The effort towards realising the International Linear Collider is being carried out by global collaboration. Such efforts focus mainly on the technology development, but other aspects such as training the younger generation, are also important to ILC community. From 7 to 18 September China hosted the Fourth International Accelerator School for Linear Colliders in Beijing […]
From SLAC today: People: Andrei Seryi
Since beginning his career in 1986, SLAC senior scientist and project manager for FACET Andrei Seryi has worked at five labs in three countries, with the last 10 years at SLAC. In this decade, Seryi has led international collaborations to design and build linear accelerator experimental facilities, all while continuing his accelerator research and design […]
SOI technology for next-generation sensors
What do you visualise when you are asked about a sensor? There are many sensors around us. For example, CCDs (Charge Coupled Device), which is the basis of today’s digital camera, and the technology for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics are also sensors. Thus, sensors are absolutely necessary devices for our daily life and […]
New type of thermal sensors for vertical testing of nine-cell cavities for the ILC
Scientists at Kyoto university are testing a new type of thermal sensor for superconducting cavities on the vertical test for ILC at the Superconducting radiofrequency Test Facility (STF) at KEK. This sensor is under development by a Kyoto-KEK collaboration The team is developing this new device to address issues in the components of the sensor […]
From SLAC today: Bringing Power to the International Linear Collider
Measuring in at more than 30 kilometers, the proposed International Linear Collider would be the longest particle accelerator ever built, providing physicists a better view of subatomic world than ever before achieved. But becoming the biggest isn’t easy. The ILC’s unprecedented scale presents plenty of challenges, and more than 200 labs and institutions around the […]
From Cornell Chronicle: Cornell electron storage ring is test case for International Linear Collider
Scientists working on the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC) know exactly what they want it to do — collide tightly focused beams of subatomic particles with unprecedented energy, recreating conditions during the big bang and unlocking the mysteries of the universe’s origins. Exactly how to do that is another story. Still in early stages and […]
International collaborators at ATF2
–Notre Dame and Oxford University–
At the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) at KEK, researchers around the world are testing the feasibility of their accelerator techniques. Because the ILC beams are very small, very accurate and precise beam diagnostic measurements are required. Physicists from Notre Dame University, US, and Oxford University, UK, visited ATF2 in July to make tests relevant to […]
Five years of cool
Do you remember where you were and what you did exactly five years ago today? People who were working on the ILC then will almost certainly be able to tell you their story of 20 August 2004 – after all it was the day that set the course for the future of the project. During […]
From symmetry: Helium’s shrinking bubble
Helium is the lifeblood of large particle accelerators. As the world’s supply dwindles, the particle physics community must take steps to preserve this precious commodity or learn to live without it. At a couple of degrees above absolute zero, far colder than any living organism can survive, liquid helium stirs to life the largest particle […]
Canada moves towards SCRF expertise with e-linac project
Scientists at TRIUMF laboratory in Canada are wrapping up the design of a new experiment that will give them experience in building superconducting radiofrequency cavities and position them for further collaboration on the International Linear Collider. TRIUMF researchers examine the chemical etching process for a superconducting cavity manufactured by PAVAC Industries. A conceptual sketch for […]