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From metal sheet to particle accelerator (Part 1of 3)

Passing the halfway point: 50 XFEL accelerator modules have been tested at DESY

| 14 April 2016

In September 2015, the 50th accelerator module for the X-ray free-electron laser European XFEL was tested at DESY. One hundred accelerator modules are needed for the two-kilometre-long electron accelerator of the X-ray free-electron laser. Each module consists of eight cavities, the actual accelerating structures. This is the first of a three-part series (first published in […]

French linear collider days review Linear Collider status

| 14 April 2016

The annual and 4th edition of the French Linear Collider Days (JCL2016) workshop happened in Paris on 23-24 March 2016 (after Lyon 2013, Saclay 2013 and Grenoble 2014). About 70 participants reinforced the dedication of the French Linear Collider Community to remain a strong partner during the next steps towards the realisation of the project. […]

More time for collaboration

| 24 March 2016

DESY and KEK are two labs that have a lot in common. They know a lot about accelerators, operated and have operated a number of them in their long and eventful histories. They are their countries’ hubs for particle physics research, but they also run accelerators for photon science. They are national labs that collaborate […]

KEK’s science comic features the ILC

| 10 March 2016

Japan’s KEK laboratory has featured a series of a science comic called “Kasoku Kids” on its website since December 2008. This public relation tool has proven to work quite effectively to make new particle physics fans, especially very young children. KEK staff met some of real-life Kasoku Kids at the open house: They had memorised […]

From European XFEL: First electrons accelerated in European XFEL

Major milestone for international research facility

| 28 January 2016

[/caption] A crucial component of the European XFEL has taken up operation: The so-called injector, the 45-metre long first part of the superconducting particle accelerator, has accelerated its first electrons to nearly the speed of light. This is the first beam ever accelerated at the European XFEL and represents a major advancement toward the completion […]

KEK issues action plan for the International Linear Collider

| 14 January 2016

Japan’s KEK laboratory took a step forward to realise the International Linear Collider on 6 January, issuing a “KEK-ILC Action Plan”.  This plan blueprints how KEK should start its preparation towards the ILC when the Japanese government gives its green light for the project. “Green Light” in this document is defined as a formal announcement […]

New working group toward ILC in Japan meets for the first time

| 10 December 2015

Getting the best people from all over the world is one of the biggest challenges to realise the International Linear Collider, the next-generation electron-positron collider. That’s why there’s a new working group on human resources, called into being by Japan’s ILC Advisory Panel, to tackle the issue before the ILC has even been approved. On […]

High-precision vertexing: from concept to reality

| 25 November 2015

Back in the early days of the new millennium when TESLA was not linked to electrically driven vehicles but the name of an ILC predecessor project, a small group of physicist and engineers from Bonn and Munich came together to discuss what they can do to face the challenges in future high-energy physics experiments. The […]

Superconducting cavities are a ‘hot’ topic

| 15 October 2015

Superconducting cavities are an important part of the design for many international accelerator projects. These particle-accelerating structures are used for many different accelerators from those that produce brilliant light for investigating the microcosm of atoms and molecules to those that let elementary particles collide with each other to understand the beginning of the universe. The […]