It may feel like only yesterday that the update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics was adopted, but preparations for a new one, planned for 2018/19, are already underway. Germany has now published its first conclusions from a workshop on future electron-positron colliders that are very supportive of the ILC. The German community of […]
National Lab Day
Fermilab, SLAC, JLab, Brookhaven, Argonne… these are all major players in particle physics and accelerator R&D. They are also the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) “national labs”. All national research labs came to Washington, D.C. on 20 April to show their work to members of Congress and other visitors. Pictured is Dick Durbin, Illinois senator, giving his address. DOE has […]
Advertising past and future sights
If you’ve ever taken the metro in Tokyo you know that it can be an adventure with earwormy jingles for every station and wonderfully colourful advertising in the cars. The cars of four lines of Tokyo Toei Subway currently display a very special ad featuring the ILC. It’s an ad placed by Iwate Prefecture to highlight the […]
Thirst for knowledge – the ILC vending machine
Fancying a coffee in Morioka? Supporting the ILC? You could do both at the same time with the ILC vending machine. For each cup, part of the proceeds will go to the Iwate ILC Promotion Council. You will find it on the third floor of the Malios skyscraper next to Morioka Station.
ARUP tool shortlisted for prestigious prize
Remember the ingenious civil engineering tool that British consultancy ARUP has developed for CERN’s FCC and that is also being used for site-specific planning of the ILC? That thing where you can play around with shafts, tunnels and rock formations without leaving your desk? It’s been shortlisted for a prestigious award, so keep your fingers […]
CLIC experts meet at CERN
Sometimes even linear-collider experts make semi circles, especially when you have to squeeze more than 200 participants into one picture (and it’s raining). The CLIC workshop was held at CERN from 18 to 22 January. Get the latest on the Compact Linear Collider Study in a future issue of LC NewsLine.
Quench your thirst for the ILC
Pin badges, flags and banners, paper folders, cakes… There are various promotional goods produced by kind supporters for the ILC. Now, we have ILC Coke! The Iwate Prefecture International Linear Collider Promotion Council produced miniature Coca-Cola cans with an ILC logo to bring understanding and empathy for the ILC project. An official from the Council […]
Higgs found at DESY
The German research centre DESY opened its doors to the public on 7 November, a day now known as DESY DAY. More than 18000 visitors came to see real accelerators, braving long queues and Hamburg drizzle to walk through parts of the European XFEL, PETRA or HERA accelerators, to visit DESY’s workshops and partner labs […]
Mayor and mascot support
Live from Kitakami: the potential future host region of the ILC continues to show strong support for the project – we present two recent examples. Ichinoseki City in the Tohoku region of Japan has made a new ILC banner for its city office. This photo is of Mayor Osamu Katsube with staff from the ILC […]
Size-0 module
Probably the most advanced ultra-thin pixel sensors ever: DEPFET. Developed for the ILD detector’s vertex subdetector, they will be used in the Belle II detector – an extreme example of fast-forward technology spin-off. The first full-size module for use in Belle II has just been completed. It comprises a thin sensitive area (75 microns) with roughly […]