One of the historical characteristics of particle physics is its ability to cross borders and geopolitical power blocks, irrespective of tensions and diplomatic relations. Throughout the Cold War, cordial relations existed between colleagues in the West and the East, with many Russian scientists working at CERN and some CERN scientists working at accelerators in the […]
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 […]
ILCSC approves new MOU at the Dubna meeting
Director’s Corner 24 July 2008 Barry Barish ILCSC approves new MOU at the Dubna meeting The International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC) met on 4 June 2008 at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia, in parallel with the first day of our Global Design Effort meeting. We began the day with […]
The proposed Russian ILC site
Director’s Corner 10 July 2008 Barry Barish The proposed Russian ILC site One of the most difficult and tricky issues for the Global Design Effort in carrying out our design work is how to approach the siting issue for the ILC before proposals are actually solicited for hosting the machine. Conventional facilities are a major […]
Integrating ideas at Dubna
Director’s Corner 26 June 2008 Ewan Paterson Integrating ideas at Dubna Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner by Ewan Paterson, Integration Specialist and Member of the GDE Executive Committee. At the recent Conventional Facilities and Siting Workshop in Dubna, there were four focus groups: Shallow Site, Infrastructure, Siting and Accelerator Systems. However before the meetings […]
The GDE to meet in Russia
Director’s Corner 17 April 2008 Barry Barish The GDE to meet in Russia The next general meeting for the GDE will be at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia. JINR is a large international laboratory with a long history in accelerator-related science. This meeting will have a thematic nature, exploring questions […]
Hot topics in intensely cold Russia
The baseline design for the International Linear Collider (ILC) positron source is based on multi-MeV photons that produce pairs in a metallic target. The photons are created by the main electron beam passing through a helical undulator. The conventional method, positron generation via pair production using an electron beam, which is used as the positron […]
The Russian Federation in Seven Days
Director’s Corner 6 April 2006 Brian Foster The Russian Federation in Seven Days Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Brian Foster, GDE Regional Director of Europe. It is widely known that the Russian Federation is home to a large number of prestigious accelerator laboratories and many highly regarded accelerator scientists. Somehow the 30 years […]