Energy and luminosity limits of hadron supercolliders

Extending the frontiers of experimental high energy physics in a manner that maximizes discovery potential requires the building accelerators of ever higher particle energies and luminosities. Both hadron and e/sup +/e/sup -/-colliders have been proposed for this role. Based on a self-consistent computational model, this paper explores the features of hadron supercolliders beyond the SSC. The application of the presently available accelerator technologies embodied in the designs of the LHC and SSC to an ELOISATRON operating at 100 TeV per beam would yield a collider with a luminosity of 10/sup 34/ cm/sup -2/ s/sup -1/. Even higher energies and luminosities are clearly possible. The paper concludes with an examination of the ultimate potential of synchrotron-based colliders to explore PeV energies.<>