Research Director’s Report 17 September 2009 Sakue Yamada Validation made of the Letters of Intent ILC physics and detector community took a big step in August. The International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG) gave me a detailed report of their examination for the validation of the three Letters of Intents (LOIs) on 17 August. I wish […]
Planning for the next steps
Research Director’s Report20 August 2009 Sakue Yamada Planning for the next stepsSoon the International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG) will give me their recommendations on the validation of the three submitted Letters of Intent (LOI) after completing their very intensive and detailed examinations on them. It is time for us to prepare for the next step, […]
Detector activities reviewed by the PAC
Research Director’s Report18 June 2009 Sakue Yamada Detector activities reviewed by the PAC On 9 and 10 May, the second review meeting of the Project Advisory Committee (PAC) of the ILC was held in Vancouver. Its first meeting was last year in October when we were about to complete the entire framework of the detector […]
Letters of Intent were submitted
Research Director’s Report16 April 2009 Sakue Yamada Letters of Intent were submittedThe three ILC detector concept groups, ILD, SiD and 4th, submitted their Letters of Intent (LOIs) by the due date, 31 March. Having observed the intense efforts during the past few months, I sincerely congratulate these groups for having completed the document in time. […]
What’s going on in the Physics and Experiment Board meeting
Research Director’s Report19 February 2009 Sakue Yamada What’s going on in the Physics and Experiment Board meetingSince the LCWS08 meeting in Chicago, the management mechanism for the ILC detector activities is working in its full shape. The most important body for communication and decision making is the Physics and Experiment Board (PEB). It is composed […]
Common task groups are underway
Research Director’s Report18 December 2008 Sakue Yamada Common task groups are underway The detector management scheme began to move in full size since the 2008 Linear Collider Workshop (LCWS08) in Chicago. The central decision-making mechanism is the Physics and Experiment Board consisting of the Executive Board members (namely, the research director and the regional contacts), […]
LCWS08
Research Director’s Report20 November 2008 Sakue Yamada LCWS08The LCWS08 and ILC 08-workshops are going on in Chicago right now. For many years, the LCWS workshops have brought together the physics and detector communities to discuss recent advances relevant to the linear collider. Many parallel sessions organised around physics and detector topics repeated the tradition. The […]
All common task groups are ready to start
Research Director’s Report16 October 2008 Sakue Yamada All common task groups are ready to startFollowing the discussions with the representatives of the groups preparing the letters of intent (LOI) and the members of the common task groups during the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) workshop in Warsaw, we have been working to reinforce the […]
My tribute to Yoji
Research Director’s Report17 July 2008 Sakue Yamada My tribute to YojiArriving at DESY last Thursday, I heard the sad news of Yoji from home. This reminded me of the most enjoyable days I had in physics with him here at DESY in the Double-Arm Spectrometer (DASP) group lead by Bj
The first IDAG meeting in Warsaw and common task groups
Research Director’s Report17 July 2008 Sakue Yamada The first IDAG meeting in Warsaw and common task groupsThe first meeting of the International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG) for the ILC detectors was held in Warsaw during the ECFA Linear Collider workshop on 9 and 10 June. There were both open and closed sessions. The closed meeting […]