The long-awaited report of the study group for the future European Strategy for particle physics was presented by the chair of the study group, Professor Halina Abramowicz, at a special session of the CERN Council on 19 June. The report covers the broad range of particle physics from the precision low-energy experiments to the very high energy […]
Final countdown to the decision-making process
The decision-making process of hosting the International Linear Collider in Japan is now approaching a critical point. The Japanese government has decided that the ILC should be re-evaluated by the Science Council of Japan (SCJ), together with other big science projects, as part of its roadmap for the future. This evaluation, called the “Japanese Master Plan of Large […]
Towards the realization of the International Linear Collider, an update
The 2018 Asian Linear Collider Workshop (ALCW2018) is being held in Fukuoka, Japan from 28 May to 1 June. At the meeting a statement was unanimously endorsed stressing the scientific importance of the ILC and urging the Japanese government to declare interest in hosting the project. A decision is now urgent because the European Strategy Group, […]
We are back!
You may be wondering what has happened to LC NewsLine over the past few months. Before I explain what has been going on, I am sure that you will all join me in offering our heartiest congratulation to Barry Barish for his award of part of the 2017 Nobel. During the time that we have […]
It’s all about respect
Our particle physics community is a model of peaceful collaboration, independent of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. In today’s world, where gender discrimination and racism are becoming more and more prevalent, we should pride ourselves on our community’s role model status. In this era of deteriorating social climate, we must be extremely vigilant in […]
Proudly presenting: the new LCC management
As many of you will have heard by now, the Linear Collider Collaboration was given another three-year mandate by the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA). It took the opportunity to streamline management a little, so from January we will run the collaboration in a smaller and slightly changed team. Let me introduce the new […]
Forming a new plan for R&D
The linear collider community will conclude the year at the LCWS in Morioka in December. I know that travel funding is tight for many of you but it is important to have a good turnout at this workshop to show the strong continuing international interest and commitment in the construction of a linear collider as an […]
Rethinking the linear collider in view of the bump
The 2016 ECFA Linear Collider Workshop took place in the beautiful Spanish city of Santander from 30 May to 5 June. It brought together more than 200 experimentalists, theorists and machine builders to discuss the latest developments in linear-collider physics. The Director General of KEK, Masanori Yamauchi, summarised the present status of discussion in Japan concerning […]
US-Japan symposium
As is well known, the International Linear Collider (ILC) is being discussed as an International project, which means many countries around the world would contribute human, technical, and financial resources to the project. This is clearly a very complicated proposition and it takes effort from many directions to keep it moving. Recently, three Diet Members […]
Study on technical feasibility
Since 2014, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has been conducting studies to gather information to decide whether Japan is interested in hosting the ILC. The summary report of the ILC Advisory Panel set up by MEXT for this purpose was outlined in the last edition of NewsLine. In addition […]