The purpose of this note is to provide clarifications on the report from the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) regarding the International Linear Collider (ILC), which was released on December 19, 2018. The executive summary of the report is included in this issue. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) examined the […]
Executive Summary of the Science Council of Japan’s Report
This is the executive summary of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ)’s report on the International Linear Collider, released on 19 December 2018. This is an unofficial translation by KEK from the original Japanese. Background The International Linear Collider (ILC) is an international project in the field of elementary particle physics to construct a straight […]
From KEK: Regarding the “Assessment of the revised International Linear Collider Project”
We would like to express our gratitude to the review committee of the revised International Linear Collider (ILC) project of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) for their prompt and detailed evaluation. We here present our opinions in response to the final report published by the Science Council of Japan. The SCJ appreciated the scientific […]
Special Issue: Science Council of Japan publishes report on ILC
On 19 December 2018, the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) published its report on the ILC. What does this report mean to the ILC project? What will happen next? LC NewsLine features the response to the report by the KEK lab in Japan, the executive summary of the SCJ’s recommendations, as well as political messages.
Message from politicians in response to Science Council of Japan’s final report
The political groups released a joint message in response to the final report of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ), reaffirming their commitment to push forward the ILC in Japan and to persuade the Japanese government to make a positive decision by March next year. We wish to express our sincere gratitude for the intensive […]
From CERN Courier: High-gradient X-band technology: from TeV colliders to light sources and more
Things that start out in fundamental research quite regularly find their way into fields other than high energy physics. Take the Compact Linear Collider study CLIC, for example. CLIC’s unique requirements have led to the development of a new high-gradient “X-band” acceleration technology that is attracting the interest of researchers working at light sources, in […]
ALCW 2018 and LCWS 2018
ALCW 2018 The Asian Linear Collider Workshop will be held from 28 May to 1 June 2018 in Fukuoka, Japan. It is the next in a series of regional linear collider workshops held around the world, and is co-hosted by Kyushu University, KEK, ACFA/AsiaHEP and the Linear Collider Collaboration. Early registration end: 20 April Online registration […]
Linear Collider School 2018
The 7th Linear Collider School will take place from 6 to 13 May 2018 at Frauenchiemsee, Germany. The school is aimed at Master and PhD students and postdoctoral researchers working in particle physics. The programme consists of lectures covering future high energy colliders (HL-LHC, LC, FCC, FCC-ee), e+e- accelerator physics, detector physics, Top/Higgs/BSM physics aspects, […]
Endorsing the ILC “in the strongest way”
“We have our hands around the mechanism that creates mass in nature but we need the tools to study it.” Barry Barish adds his voice to the #mylinearcollider video campaign, endorses the ILC “in the strongest way.” Barish led the Global Design Effort for the ILC before he returned to LIGO and was awarded the Nobel […]
Mark Thomson to lead STFC
Universities and Science Minister Sam Gyimah has today announced that Professor Mark Thomson has been selected to be Executive Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), following a fair and open competition. Professor Thomson is a Professor in Experimental Particle Physics based at Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge and has an extensive background […]