Particle physics – well, not too many people feel it familiar. That is one of the biggest issue for the communication effort of the International Linear Collider. Japanese government has been seriously discussing if Japan should host this huge international science project, setting up the expert panel. The panel pointed out that the ILC should […]
Hello Kitty meets ILC
Bump or no bump
That was a question at the 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics in Chicago
From 3rd August to 10th August the International Conference of High Energy Physics (ICHEP) took place at the Sheraton Hotel in the heart of the windy city. More than 1400 scientists, students and industrial representatives from all around the world were attending this major conference to present their research and discuss exciting results in High […]
LC school
The 10th International Accelerator School for Linear Colliders is to be held at Teijin Academy at Mt. Fuji, Susono, Shizuoka in Japan. The deadline for application is August 31th 2016. This school is held every year and has been moving around the whole globe from Japan to Switzerland to Canada and now it is back […]
In the light of new accelerators
Advancing superconducting cavities for present and future projects
At the TTC meeting (TESLA Technology Collaboration meeting) scientists from all over the world came together to present their advances for superconducting radiofrequency cavities and related topics. This summer meeting from 5 to 8 July 2016 was hosted by CEA in Saclay, near Paris in France, where the production of the European XFEL (X-ray free […]
International Linear Collider community meets at ECFA workshop LCWS16
The five days were filled with various presentations in small sessions and lively discussions during coffee breaks. Many plenary talks and dedicated sessions summarised and presented the current status of specific areas including detector and accelerator R&D. In the general plenary session overviews on the current status of CLIC, the ILC and on political developments […]
How great does the ‘Great Wall’ have to be?
The question how great the (ILC tunnel’s) Great Wall needs to be was answered for the Kamaboko tunnel design at the Kitakami site by the final decision of the Change Management Board to a Change Request (ILC-CR-0012) for the 25-kilometre linear-accelerator (linac) sections of the ILC. The shield wall in the ‘Kamaboko’ shape tunnel , […]
From metal sheet to particle accelerator (part 3 of 3)
Into the yellow pipes
For the operation of the European XFEL, 800 cavities will be installed in 100 accelerator modules. The cavity production has already been outlined in the two previous stories published in LC NewsLine (and first published in DESY inForm). For their assembly, there is a weekly transport of cavities to France. From there, they return to […]
From metal sheet to particle accelerator (part 2 of 3)
Into the cold: cavities for the European XFEL put to the test
Eight hundred superconducting cavities for the European XFEL have to be passed through the hands of experts. Their industrial production which was completed in September was covered in the previous issue. However, it is still a long way to go for DESY and its partners to a complete particle accelerator. In this issue, you can […]
From metal sheet to particle accelerator (Part 1of 3)
Passing the halfway point: 50 XFEL accelerator modules have been tested at DESY
In September 2015, the 50th accelerator module for the X-ray free-electron laser European XFEL was tested at DESY. One hundred accelerator modules are needed for the two-kilometre-long electron accelerator of the X-ray free-electron laser. Each module consists of eight cavities, the actual accelerating structures. This is the first of a three-part series (first published in […]