Scientists working in large international collaborations are used to travelling the world and seeing new places. But scientists travelling to Kitakami in northern Japan, the area where the ILC would likely get built if it is approved, tend to return with one prominent tale to tell: that of the support of the local public. ILC […]
LINE sticker “Kawaii Particle Physics” in store soon!!
Japan’s Advanced Accelerator Association Promoting Science and Technology (AAA) will release their first set of LINE stickers “Kawaii Particle Physics” at LINE Creators Market. The set features three particle characters; Higgs-kun, Ms. Dark matter, and of course, the ILC. LINE, a communication app for smartphones, is available worldwide, and especially popular among the young generation […]
Mark Thomson to lead STFC
Universities and Science Minister Sam Gyimah has today announced that Professor Mark Thomson has been selected to be Executive Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), following a fair and open competition. Professor Thomson is a Professor in Experimental Particle Physics based at Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge and has an extensive background […]
From SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory: Superconducting X-Ray Laser Takes Shape in Silicon Valley
An area known for high-tech gadgets and innovation will soon be home to an advanced superconducting X-ray laser that stretches 3 miles in length from the beginning of the accelerator to the end of the experimental halls, built by a collaboration of national laboratories. On January 19, the first section of the machine’s new accelerator […]
Gearing up to final form
Technical design of Silicon-Tungsten ECAL of ILD reaches milestone
The SiW-ECAL is one of the designated detector technologies for the ILC’s planned ILD detector. (Read more about it here.) Sandwiched between the tracking detectors and the hadronic calorimeter, it would measure the energies of electrons and photons emerging from the collisions, and catch the first hadronic interactions Over the years and continuous improvement of prototypes, […]
Science First with the ILC- Keynote speech by Takeo Kawamura
Here is the speech delivered by Takeo Kawamura, member of the House of Representatives, on the opening day of LCWS2016.Translation thanks to the workshop local organising committee. “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m honored to be here and to speak about the ILC. I am Takeo Kawamura, a member of the House of Representatives. I […]
German teachers get a taste of ILC R&D
Even if the ILC can’t solve the remaining riddles of particle physics yet, its development already does some good. The latest example: two labs at DESY where components for the ILC are developed and tested helped to improve physics classes at German high schools. Ten German teachers participated in the first teacher training programme about […]
ILC constructed in Tokyo’s Roppongi area
From 26 October to 7 November, Salone in Roppongi, the biggest ILC-theme exhibition so far was open to the public in the heart of downtown Tokyo. Its parent exhibition, Tokyo Midtown Design Touch http://www.tokyo-midtown.com/jp/event/designtouch/english/ drew close to 1.5 million visitors during the duration of the event, and Salone in Roppongi was visited by more than […]
Calorimeter under telescope scrutiny
In the last years, the various prototypes for one of the possible future hadronic calorimeters – that part of a detector that measures the energy of all passing particles – have gone through a broad variety of tests in a variety of configurations. However, they have never before been tested in connection with a beam […]
From Kitakami Times: Talking about 2016’s LCWS with Prof. Shinya Narita of Iwate University
The Linear Collider Workshop is a yearly gathering of scientists from around the world in order to discuss future high energy linear electron-positron colliders like the International Linear Collider. This year it’s happening in Morioka City in northern Japan, a stone’s throw away from the proposed site for the ILC, the Kitakami mountains! We’ve got a […]