High energy e+e- collider at Cornell using superconducting RF cavities

A design study is under way at Cornell for an e+e- colliding ring of sufficient energy to observe and study the Z0 - the neutral intermediate boson - and with sufficient luminosity to study in detail the weak interaction as well as rare decay modes of the various heavy particles produced at the Z0. This design study has not yet reached the status of a formal proposal for funds. The design depends crucially on the successful development of superconducting RF cavities. For the present, major effort is put into the design and development of prototype superconducting RF cavities capable of being used in a high energy electron storage-ring