Physics Briefing Book

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1910.11775
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Authors: European Strategy...
• Keywords: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology; High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); 0103 physical sciences; FOS: Physical sciences; 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; High Energy Physics - Experiment

254 p. Revised version (10 January 2020): Update of the Physics Briefing Book for the European Strategy for Particle Physics, to take account of comments received from the community, in time for the strategy drafting session that will take place in Bad Honnef (Germany) on 20-24 January 2020<br/>The European Particle Physics Strategy Update (EPPSU) process takes a bottom-up approach, whereby the community is first invited to submit proposals (also called inputs) for projects that it would like to see realised in the near-term, mid-term and longer-term future. National inputs as well as inputs from National Laboratories are also an important element of the process. All these inputs are then reviewed by the Physics Preparatory Group (PPG), whose role is to organize a Symposium around the submitted ideas and to prepare a community discussion on the importance and merits of the various proposals. The results of these discussions are then concisely summarised in this Briefing Book, prepared by the Conveners, assisted by Scientific Secretaries, and with further contributions provided by the Contributors listed on the title page. This constitutes the basis for the considerations of the European Strategy Group (ESG), consisting of scientific delegates from CERN Member States, Associate Member States, directors of major European laboratories, representatives of various European organizations as well as invitees from outside the European Community. The ESG has the mission to formulate the European Strategy Update for the consideration and approval of the CERN Council.<br/>