No. 31 (2003): High-Luminosity e+e- Colliders

Issue Editor: Y. Funakoshi, Editors-in-Chief: W. Chou and J.M. Jowett

In this issue of the ICFA Beam Dynamics Newsletter, we have a special section on the high luminosity e⁺e^– colliders. To focus discussions on common issues among the machines, we confined ourselves to issues of circular colliders. In this field, the Working Group on High Luminosity e⁺e^– Colliders, chaired by C. Biscari at LNF, has been formed within the Beam Dynamics Panel and has been playing an important role. This issue aims at giving a reference or a basis for further discussions in future in this field. Also this issue includes some outcomes of the working group such as a database on machine parameters of each machine. A motivation of the editor of this issue consists in summing up our present knowledge of the most critical issues in these colliders from the viewpoint of beam dynamics, together with giving clear views of the present status of each machine and its future plan.