Director's Corner
by Barry Barish
The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders met in the Shonan Village Center in Kanagawa, Japan on 17 April. FALC is an informal group of agency representatives who discuss large international projects in particle physics, both projects that are under way and those in the planning stages. FALC has given special attention to the ILC since it is a totally global initiative and has no home laboratory to oversee its development. The meeting in Japan discussed the future of ILC R&D beyond the Global Design Effort mandate to produce a Technical Design Report next year.
Image of the week
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Image: DESY, Lars Berg
What do huge sailing ships, science and India have in common? They were all present at this year's celebrations for the birthday of Hamburg's harbour. This year's special guest country was India, and as DESY has strong links with India especially in the field of photon science, DESY put up a tent in the harbour and presented itself, its science and its Indian scientists to the more than one million visitors.
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In the News
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from Nishinippon Shimbun
23 May 2012
ＩＬＣ建設候補地の一つに挙がるのが福岡、佐賀県境の脊振山系だ。佐賀、福岡両県や九州経済連合会、九州大、佐賀大など産官学一体で誘致に乗り出しており、期待したい。
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from Yomiuri Online
23 May 2012
素粒子の国際的な巨大実験施設「国際リニアコライダー（ＩＬＣ）」について、国内外の物理学の研究者ら約６０人が２２日、国内有力候補地の佐賀、福岡の両県にまたがる脊振山系を視察して地質などを確かめた。
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from Saga Shimbun
23 May 2012
施設は強固な地盤が重要な条件で、研究者たちは岩盤をハンマーでたたいて確認、「好適地」と高く評価した。
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from Nishinippon Shimbun
23 May 2012
ＩＬＣの会合が福岡市東区の九州大で開かれるのを前に、参加する国内外の約７０人が２２日、誘致候補地の一つの脊振山系（福岡、佐賀県）を視察した。
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from Iwate Nippo
22 May 2012
東北加速器基礎科学研究会（代表・里見進東北大総長、高橋宏明東北電力会長）の国際リニアコライダー（ＩＬＣ）を核とした東北の将来ビジョン策定検討委の第２回検討委は２１日、仙台市内で開かれ、ビジョンの素案が示された。
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from New York Times
21 May 2012
At the same time, the department also canceled money for studies for the world’s next big physics machine, the International Linear Collider, which would be the successor to CERN’s giant collider. American scientists are resigned to the likelihood that it will not be built in the United States.
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from Ars Technica
17 May 2012
The Standard Model isn’t perfect, but the alternatives now look worse.
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