arxiv: 2604.04512 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-06 · ✦ hep-ex

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Adapting ILC detector concepts to other facilities

Daniel Jeans

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keywords ILC detectorsHiggs factoryFCC-eedetector adaptationlinear colliderbeam conditionsbackgrounds

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The pith

ILC detector concepts can be adapted to other Higgs factory facilities like the FCC-ee through targeted modifications.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper reviews how detectors planned for the International Linear Collider, after years of detailed study, can be adjusted for use at other proposed Higgs factories. These machines differ in beam energies, luminosities, and background conditions, which call for specific changes to the detector systems. The approach relies on the existing modular structure of ILC designs to make focused updates rather than beginning a completely new development process. This reuse of prior work could allow faster progress toward detectors ready for operation at alternative facilities. A reader would care because it points to practical ways to apply accumulated knowledge across multiple future particle collider projects.

Core claim

Detectors designed for the International Linear Collider have been studied over many years, and a good understanding of the relevant requirements and constraints has been developed. With the prospect of future Higgs Factory projects with different properties, for example the FCC-ee, the adaptations required for use at such facilities are being investigated. We outline our current understanding in this note.

What carries the argument

The modular elements within the ILC detector concepts that permit performance adjustments for machines with substantially different beam and background conditions.

If this is right

Targeted changes to subsystems can address the specific beam conditions at facilities like the FCC-ee.
The detailed requirements already understood from ILC work reduce the scope of new design efforts needed.
Performance can be maintained or improved for the new environments by applying these identified adaptations.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

This adaptation strategy could shorten the timeline for detector readiness at multiple proposed colliders by sharing common hardware solutions.
Quantifying the differences in background conditions between ILC and FCC-ee would help prioritize which ILC subsystems need the largest changes.
Similar adaptation logic might apply to other detector concepts developed for linear colliders when considering circular machines.

Load-bearing premise

The ILC detector concepts contain modular elements whose performance can be meaningfully adapted to machines with substantially different beam and background conditions without requiring a full redesign.

What would settle it

A calculation or simulation showing that background rates or event characteristics at the FCC-ee require detector performance levels that cannot be reached by any modification of ILC designs.

read the original abstract

Detectors designed for the International Linear Collider have been studied over many years, and a good understanding of the relevant requirements and constraints has been developed. With the prospect of future Higgs Factory projects with different properties (for example, the FCC-ee), the adaptations required for use at such facilities are being investigated. We outline our current understanding in this note.

Editorial analysis

A structured set of objections, weighed in public.

Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

This is a brief status note flagging that ILC detector concepts are under study for adaptation to other Higgs factories, but it adds no new data, simulations, or concrete plans.

read the letter

This note is essentially a short status update saying that ILC detector concepts are being examined for use at other Higgs factories like FCC-ee, with some outline of the adaptations needed. That's the main takeaway. It doesn't introduce new detector technologies or present fresh calculations. Instead, it draws on the years of ILC work to suggest that some elements might transfer with modifications for different beam and background conditions. What it does reasonably is flag the opportunity to leverage existing studies rather than starting from scratch for each new machine. That makes sense in a field where detector R&D is expensive and time-consuming. The soft spot is that it stays at a very general level. There are no quantitative estimates of how much adaptation is needed, no simulation results, and no discussion of specific challenges like changes in luminosity or energy that would affect performance. Without those, it's hard to judge if the adaptations are straightforward or require major redesigns. This is the kind of thing that might interest people already working on Higgs factory detector concepts, who can use it as a pointer to ongoing discussions. For a broader audience or for someone looking for concrete plans, it won't add much. I'd say it doesn't rise to the level of needing full peer review. It could stay as an arXiv note or be presented at a workshop. If the full text has more details than the abstract suggests, that might change things, but based on what's here, it's preliminary.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript is a short note stating that detectors designed for the International Linear Collider have been studied over many years, yielding a good understanding of relevant requirements and constraints. It notes that adaptations of these concepts for other Higgs Factory projects (e.g., FCC-ee) are under investigation and outlines the authors' current understanding.

Significance. If the outlined understanding includes concrete, transferable insights on detector performance under altered beam and background conditions, the note could usefully inform community planning for future colliders by highlighting reuse opportunities. As written, however, it contains no quantitative data, simulations, performance metrics, or specific adaptation examples, so its significance remains prospective rather than demonstrative.

minor comments (2)

The note is extremely brief and provides no concrete examples of the adaptations being investigated or the differing constraints between ILC and FCC-ee (e.g., beamstrahlung, luminosity, or background rates). Adding at least one specific case would make the 'outline of current understanding' substantive rather than declarative.
No references are cited to the 'prior ILC literature' invoked in the abstract and text; including key references to SiD/ILD concept documents or performance studies would allow readers to connect the claimed understanding to its foundations.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their review and recommendation of minor revision. We agree that the original manuscript was a high-level outline and have revised it to incorporate concrete examples and references to quantitative studies, thereby making the transferable insights more explicit.

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Referee: As written, however, it contains no quantitative data, simulations, performance metrics, or specific adaptation examples, so its significance remains prospective rather than demonstrative.

Authors: We acknowledge this assessment of the initial version. The note was intended as a concise summary of conceptual adaptations based on the extensive ILC detector program. In the revised manuscript we have added a dedicated section with specific examples, including how vertex detector occupancy and tracking requirements adapt to FCC-ee beamstrahlung and bunch spacing, supported by references to existing ILC simulation results and preliminary performance estimates for the altered conditions. This provides the concrete, transferable insights the referee correctly identifies as valuable for community planning. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity

full rationale

The paper is a short descriptive note with no equations, derivations, quantitative predictions, fitted parameters, or load-bearing claims. It states at a high level that ILC detector concepts are being studied for adaptation to other Higgs factories and outlines current understanding, without reducing any result to its own inputs or to a self-citation chain. No steps match the enumerated circularity patterns.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

Abstract-only review yields no identifiable free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the note assumes prior ILC detector studies provide a reusable foundation without specifying new postulates.

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