- Baer, Howard;
- Barklow, Tim;
- Fujii, Keisuke;
- Gao, Yuanning;
- Hoang, Andre;
- Kanemura, Shinya;
- List, Jenny;
- Logan, Heather E;
- Nomerotski, Andrei;
- Perelstein, Maxim;
- Peskin, Michael E;
- Pöschl, Roman;
- Reuter, Jürgen;
- Riemann, Sabine;
- Savoy-Navarro, Aurore;
- Servant, Geraldine;
- Tait, Tim MP;
- Yu, Jaehoon
The International Linear Collider Technical Design Report (TDR) describes in
four volumes the physics case and the design of a 500 GeV centre-of-mass energy
linear electron-positron collider based on superconducting radio-frequency
technology using Niobium cavities as the accelerating structures. The
accelerator can be extended to 1 TeV and also run as a Higgs factory at around
250 GeV and on the Z0 pole. A comprehensive value estimate of the accelerator
is give, together with associated uncertainties. It is shown that no
significant technical issues remain to be solved. Once a site is selected and
the necessary site-dependent engineering is carried out, construction can begin
immediately. The TDR also gives baseline documentation for two high-performance
detectors that can share the ILC luminosity by being moved into and out of the
beam line in a "push-pull" configuration. These detectors, ILD and SiD, are
described in detail. They form the basis for a world-class experimental
programme that promises to increase significantly our understanding of the
fundamental processes that govern the evolution of the Universe.