Director’s Corner 21 October 2010 Barry Barish The convergence of astrophysics and particle physicsOne of the more interesting and important developments in our field over the past decade has been the convergence of particle physics and astrophysics. The scope of particle physics has grown in recent years to include what we commonly call particle astrophysics, […]
Novosibirsk revisited: integrating former weapons scientists
Director’s Corner 14 October 2010 Barry Barish Novosibirsk revisited: integrating former weapons scientistsLast week I wrote about the Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia, the venue for the 13th CERN-ISTC Scientific Advisory Committee Seminar entitled “New Perspectives of High Energy Physics,” where I was an invited speaker on the International Linear Collider. The […]
Novosibirsk
Director’s Corner 7 October 2010 Barry Barish Novosibirsk I had the interesting experience recently of spending four days at a meeting in Novosibirsk, Russia. I was an invited speaker at the 13th CERN-ISTC SAC seminar entitled "New Perspectives of High Energy Physics." The seminar was held at the Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics (BINP), a […]
Beyond the Technical Design Report
Director’s Corner 23 September 2010 Barry Barish Beyond the Technical Design ReportThe main focus of the efforts of the ILC Global Design Effort (GDE) are to carry out the critical R&D programme needed for a successful ILC and to build on the ILC Reference Design by creating a Technical Design Report (TDR) that can be […]
IWLC2010: International Workshop on Linear Colliders 2010
Director’s Corner 16 September 2010 Barry Barish IWLC2010: International Workshop on Linear Colliders 2010 This week I want to preview the coming ECFA-CLIC-ILC joint meeting that will be held from 18 October through 22 October 2010 at CERN and the International Conference Centre Geneva, Switzerland. This meeting is one further step towards bringing the Compact […]
Developing an ILC Project Implementation Plan
Director’s Corner 9 September 2010 Barry Barish Developing an ILC Project Implementation Plan The ILC Project Implementation Plan (PIP) will outline models and options related to the key areas of practically realising the ILC. How the five themes of our present R&D and design programme input into our Project Implementation Plan is indicated. The Global […]
ILC R&D plan updated
Director’s Corner 2 September 2010 Barry Barish ILC R&D plan updated ILC Research and Development Plan for the Technical Design Phase – Release 5 Our R&D plan has once again been updated to reflect a number of significant developments in our present four-year GDE programme. The document is entitled "ILC Research and Development Plan for […]
ICHEP addresses the future of high-energy physics
Director’s Corner 19 August 2010 Barry Barish ICHEP addresses the future of high-energy physics I gave a few highlights last week from the 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2010) held in Paris last month. In addition to the LHC focus, the meeting had several parallel sessions and plenary talks dedicated to the future […]
ICHEP opens the LHC era
Director’s Corner 12 August 2010 Barry Barish ICHEP opens the LHC era The 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics The 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP10) held in Paris provided a first glimpse at results from the Large Hadron Collider. The very good control over machine commissioning and the speed at which […]
Students admitted to the fifth Linear Collider accelerator school
Director’s Corner 5 August 2010 Barry Barish Students admitted to the fifth Linear Collider accelerator schoolThis year we have again had a very big demand and many qualified applicants for the “Fifth International Accelerator School for Linear Colliders.” This year’s school will be held from 25 October to 5 November 2010 in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, continuing […]