Director’s Corner 4 February 2010 Barry Barish Formalising and extending the ILC-CLIC collaboration The ILC-CLIC collaborative work has become an important element in our activities. In addition to the technical interchange and joint work through seven working groups, we held a Global Design Effort Executive Committee meeting at CERN last June and will organise a […]
Accelerator Advisory Panel meeting in snowy Oxford
Director’s Corner 21 January 2010 Barry Barish Accelerator Advisory Panel meeting in snowy Oxford Last week I introduced a set of ILC baseline changes, the "SB2009 Proposal Document," proposed through the Global Design Effort project managers. I also mentioned that the first step in evaluating this proposal was an in-depth review held in Oxford, UK, […]
Evolving the ILC baseline
Director’s Corner 14 January 2010 Barry Barish Evolving the ILC baseline Over the past year, the ILC project managers have led a focussed effort to assess the ILC baseline configuration that is documented in the Reference Design Report (RDR) and as a result have developed a set of proposed baseline changes that are aimed at […]
Reflections on the New Year
Director’s Corner 7 January 2010 Barry Barish Reflections on the New Year As we enter the New Year, it is a good time to review and reflect on our accomplishments during 2009, as well as the present status and prospects for the ILC. I wish I could boldly state that we have made big strides […]
The ILC Project Advisory Committee considers proposed ILC baseline revisions
Director’s Corner 10 December 2009 Barry Barish The ILC Project Advisory Committee considers proposed ILC baseline revisions Much of our work this year has been focussed on assessing the ILC Reference Design Report (RDR) produced in 2007, in order to determine what changes to the RDR baseline to make for the technical design effort that […]
“Open Sesame”
Director’s Corner 3 December 2009 Barry Barish "Open Sesame" Most of us have known the expression "Open Sesame" since childhood and have associated it with magic powers. It comes from the tale of "Ali Baba and the forty thieves," when by magic, Ali Baba is able to open the door to the hidden treasure with […]
The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge
Director’s Corner 19 November 2009 Barry Barish The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge In planning for a new large initiative like the International Linear Collider, it is important to learn as much as possible from existing projects that have relevance. In that spirit, we have invited presentations from other projects at our large workshops. […]
Rethinking LHC-ILC connections
Director’s Corner 12 November 2009 Barry Barish Rethinking LHC–ILC connections The American Linear Collider Physics Group (ALCPG) workshop held in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 29 September to 3 October was one of our large ILC meetings that we hold twice a year. There was much in this meeting: the results of the Letter of Intent […]
Report on the CLIC workshop
Director’s Corner 5 November 2009 Barry Barish Report on the CLIC workshop The September ALCPG and ILC meeting in Albuquerque, US, featured a plenary talk on the Compact Linear Collider Study CLIC by Jean–Pierre Delahaye, who gave a very nice description of the CLIC status and plans. His talk was well received by the ILC […]
ILCSC grapples with moving the Linear Collider forward
Director’s Corner 22 October 2009 Barry Barish ILCSC grapples with moving the Linear Collider forward The International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC), a subcommittee of the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA), held their biannual meeting on 19 August during the Hamburg Lepton Photon Conference. ILCSC provides scientific and technical oversight for the ILC accelerator […]