The super τ-charm facility (STCF) is an electron-positron collider proposed by the Chinese particle physics community. It isdesigned to operate in a center-of-mass energy range from 2 to 7 GeV with a peak luminosity of 0.5 × 1035 cm-2·s-1 or higher. The STCF will produce a data sample about a factor of 100 larger than that of the present τ-charm factory ‒ the BEPCII, providing a unique platform for exploring the asymmetry of matter-antimatter (charge-parity violation), in-depth studies of the internal structure of hadrons and the nature of non-perturbative strong interactions, as well as searching for exotic hadrons and physics beyond the Standard Model. The STCF project in China is under development with an extensive R&D program. This document presents the physics opportunities at the STCF, describes conceptual designs of the STCF detector system, and discusses future plans for detector R&D and physics case studies. For more details, please refer to the article entitled “The super τ-charm facility (STCF): Conceptual design report (Volume 1) – Physics & detector” by M. Achasov, et al., Front. Phys. 19(1), 14701 (2024).
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