High energy e+e- linear colliders are the next large scale project in
particle physics. They need intense sources to achieve the required luminosity.
In particular, the positron source must provide about 10E+14 positrons per
second. The positron source for the International Linear Collider (ILC) is
based on a helical undulator passed by the electron beam to create an intense
circularly polarized photon beam. With these photons a longitudinally polarized
positron beam is generated; the degree of polarization can be enhanced by
collimating the photon beam. However, the high photon beam intensity causes
huge thermal load in the collimator material. In this paper the thermal load in
the photon collimator is discussed and a flexible design solution is presented.Comment: 22 pages, 19 figures, 8 tables, cross-reference to table 4 fixe