Right after the Asian Linear Collider Workshop (ALCW) 2015 and ILC Tokyo Event, another big milestone for the ILC happened in the United States. From 26 to 30 April, three members of the Diet and members of Japan’s Federation of Diet Members for Promotion of the ILC, Takeo Kawamura, Ryu Shionoya and Shun-ichi Suzuki visited […]
Tokyo Event sneak peek
On 22 April, the middle day of the Asian Linear Collider Workshop 2015 to be held at KEK, Tsukuba, Japan, special events toward the realisation of the ILC, “ILC Tokyo Event” will be held. Many attendes have already signed-ups, and the organisers expect to have the honour of welcoming guests from embassies, government and bureaucracy. […]
Tokyo event during ALCW: Taste of Discovery
22 April 2015, the middle day of the Asian Linear Collider Workshop (ALCW), will be a special day. Jointly hosted by Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC) and the Japanese industry-academia collaboration Advanced Accelerator Association Promoting Science and Technology (AAA), two events will be held on the same day: the ILC Tokyo Symposium and the Special Food Festa, […]
Chocolate collision
The Linear Collider Collaboration Directorate was given a special treat during one of the stopovers of the Tohoku visit: ILC corone, a type of chocolate croissant. With chocolate cream on one side (representing electrons) and vanilla cream on the other (representing positrons), and sprinkled with colored chocolate spray as particles, the baker said that they show […]
Register now for a different and fun linear collider meeting
International conferences and workshops related to the linear collider are traditionally held twice a year: one global meeting, and another regional one. Next April, a new style of Asian regional linear collider workshop will be held in Tsukuba and Tokyo, Japan. The Asian Linear Collider Workshop 2015 (ALCW2015) will take place from 20 to 24 […]
Japanese industry getting ready for the ILC
On 3 December, about 200 Japanese businesspeople and scientists gathered in Tokyo to attend the general meeting of the Advanced Accelerator Association Promoting Science and Technology (AAA). This was the last general meeting for the AAA and also the first meeting for the newly incorporated AAA. AAA, Japan’s industry and academia collaboration, was established in […]
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Voice your dreams for the ILC
The ILC is just one step away from the start of construction. Japan’s Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) set up a “Task force for ILC” headed by the vice-Minister. Under the Task Force, an “Academic Experts Committee” was established, and they are now reviewing if Japan should take a lead for the […]
Making Kitakami your home
From August to September, four ILC-related workshops were held around the potential construction site for the International Linear Collider. ILC scientists from all around the world were warmly and enthusiastically welcomed by local supporters, and had a glance of what life will be like at the candidate site. On the evening of 6 September, a […]
Another record for ATF2
Last month, LC NewsLine reported the achievement of the world’s smallest beam size of 55 nanometres at the ATF2 facility at KEK. At two international conferences held in June and July, the next record of 44 nanometres was reported by Kiyoshi Kubo and Shigeru Kuroda. The beam line at ATF2 is designed as a prototype […]
Expert panel for hosting the ILC in Japan meets for the first time
The expert panel to discuss whether to invite the International Linear Collider to Japan held its first meeting in Tokyo on 8 May. This panel, chaired by Shinichi Hirano, Zhiyuan Professor and Special President Advisor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, as well as professor emeritus of Nagoya University, is composed of 17 experts from various academic […]