Barry Barish | 22 September 2011Now that the baseline for the Technical Design Report has been established, the focus is on fleshing out the details of that design and optimising it for cost, risk and performance. As a result, the costing process is being initiated. The first meeting to begin the costing effort was held at Caltech in the US, immediately following the face-to-face Executive Committee meeting in July.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: cost estimate, cost optimisation, RDR, TDR, Technical Design Report, value management
Barry Barish | 15 September 2011The American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields meeting at Brown University had a broad programme covering new results, special topics such as celebrating the Tevatron and plans for future projects. In my concluding remarks for the conference, I gave a personal view of future opportunities in particle physics.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: DPF, future, future accelerators, particle physics
Marc Ross | 28 July 2011Niobium’s superconducting ability recommends it as a metal of choice for ILC accelerating cavities, but it brings challenges to the R&D table. Laboratories and industry alike work to set down the best possible, most cost-effective process for forming niobium into high-performing structures.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: cavity production, Cavity Production Pilot Plant, niobium
Barry Barish | 21 July 2011Following the recent release of the ILC accelerator interim report, The International Linear Collider: A Technical Progress Report, we have received positive and encouraging responses from the chairman and other members of the International Linear Collider Steering Committee, our scientific oversight committee. This interim report is a useful summary of our ILC R&D programme and accomplishments to date, in preparation for the ILC Technical Design Report, which we are on track to complete by the end of 2012.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: ILCSC, interim report, TDR, Technical Design Report
