The International Linear Collider will provide an experimental environment of unprecedented precision. One of the important issues at ILC experiments is the measurement of fundamental parameters with high precision, to match with the precision level of the experiment. The discovery of the Higgs particle brought demands on the ability to make predictions to a new […]
Cool Japan, cool Kitakami
Sushi, anime, manga, Hello Kitty, and Harajuku fashion… Many aspects of Japanese culture are setting to tone of cool and trendy around the world. The Japanese government has started a “Cool Japan” branding initiative to explore attractive Japanese goods and services on a worldwide scale. In keeping with the Cool theme, Japan’s Iwate prefecture released […]
Guideline for ILC civil engineering completed
On 13 March 2014, a colloquium to mark the completion of the guideline for the civil engineering of the International Linear Collider was held at KEK laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan. A total of 47 scientists and engineers cerebrated the accomplishment. The guideline was handed over to Atsuto Suzuki, KEK’s Director General, by Hiroshi Chikahisa, chair of […]
Strengthening Asian capability in SCRF technology
Sixteen thousand – that’s the number of the superconducting radiofrequency (SCRF) accelerating cavities needed to build the 500-Giga-electronvolt linear collider. The fabrications of these 16 000 cavities will be divided between the three regions of Europe, the Americas, and Asia. This week, encouraging news about SCRF cavity fabrication came form Asia. “This is our first […]
The year 2014 – The real starting year of the ILC?
Close to the end of the year 2013, we had encouraging news for the ILC. On 24 December, the Japanese cabinet released the government budget decision for fiscal year 2014 – which includes an official budget for the International Linear Collider. The amount of the budget is 50 million yen, about half a million US […]
Explaining the ILC in an easy-to-understand way
Despite the largest typhoon in the year approaching, about 300 people braved the elements and gathered at a conference hall at University of Tokyo on 15 October. A symposium entitled “Can the ILC solve the mystery of the Universe?” was held, with representatives from Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC) and specialists from various fields. The symposium […]
ILC project is entering next phase
A committee of Japanese scientists recommended the Kitakami mountains in Tohoku, Japan’s northeast region, as a candidate construction site for the International Linear Collider after evaluating it together with the alternate candidate of Sefuri in Kyushu, the southern island of Japan. “It really was a tough process,” said Kiyotomo Kawagoe, co-chair of the ILC site […]
ILC candidate site in Japan announced
The ILC site evaluation committee of Japan announced the result of the assessment on the two candidate sites in Japan in a press conference held at the University of Tokyo on 23 August 2013. As a location, they recommended the Kitakami mountains in the Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. The search for an appropriate candidate site […]
Japanese candidate site for ILC will be announced on 23 August
The site evaluation committee of Japan, set up under the Japan ILC Strategy Council, will hold a press conference on 23 August 2013, at 9:30 a.m. Japan Standard Time (2.30 a.m. Central Europe and 7:30 p.m. Chicago) to announce the site selected as candidate site for the ILC. The ILC Strategy Council is an organisation established […]
Get to learn more about ILC with videos in two different styles
Video is one of the most effective way to learn about something complex. In Japan, local officials in two candidate construction sites for the ILC have produced the videos to gain recognition and understanding of the project. These two videos share the same purpose – invite the ILC to their region – but the ways […]