The ILC Program Advisory Committee (PAC) held their semi-annual review of the ILC detector and accelerator programmes at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan from 19-20 May and made a set of specific recommendations regarding the GDE accelerator R&D programme towards a Technical Design Report (TDR). Overall, the review was quite positive and supportive of our […]
PAC meeting in Taiwan: a discussion of long-term issues
The ILC Program Advisory Committee (PAC) held their semi-annual review of the ILC detector and accelerator programmes at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan from 19-20 May. In addition to their specific recommendations on the detector and accelerator programmes, they repeated their general recommendation: “As at the previous PAC meeting, the PAC again recommends the need […]
Congratulations to Shin-ichi Kurokawa
It is with special pleasure that I pay tribute today to Professor Shin-ichi Kurokawa, who was awarded this year’s Rolf Widerøe Prize by the European Physical Society Accelerator Group. Shin-ichi was cited for his “outstanding leadership in the design, construction and operation of several high-energy accelerators, including the KEK PS, TRISTAN and the KEK B-Factory. […]
A new beginning – and no strings attached
This week’s issue features a Director's Corner from Brian Foster, Global Design Effort European Regional Director.
When Albrecht Wagner, former chair of the DESY directorate, first suggested to me that I might consider applying for an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in association with Hamburg University and DESY, I didn’t take the idea seriously. I had no intention of leaving Oxford, which is a fantastic place both to live and to work. […]
Interim report on the ILC R&D programme
Today I announce the release of a comprehensive report on the ILC R&D programme and progress. The ILC R&D programme is oriented at establishing the technical viability of the design that will be presented in our Technical Design Report (TDR). This report describes our considerable progress to date on R&D and demonstration experiments that will […]
Science Diplomacy
During the cold war, some of the most important interchanges and breaking down of barriers between the east and the west came through scientific exchange and collaboration. In recent years, exchange and training of students, global availability of advanced scientific facilities, books and publications have broadened the scientific enterprise and have all contributed to the […]
Congratulations to Michel Davier
I am especially pleased today to pay tribute to Michel Davier, a long-time colleague, who has recently been awarded the André Lagarrigue Prize for 2010. Although Michel and I have not been direct collaborators, our research careers have paralleled each other to a large extent. Consequently, I am very familiar with his many important contributions […]
Global Design Effort optimises industralisation models
This week's issue features a Director's Corner from Akira Yamamoto, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort.
As part of Technical Design Phase 2, the Global Design Effort (GDE) has been working towards more realistic and cost-effective industrialisation models for the production of superconducting radiofrequency (SCRF) cavities and cryomodules, as these are primary cost drivers in the ILC construction estimate. The most important issue to be explored is how to distribute and […]
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer launches!
A new sophisticated particle physics experiment, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, was launched into space on 16 May 2011. This advanced instrument is the culmination of an almost 20-year effort to design, build and employ an instrument with a goal of performing precision measurements of cosmic ray particles from a platform in space. Using the International […]
How to become an accelerator physicist
I am pleased to announce the Sixth International Accelerator School for Linear Colliders that will be held from 6 to 17 November 2011. The Global Design Effort has both been a sponsor and contributed lecturers to the first five schools in this series. The last school was held in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland last autumn. This year’s […]