Barry Barish | 9 December 2010Today, I will describe the first of those proposed change actions completed in recent weeks. [...] The proposal that I have approved sets the average operating gradient of 31.5 MV/m for operation of the main linac cryomodules, with a spread of up to 20 percent. We believe these parameters are realistic and achievable, but represent challenging goals.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: cavity gradient, CM1, gradient, ILC baseline, main linac, operating gradient
Barry Barish | 4 November 2010One of our most visible and important ILC R&D short-term milestones has been to demonstrate production of ILC superconducting radio frequency cavities with gradient of greater than or equal to 35 megavolts per metre (MV/m) and Q0 = 8x10^9 and 50 percent production yield. [...] Today I announce the successful achievement of that important 2010 milestone.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: cavity gradient, milestone, quality factor
Peter Garbincius | 28 October 2010This year, the International Workshop on Linear Colliders (IWLC2010), organised by the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA), was noteworthy in that it was the first joint workshop for both ILC and CLIC...
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: ILC-CLIC collaboration, IWLC, IWLC10
Barry Barish | 21 October 2010[...] The scope of particle physics has grown in recent years to include what we commonly call particle astrophysics, where some of the most important particle physics questions are also of high importance for astrophysics.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: ApPEC, ASPERA, astrophysics, HEPAP, PASAG
Barry Barish | 14 October 2010[...] The ISTC was established by international agreement in November 1992 as a nonproliferation programme. The mandate is to help develop alternative professional careers for the scientists, engineers and technicians from the former Soviet Union who used to develop weapons. High-energy physics has been both a beneficiary and a partner in this programme. -- Barry Barish
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: International Science and Technology Center, ISTC, Novosibirsk, Russia, Russian Federation
