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Impressions from Daegu, Korea

This week, linear collider researchers meet in Daegu, Korea for KILC12. Among other topics, they discussed the final production stages of the Detailed Baseline Design and Technical Design Report. To top it all off, conference organisers are treating attendees to their choice of excursions through the vibrant city of Daegu.

Around the World

Test facility at KEK becomes an accelerator

by Rika Takahashi

KEK's superconducting radiofrequency test facility, called STF, has graduated. No longer a test facility, it is now a fully fledged accelerator.

Director's Corner

On roadmaps and signposts

This week’s issue features a Director's Corner from Brian Foster, Global Design Effort European Regional Director

by Brian Foster

Roadmaps, like many things in life, become outdated and eventually misleading and useless. The only way to avoid this is to update them when it is clear that the landscape has, or is about to, change significantly.

In the News

  • from Smithsonian
    May 2012
    Fast Forward: The Dark Energy Camera

    A new project representing 23 scientific institutions is investigating this mysterious cosmic propellant, called dark energy. The centerpiece is the Dark Energy Camera, which will be operational in July after it is installed in the telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

  • from physicsworld.com
    23 April 2012
    Cosmic-ray theory gets the cold shoulder

    One of the leading theories describing how the most energetic cosmic rays are produced may need a rethink in light of a new study by physicists at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica.

  • from My navi news
    23 April 2012
    反物質世界は近くには存在しない – KEKらが日米共同宇宙線観測実験で実証

    KEK、JAXA、東京大学の3者は、南極上空を周回する高高度気球(画像1)による合計1カ月以上に及んだ日米共同の宇宙線観測実験「BESS-Polar(ベスポーラー)」で、1～14GVのRigidity(運動量/電荷)の範囲内での宇宙線観測により得られた4800万例のヘリウム原子核の中から、反ヘリウム原子核は1例も観測されなかったと発表した。

  • from Iwate Nippo
    18 April 2012
    ILCを地域のコアに　東京で高エネ研、宮原氏が講演

    国際経済政策調査会（東京）主催の加速器科学研究会は１７日、東京・赤坂の会館で約１３０人が参加して開かれた。本県が誘致を目指す国際リニアコライダー（ＩＬＣ）計画の施設設計の現状について高エネルギー加速器研究機構（茨城県つくば市）特別技術専門職の宮原正信氏が講演。