CHARGED PARTICLE AND NEUTRON BACKGROUNDS IN AN e-e- INTERACTION REGION AT THE NLC

We compare the detector background situation in an e-e- interaction region at the NLC with previous studies done of the NLC e+e- interaction region. We note from previous studies that the dominant source of detector backgrounds are the beamstrahlung pairs. Since these scale with luminosity, the reduction in luminosity in e-e- collisions leads to a reduction in detector backgrounds compared to the e+e- situation.