Positron Polarization at the International Linear Collider

Abstract

We review some recent arguments supporting the upgrade of the International Linear Collider by a polarized positron beam, in addition to the polarized electron beam. The examples presented here mainly focus on the impact of positron polarization on items relevant to new physics searches, such as the identification of novel interactions in fermion-pair production and the formulation of new CP-sensitive observables. In particular, in addition to the benefits from positron and electron longitudinal polarizations, the advantages in this field of having transverse polarization of both beams are emphasized.Comment: Invited talk at 2005 International Linear Collider Workshop, Stanford Ca (LCWS05) 6 pages, LaTeX, 2 eps figure