Eur. Phys. J. C (2007) 50: 729-768
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0271-1

Review

Prospects for e⁺e^- physics at Frascati between the φ and the ψ

¹ Universitá della Calabria, Cosenza and INFN Gruppo collegato di Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
² Universitá di Ferrara and INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
³ Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Frascati, Italy
⁴ Universitá di Milano and INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
⁵ Universitá “Federico II” di Napoli and INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
⁶ Universitá di Padova and INFN Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
⁷ Dip. di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Universitá di Pavia and INFN Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
⁸ Dip. di Fisica, Universitá di Perugia and INFN, Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
⁹ Dipartimento di Fisica Universitá “La Sapienza”, P. le A. Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
¹⁰ Universitá Roma3 and INFN Sezione di Roma3, Roma, Italy

^* e-mail: cesare.bini@roma1.infn.it

Received: 25 July 2006
Revised: 16 February 2007
Published online: 4 April 2007

Abstract

We present a detailed study, done in the framework of the INFN 2006 Roadmap, of the prospects for e⁺e^- physics at the Frascati National Laboratories. The physics case for an e⁺e^- collider running at high luminosity at the φ resonance energy and also reaching a maximum center of mass energy of 2.5 GeV is discussed, together with the specific aspects of a very high luminosity τ-charm factory. Subjects connected to kaon decay physics are not discussed here, being part of another INFN Roadmap working group. The significance of the project and the impact on INFN are also discussed. All the documentation related to the activities of the working group can be found in http://www.roma1.infn.it/people/bini/roadmap.html.