RF Frontiers for Particle Physics, the US View

Abstract

In this talk I provide an update on the RF research for future colliders in the U.S., through the prism of Snowmass and P5 report. During Snowmass, we considered various applications of RF technology to the proposed future colliders and other accelerator- and non-accelerator-based experiments. P5 narrowed down the choices of future machines. The colliders include circular and linear $e^+ e^-$ Higgs factories, and longer-term options such as muon and hadron high energy colliders. I will start with Snowmass and P5 recommendations. As it is impossible to cover all possible RF R&D topics, I will discuss only three critical topics relevant to future colliders: efficiency of RF power sources, cold normal conducting RF, and cavities for ionization channel of muon collider. Progress on SRF accelerating cavities for future colliders will be covered in a separate talk. The choice of topics reflects my preference and in some cases ignorance, which I think is inevitable when one tries to cover such a broad subject.