When the Pre-Lab phase kicks off with the beginning of next year, there’ll be an enormous increase of ILC R&D activities around the world. One of these is a project called “Cryomodule Global Transfer” – though “a global logistics ballet of accelerator parts” would be just as fitting. Over a period of four years, six […]
From CNRS: Joint French-Japanese laboratory in Tokyo for physics at the largest and smallest scales
* The CNRS and the University of Tokyo have set up a laboratory for physics research at the largest and smallest scales of the Universe. * ILANCE is the CNRS’s seventh International Research Laboratory in Japan. From neutrinos to dark matter, and from particle accelerators to gravitational wave detectors and the first light of the […]
Laboratories and industry in tune for particle physics detector R&D in Europe
10 million euros. This will be the amount granted to members of the AIDAinnova project (advancement and innovation for Detectors at Accelerators programme) funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme, under a special ‘Innovation Pilots’ call. As particle physics requires highly-specialised detection equipment, often on an industrial scale, the project will be strongly marked […]
New organisation in Tohoku, the ILC’s potential host region
Keeping in step with the establishment of the International Development Team (IDT) in August 2020, a new organisation was formed in Tohoku, Japan, where the International Linear Collider is expected to be built. The organisation, the Tohoku ILC Project Development Center, is made up of 22 organisations, including universities, prefectural governments, cities and towns in […]
Japanese high-energy physics community accelerates ILC effort with new organisation
On 28 October, Japan’s high-energy physics community took a big step. The Japan Association of High Energy Physicists (JAHEP) announced the establishment of a new organisation called the ILC Steering Panel. The panel’s mandate is to lead the community in the timely realisation of the ILC project by developing and executing ILC promotion strategies in […]
Global community meets virtually for AWLC2020
From 19 to 22 October, the global community gathered virtually for the Americas Workshop on Linear Colliders (AWLC2020), focused on the International Linear Collider (ILC). More than 500 attendees registered for the programme of talks and discussions on the status of the project now that the International Development Team (IDT) formed by International Committee for […]
Perspective: Early-career scientists weigh in on the ILC project
The International Linear Collider will be run by people who are now at university or in their first jobs. For the early-career physicists who will be mid-career in 2035, the ILC may be the only new energy frontier accelerator in which they will be able to take a leadership role. If they wish to have […]
Americas Workshop on Linear Collider Planned for October
Following the International Committee for Future Accelerator’s August announcement of the new phase toward preparation for the International Linear Collider (ILC), the Americas Linear Collider Committee (ALCC chaired by Hugh Montgomery) has scheduled the next workshop on linear colliders, to be held virtually via Zoom.The Americas Workshop on Linear Colliders will be held in the week […]
KEK publishes the International Working Group’s Recommendations for International Linear Collider
In May this year, KEK established the International Working Group on the ILC project to discuss issues such as international cost sharing for construction and operation, organization and governance of the ILC Laboratory, and international sharing of the remaining technical preparation. The Working Group consisted of two members from Europe, two members from North America, […]
Japanese government delegation visits Germany and France
On 1 and 2 July, a high-level delegation of the Japanese government led by Diet Members from the House of Representatives, the Honourable Takeo Kawamura, Ryu Shionoy and Shintaro Ito, with officials from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Hiroshi Mashiko and Wataru Todoroki, accompanied by the KEK Director-General, the President […]