The International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory

The International Design Study for the Neutrino Factory (the IDS-NF) has been established by the Neutrino Factory community to deliver the Reference Design Report (RDR) for the facility by the 2012 decision point identified by the C.E.R.N. Council Strategy Group. The motivation for measurements of the neutrino-mixing parameters with a precision approaching that with which the quark-mixing parameters are known is briefly reviewed. The baseline design for the facility, developed through the International Scoping Study for a future Neutrino Factory and super-beam facility (the ISS), is described and its performance is presented.