[en] The lattice for the rings of the Superconducting Super Collider is divided into arcs, a FODO array of superconducting quadrupoles and dipoles; interaction regions, places where the beams are focused and brought into collision within physics detectors; and utility sections, places where injection, acceleration, abort, halo-scraping, and other control and diagnostic functions are performed. Recent modifications to the utility region design are reported here. Briefly these include lowering injection β-maxima by 40%; reducing the lengths and varieties of superconducting quadrupoles; improving conditions for injection matching; increasing abort admittance; mitigating component interferences; and identifying places for dampers and other beam instrumentation

[en] To summarize, the budget climate in the United States, while chaotic, may present an opportunity for all science, not just the SSC, to establish itself as a high priority in federal funding. Success in finding funds for science and the SSC depends on explaining to the tax-paying public and their representatives the long-term implications and promise of basic science, particularly of high-energy physics

[en] This article is a review of the industry comments following Congressional action that cancelled the Superconducting Super Collider. Aside from the direct damage to future high energy physics research, the loss of this project will have a major adverse effect on the development of superconducting technology

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[en] The Reference Designs Study (RDS) of the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) came to a conclusion in May 1984. During the course of the study, the design team had shown the feasibility of designing and constructing an SSC. An important element in the overall project concerned the physical plant for the new research laboratory. About 1/3 of the approximately $3 billion cost estimate was devoted to the construction of the tunnels, buildings and conventional facilities for the project. The SSC is planned to be constructed in less than six years following the development phase, currently, estimated to end in October 1987. This paper will briefly review the civil systems that were developed during the course of the RDS. The technical features of the SSC led to a consideration of the siting needs and criteria. The criteria that have been suggested to DOE will be briefly described. Finally, the study and design work to be undertaken in the next couple years is outlined including a brief exploration of issues and problems

[en] High energy physics (HEP) research at the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory (SSCL) is a highly collaborative affair. Scientists participating in SSC research come from a worldwide distribution of institutions. The Solenoid Detector Collaboration (SDC) currently has more than 1100 members from 20 countries. Likewise, the Gamma, Electron, Muon (GEM) collaboration members number more than 1000 from 17 countries. Roughly half of the collaborators on these experiments are from outside the US Communications, in general, and data transmission, in particular, are crucial to the success of the collaborations and to the ultimate success of the SSC. The bulk of data transmission to and from the Laboratory is over the Energy Science NETwork (ESNET). The purpose of this document is to describe the anticipated network capacity needed to provide adequate communication among these widespread collaborations

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[en] The SSC cryogenic system consists of 12 sectors--ten in the collider and two in the HEB. Each sector, in turn, consists of a surface refrigerator system (SRS) and a tunnel refrigerator system (SRT), interfacing at a surface distribution box, where a cryogenic transfer line connects them. Proposals for the sector refrigerator surface system (SRS) are presently in review for vendor selection. This paper reviews the requirements and status of the SRT subsystems--cold compressor; transfer lines; distribution box; nitrogen pump box, dump tanks, and subcooler box; and auxiliary end box

[en] Survey errors in the global alignment of the SSC can affect its performance. These errors can result in an uncertainty in the circumference of the Collider, and this can produce a mismatch in the transfer of bunches from the HEB to the SSC. An uncertainty in the half-circumference of the Collider will reduce the luminosity. To estimate this effect, an expression is given for the luminosity as a function of crossing angle and half-circumference difference. In addition, estimates are given for closed orbit distortion, vertical dispersion, and tune shift, resulting from circumferential errors. Suggestions are made for correcting the effects resulting from global survey errors

[en] This report contains notes generated during the workshop