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Title The ghost collider: an innovative Higgs factory
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Abstract The Ghost Collider is an innovative proposal for a 550 GeV centre-of-mass, 275 GeV per beam linear collider with four interaction regions, each with the design luminosity. The primary innovation is the use of “ghost bunches” containing equal numbers of electrons and positrons so they are electrically neutral. In the linacs, energy is transferred between electrons and positrons in the same bunch, decelerating one type of particle and using the energy to accelerate the other: a new class of Energy Recovery Linac. At the interaction points, collisions between two neutral ghost bunches occurs with weakened electromagnetic interaction such as the beam-beam effect or disruption, ensuring that the particles and their energy can be recycled with minimal loss. Four “serial IPs” are incorporated, where chromatic errors produced in one IP are cancelled in the following IP. The neutral beam instability at the IP is also addressed. All interaction points have the nominal luminosity per IP of 2.8 x 10^34 cm-2 s-1 for a facility luminosity of 1.1 x 10^35 cm-2s-1 @ 100 MW electrical power for the RF systems. The result is a totally original concept for an electron-positron collider.
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Paper In Conference Proceedings In 17th International Partical Accelerator Conference (IPAC 26), Deauville, France, 17-22 May 2026, (2026). MOO1T02.pdf 2026