Summary of the NLC Accelerator Working Group

The NLC (Next Linear Collider) accelerator working group was concerned with a presentation and thorough discussion of the prospects for achieving a 0.5 TeV linear collider and an examination of issues related to energy upgrades to attain 1.0 to 1.5 TeV in the center-of-mass. The contents of the talks and subsequent discussions are summarized in this paper. Highlights of R&D efforts toward the NLC that were underway during the Snowmass workshop are described. Finally, some of the recent results and issues from the Stanford Linear Collider (SLC), relevant to the design of a future linear collider, are also described. Further detail on most subjects can be found in the recently published “Zeroth-Order Design Report for a Next Linear Collider” (ZDR).