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We need to talk: ILD checks performance at other Higgs factory proposals than ILC

New detector concept strategy identifies work programme for the near future

| 17 November 2022

One thing is pretty certain: the next big machine in particle physics is most likely going to be an electron-positron “Higgs factory” collider. What is not so certain is which of the different collider options currently being considered will be realised. The ILD collaboration, creator of one of the two detector concepts for the International […]

Trailguides in difficult terrain: the Physics and Detector Advisory Panel (PDAP)

| 25 November 2015

The Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC) was established in February 2013, and the organisation of the physics and detector part started to form over the following several months with regional representatives, concept group representatives, and working groups. One important ingredient for the organisation was the physics and detector advisory panel (PDAP) that advises the Associate Director […]

Progress on ILC machine-detector interfaces through the detector LOI process

| 14 May 2009

Director’s Corner 14 May 2009 Barry Barish Progress on ILC machine-detector interfaces through the detector LOI process The TILC09 workshop in Japan from17 to 21 April was particularly notable as it featured the first presentations of the ILC detector Letters of Intent (LOI). Although this process precedes the solicitation of ILC detector proposals or formation […]

IDAG prepares to review Letters of Intent

| 4 December 2008

The International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG) met for the second time during the LCWS08 meeting which took place in Chicago two weeks ago. In a few days, they succeeded to converge on the strategy they will use to evaluate the ILC detectors concepts. At the end of March 2009, they will receive the Letters of […]

Designing groups and detectors

| 17 April 2008

Research Director’s Report17 April 2008 Sakue Yamada Designing groups and detectorsThree concept groups have responded to the call for Expressions of Interest: ILD, SiD and the 4th concept group. Now we can go one step further, namely the common task groups will be formed by the members of each of these groups.I know the detector […]

SiD detector concept meeting at SLAC

| 6 March 2008

The SiD detector concept collaboration met at SLAC from January 28 to 30. This meeting was planned last October at the ALCPG07 meeting at Fermilab, as part of the preparation for the Letter of Intent (LOI). Graphic from an engineering study of SiD on beamline. (credit: Marco Oriunno, SLAC) After the news about budget reductions, […]

Feedback wanted on Detector Concept Report

| 17 May 2007

RDR meet your other half. A draft version of the Detector Concept Report for the International Linear Collider is now available online. In February, the Global Design Effort published the draft Reference Design Report, providing the first detailed technical snapshot of the accelerator. The DCR completes the picture and makes the physics and detector case […]