国際リニアコライダー（ＩＬＣ）に関わる人材育成を目指す県の「ＩＬＣ推進モデル校」の成果交流会（盛岡一高主催）は１８日、盛岡市内丸の盛岡地区合同庁舎で開かれた。県立９高校の生徒が、誘致実現後の波及効果や外国人研究者の受け入れに向けた研究活動を紹介した。

Even before the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland detected the elusive subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson in 2012, scientists around the world were already hard at work planning for the next particle accelerator. Arguably some of the most sophisticated scientific machines on the planet, these engineering marvels take decades to plan, build, test, and start.Such is the case for the proposed International Linear Collider, or ILC.

村山斉の時空自在＜45＞ 国際リニアコライダー（ILC）計画が注目されるのにはわけがある。この大型施設の大きな目標は二つ。一つは「母なる」暗黒物質を探すこと。もう一つは「空気のような」ヒッグス粒子の実体を詳しくつかむこと。どちらも私たちのルーツを探す旅だ。

Although the new generation of accelerators, such as International Linear Collider, the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC), and the Future Circular Collider, may deal with this challenge, the researchers believe that it can be spotted when observing gravitational waves.

(This article introduce the Tohoku area, the candidate construction site of the ILC) Winter is here. Nothing better than the view of freshly snowcapped mountains with the backdrop of pale sunset hues of pinks and blues, or relaxing in the outdoor hot springs as the crisp air turns the water droplets on your hair to ice, or, lounging around all day watching the TV from the warmth of a “Kotatsu” (table with a heat source).

ILC＝国際リニアコライダーの誘致実現に向けた県の推進本部会議が開かれ、国際推進チームが今年末までに準備研究所を設立することが報告されました。

Higgs-kun, a ghostlike blue avatar of the boson, promotes the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC) in its planned home, Japan’s northern Iwate Prefecture. Hookun and Higgs-kun appear as electronic stickers in the popular messaging app LINE, and people dressed in life-size costumes regularly visit schools and events.—- The latest series of the long-running manga Kosaku Shima sees the titular businessman involved in the ILC’s development.

「新しい時代を切り拓くプロジェクト」として、巨大加速器「国際リニアコライダー」（ILC）の誘致推進にも引き続き取り組む。1億円を計上し、候補地とされる北上山地での建設準備に必要となる具体的な調査の検討や県内企業の加速器関連産業への参入支援、国内外への情報発信などを強化する。

Now that experts have somewhat of a lead on this proposed particle that may lead to a new, fifth dimension, the search for the particle has begun. Vice announced that it “might be detectable for a new generation of proposed colliders, such as the “International Linear Collider, the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC), and the Future Circular Collider”.

This year, Iwate kept continuing its support of preparations to bring the ILC to Japan, working with our counterparts across the world as the ILC moves towards the preparatory phase.

村山斉の時空自在＜44＞　このコラムで何度か触れた大型粒子加速器「国際リニアコライダー（ILC）」を日本に建設する話が世界で盛り上がっている。