In the wake of the discovery of a Higgs-like particle at CERN, the International Linear Collider Steering Committee met at ICHEP12 to orchestrate its own demise (and ours), while taking steps to put into place its (and our) replacements that will have the goal of making the linear collider the next global project in high-energy […]
A technically driven timeline for the ILC
Director’s Corner 14 June 2007 Barry Barish A technically driven timeline for the ILC Last week, I made a presentation at Fermilab’s 40th Annual Users Meeting where I focused on the GDE’s technically driven timeline for the ILC. Following Ray Orbach’s statement that the ILC completion will likely be delayed until 2025 or later, Fermilab […]
Japan HEP Community Promotes a Future Strategy for Particle Physics
Director’s Corner 11 January 2007 Barry Barish Japan HEP Community Promotes a Future Strategy for Particle Physics Mitsuaki Nozaki, GDE Asian Regional Director, discussed the community-wide consensus on priorities for the future programme in high energy physics in Japan in the Director’s Corner of 22 November 2006. At that time, there was only a Japanese […]