentum fractions, $x$, down to about $10^{-8}$ are accessible for photon virtualities, $Q^2$, of 1 GeV$^2$. This extension in the kinematic range to low $x$ complements proposals for other electron-proton or electron-ion colliders.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.297.0083
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