Director’s Corner 9 October 2008 Barry Barish Preparations for S1-global at the STF at KEK Research and development on superconducting radiofrequency (rf) cavities, cryomodules and operational units is at the core of our programme to develop the technologies, the best possible machine design and an implementation plan for the ILC. As a central part of […]
Achieving tiny beam spot sizes with ATF2
Director’s Corner 2 October 2008 Barry Barish Achieving tiny beam spot sizes with ATF2 The ILC’s beams pass through each accelerating element once before they are directed to collide with the beam travelling in the opposite direction. This poses the two main challenges in the ILC: to achieve a very high gradient in the accelerator […]
The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge Laboratory
Director’s Corner 18 September 2008 Barry Barish The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge Laboratory A few weeks ago, while at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a panelist at the National Science and Technology Summit, I had the opportunity to visit the recently completed Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office […]
US National Science and Technology Summit
Director’s Corner 11 September 2008 Barry Barish US National Science & Technology Summit The US government policy for support of science and technology is being developed around the 2007 America Competes Act, a consensus policy to strengthen long-term US economic competitiveness through science and technology. This act calls for a substantial increase in US investment […]
High Energy Physics in Philadelphia – ICHEP 08
Director’s Corner 4 September 2008 Barry Barish High Energy Physics in Philadelphia — ICHEP 08 There are many conferences in high-energy physics, maybe too many! The International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) however, once affectionately called the Rochester Conference, is considered central in our field. It takes place every second year. This year the […]
FALC meets in Rome
Director’s Corner 21 August 2008 Barry Barish FALC meets in Rome The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders held their semi-annual meeting in Rome at INFN headquarters on 14 July 2008. The meeting was notable in that it marked the FALC release of their first annual report and the appointment of a new chairperson, Pierre Coulombe. […]
Spain’s increasing involvement in large international science
Director’s Corner 14 August 2008 Barry Barish Spain’s increasing involvement in large international science Did you know that Spain joined CERN as a Member State in 1961, but left seven years later? The modern era in Spanish particle physics was marked by Spain rejoining CERN in 1983, and the country’s investments and programme in particle […]
Greetings to Kaoru and thanks to Mitsuaki
Director’s Corner 7 August 2008 Barry Barish Greetings to Kaoru and thanks to Mitsuaki I am sorry to announce today that Mitsuaki Nozaki of KEK is stepping down as our Regional Director for Asia, while at the same time I am pleased to announce the appointment of Kaoru Yokoya, also of KEK, as our new […]
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 […]
A personal tribute to Yoji Totsuka
Director’s Corner 17 July 2008 Barry Barish A personal tribute to Yoji Totsuka High-energy physics lost a giant in our field – and I lost a very good personal friend – when Yoji Totsuka, the former Director General of KEK, died of cancer at the age of 66 last week. I would like to pay […]