Jie Gao | 12 September 2013On 3 September, the Asia-Pacific High Energy Physics Panel (AsiaHEP) and Asian Committee for Future Accelerators (ACFA) jointly issued a statement that the ILC is the most promising electron positron collider to achieve the objectives of next-generation physics.
Category: Around the World | Tagged: ACFA, Asia
25 July 2013Three detector R&D collaborations working on tomorrow's pixel detectors for charged particles joined forces in a combined test in a beam of particles. With the successful read-out of the three devices in a single data acquisition, they reach another milestone of the EU-sponsored AIDA Project. Work continues towards a more versatile telescope infrastructure to be made available to a broad user community.
Category: Around the World | Tagged: AIDA, beam telescope, DEPFET, detector R&D, EUDET telescope, test beam
Julianne Wyrick | 25 July 2013Hydrogen has long been known as a possible enemy of superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities - like those needed for the ILC - thanks to its potential to form non-superconducting hydrides that limit cavity quality factor (Q) and gradient. Researchers at Fermilab have made further progress in understanding the full physics behind hydrogen involvement, which is an important step towards improvements in cavity processing.
Category: Around the World | Tagged: cavity, cavity R&D, Fermilab, quality factor, SCRF, SRF technology, superconducting cavity
27 June 2013At a series of events held on three continents, scientists celebrated the completion of the design for a next-generation particle collider, the International Linear Collider.
YiLin Liu | 27 June 2013From 12 to 14 June, the 464th Fragrant Hill Science Conference on “The Next-generation High Energy Electron Positron Collider - Current Situation and Future Strategy” was held in the Beijing Fragrant Hill Hotel. Thirty-five front-line scientists from theoretical physics, experimental physics, detectors and accelerators from eleven institutes in China joined the conference. Scientists reviewed the achievements of high-energy-frontier experiments and current research programmes on particle physics both at home and abroad. They also discussed China's strategy for the next-generation high-energy electron-positron colliders.
Category: Around the World | Tagged: China, electron-positron collider, IHEP, ILC
Barbara Warmbein | 30 May 2013Hiking for charity can be a bit like particle acceleration, say three DESY scientist who walked an Oxfam Trailwalk in Japan in May. Beta functions, final focus, samurais and a shrouded Mount Fuji were all part of their two-day adventure.
Category: Around the World | Tagged: charity, DESY, particle acceleration
