Two cavity tuning machines on their way to Fermilab
When groups from different countries work together the usual procedure is to send the people to the machines they are working on. A team of engineers and technicians from DESY, Fermilab and KEK decided to do the exact opposite: they sent the machines to the people. On 3 August two machines constructed at DESY embarked […]
A total of 182 high school and university students from 19 Asian countries and regions relished the life-changing opportunity to learn directly from eminent scientists, including seven Nobel laureates in the fields of physics and chemistry: the Asian Science Camp 2009 was held from 2 to 8 August at Tsukuba International Congress Center, Ibaraki, Japan. […]
Scientists at TRIUMF laboratory in Canada are wrapping up the design of a new experiment that will give them experience in building superconducting radiofrequency cavities and position them for further collaboration on the International Linear Collider. TRIUMF researchers examine the chemical etching process for a superconducting cavity manufactured by PAVAC Industries. A conceptual sketch for […]
From 25 to 26 June, about 40 attendees gathered at the Industrial and Labor Relations Conference Center at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, to attend a workshop on the Cornell Electron Storage Ring Test Accelerator programme and to discuss R&D progress on the damping rings and electron clouds. It was the first dedicated workshop […]
“Uchu (宇宙)” is the Japanese word that can be translated as either “universe” or “space.” The Advanced Accelerator Association Promoting Science and Technology (AAA) in Japan has been on tour with their symposium series on “uchu” – observing by telescope, exploring by spacecraft and re-creating by accelerator – and the second event was just held […]
Why are two studies for one linear collider being conducted in parallel? This is far from a duplication of effort or a waste of resources, since the two studies reflect a complementary strategy aimed at providing the best technology for future physics. On Friday 12 June CERN hosted the first joint meeting between CLIC, ILC […]
Detector prototype proves itself in the testbeam
What is a polarimeter? A polarimeter measures the combined spins (polarisation) of particles in a particle bunch, by using the effect that photons from a laser beam can knock single electrons out of a particle bunch. These ‘Compton-scattered’ electrons are sent through a magnetic chicane where they are deflected. The degree of deflection depends on […]
Yesterday, a team of physicists and engineers from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory completed initial testing on a new power source, the Marx modulator, connected to its target device, and launched a yearlong test. This test will be the final step in proving the reliability of a device poised to transform the way particle accelerators are […]
Nearly every one of the myriad complex components of the International Linear Collider pushes the limits of today’s technology, and for the ILC to succeed, each one of them has to work as designed. Researchers at the University of California, Davis (US) are concentrating on the interconnects – the connections between arrays of electronic circuit […]