We were all holding our breaths to see the Japanese government making an official move towards hosting the ILC. A small but significant move happened as a Christmas present. On 24 December 2013, the Japanese cabinet released the government budget proposal for the Japanese Fiscal Year 2014 that will be voted on in the Diet […]
Dishing out experience
First of all let me wish you all a Happy New Year. I hope that we will see real progress towards the realisation of the ILC in 2014, starting with the approval process in Japan and other countries. Now let me share a unique experience with you that provided me with a different perspective on […]
A year in review
The discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC in the last year has clarified the initial scientific objective of the Linear Collider projects. It tell us that a Higgs factory will be the first phase of the Linear Collider project. This changes the formerly mutually exclusive situation of the ILC and CLIC projects into peaceful […]
November in Paris: ILC prepares for Horizon 2020
While not quite having the poetical resonance of April, nevertheless November in the French capital has many charms. Researchers from all over the world experienced these last week. From Wednesday to Friday, more than 80 people met at Saclay to discuss R&D efforts for both the ILC detectors and the accelerator. The “Irfu Linear Collider […]
Planning for the future of the US high-energy-physics programme
The US High Energy Physics (HEP) programme is presently guided by a roadmap put together in 2008 by US Department of Energy (DOE) High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). Since that time the global HEP situation has continued to evolve in regards to both the physics (most notably the Higgs boson) and international HEP planning […]
The CLIC 2014 workshop at CERN
As the worldwide linear collider community comes together during the LCWS 2013 meeting in Tokyo next week, the CLIC collaboration has already started to plan their next major event, the 2014 CLIC workshop at CERN from 3 to 7 February. The yearly CLIC workshop brings together accelerator, detector and physics experts directly involved or connected […]
LCWS13 – a timely linear collider workshop
The international linear collider workshop LCWS13 will be hosted by the University of Tokyo from 11 to 15 November. In June 2013, the ILC TDR was completed and the new international linear collider organisation LCC has fully taken over from the GDE (Global Design Effort) and RD (Research Directorate) that coordinated the activities to produce the […]
Yes!
I got up at 2am in the morning to watch the announcement of 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics. During an unexpected delay by one hour, thoughts started to wander whether the recipients might also be totally unexpected. But it was worth the wait. The announcement confirmed what we’ve been waiting for: recognition of François Englert […]
Doors open wide
Every few years, CERN opens its doors to the general public. The last “Open Days” took place in 2008 before the LHC startup. The present long shutdown of the CERN facilities provides an ideal opportunity to continue this tradition, which is essential in establishing trust in the local communities as well as giving the public […]
ILC candidate site evaluation in Japan
Today's issue features a Director's Corner from Sachio Komamiya, Chair of the Linear Collider Board.
The ILC Site Evaluation Committee of Japan co-chaired by Kiyotomo Kawagoe, professor of Kyushu University and Hitoshi Yamamoto, professor of Tohoku University has assessed the two candidate sites, the Sefuri mountains in Kyushu (south island of Japan) and the Kitakami mountains in the Tokoku, northeast area, based on technical and socio-environmental criteria. The committee has […]