Director’s Corner 1 October 2009 Barry Barish FALC meets in Quebec City The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC) held its fifteenth meeting at Quebec City on 13 July 2009. FALC serves as the oversight committee for our Global Design Effort (GDE) on Resource Issues as well as meets to discuss more generally the status […]
FALC meets in Quebec City
Canada-Japan collaboration in accelerator science
On 7 July, while the Emperor and Empress of Japan were visiting Canada, Nigel Lockyer, the director of TRIUMF, gave a lecture at the Canada – Japan Particle Accelerator Science Symposium at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Canada. Today, Canada and Japan are […]
Canada moves towards SCRF expertise with e-linac project
Scientists at TRIUMF laboratory in Canada are wrapping up the design of a new experiment that will give them experience in building superconducting radiofrequency cavities and position them for further collaboration on the International Linear Collider. TRIUMF researchers examine the chemical etching process for a superconducting cavity manufactured by PAVAC Industries. A conceptual sketch for […]
Vancouver Linear Collider Workshop and GDE Meeting
Director’s Corner 13 July 2006 Gerry Dugan Vancouver Linear Collider Workshop/GDE Meeting Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Gerry Dugan, GDE Americas Regional Director. The first GDE meeting in the Americas region since the Snowmass 2005 workshop will take place next week on 19-22 July, as a joint meeting with the American Linear Collider […]