Speaker
Description
Abstract: The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is a proposed
high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider at the energy
frontier, designed to be built near CERN, Geneva. To maximize the
physics potential of CLIC a staged approach is adopted with three
distinct energy stages currently assumed to be 380 GeV, 1.5 TeV and 3
TeV. The initial energy stage is optimized for the precise measurement
of Higgs boson properties, as well as precision top quark physics. With
precisions beyond the HL-LHC reach, this programme further provides very
competitive constraints on models describing physics beyond the Standard
Model. The higher energy stages of CLIC will focus on measurements of
rare Higgs-boson processes, as well as direct and indirect searches for
new physics, and precision measurements of possible new particles. This
talk will present the current status of the project, including detector
R&D activities, and present full simulation results of the foreseen
physics programme.