There are prototypes and there are prototypes. Some are needed to verify that a chosen detection technology actually works, some help scientists test one technology against another, some help them design sturdy detector infrastructure with little material budget, working power supply and cooling, while others set out to prove that it is possible to have […]
From the world to America: seeding superconducting accelerator technology through the ILC
The superconducting technology at the heart of the future International Linear Collider is one of the outstanding innovations of the machine’s design. Of international heritage, ILC-type superconducting acceleration has borne American offspring, including technology for the newest kid on the block, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s light source LCLS II, scheduled to begin operations in late […]
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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 […]
LINACs in all (linear) shapes and sizes
While the linear collider community is working on the most viable technologies for the two linacs that will one day accelerate electron and positrons efficiently, more than 200 linear accelerators – linacs – are already in use at research institutions around the world. Nearly 500 representatives from both operating and planned linear accelerators are meeting […]
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 […]
From CERN: CERN announces LHC restart schedule
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world, has started to get ready for its second three-year run. Cool down of the vast machine has already begun in preparation for research to resume early in 2015 following a long technical stop to prepare the machine for running at […]
SCRF R&D for ILC upgrade – tin for the future?
Cornell experiments with Nb3Sn for cavities
Accelerator physicists are driven by one goal: to make particles go at high energies and in perfect beams at the highest efficiency and lowest cost possible. There are many different accelerator technology options for all sorts of particles, different types of colliders, storage rings and linacs, and different goals: medicine, light source, and, of course, […]
LCC Director Lyn Evans visits IHEP
Prof. Lyn Evans, Director of the Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC), visited the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) on June 9th. Accompanying him were Prof. Akira Yamamoto, the LCC Asian Regional Director, and Prof. Hitoshi Yamamoto, the LCC Associate Director for Physics and Detectors. The LCC delegation held a special symposium and participated in the […]
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 […]