The International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory

The International Design Study (IDS) is the successor to the International Scoping Study (ISS), which identified a baseline scenario for a Neutrino Factory (1). IDS was launched in August 2007, with the aim of developing the baseline to the point where a full, technical design report can be written by 2012. The work is being carried out by several laboratories worldwide, in association with the EU/FP7/EuroNu consortium, which has a similar but com- plementary programme.