Director’s Corner 18 November 2010 Barry Barish Linear Collider Accelerator School Following the very intense joint ILC/CLIC workshop (IWLC10) in Geneva last month, I went around Lake Geneva to Villars-sur-Ollon. Our fifth Linear Collider Accelerator School, and the first one sponsored jointly by ILC and CLIC, was held there from 25 October to 5 November […]
Electron-Cloud physics
Director’s Corner 11 November 2010 Barry Barish Electron-cloud physics What is and what causes an electron cloud in a modern accelerator? What problems does it create on accelerator performance and how can its effects be mitigated? This was the subject of a special workshop at Cornell University held from 8 to 12 October 2010, sponsored […]
Cavity gradient milestone achieved
Director’s Corner 4 November 2010 Barry Barish Cavity gradient milestone achieved One of our most visible and important ILC R&D short-term milestones has been to demonstrate production of ILC superconducting radio frequency cavities with gradient of greater than or equal to 35 megavolts per metre (MV/m) and Q0 = 8×109 and 50 percent production yield. (Q0 […]
The first joint ILC and CLIC workshop, IWLC10 in Geneva
Director’s Corner 28 October 2010 Peter Garbincius The first joint ILC and CLIC workshop, IWLC10 in Geneva Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Peter H. Garbincius, Global Design Effort Cost Manager. The International Linear Collider community has typically held major meetings twice a year where the accelerator and physics & detector people come together, […]
The convergence of astrophysics and particle physics
Director’s Corner 21 October 2010 Barry Barish The convergence of astrophysics and particle physicsOne of the more interesting and important developments in our field over the past decade has been the convergence of particle physics and astrophysics. The scope of particle physics has grown in recent years to include what we commonly call particle astrophysics, […]
Novosibirsk revisited: integrating former weapons scientists
Director’s Corner 14 October 2010 Barry Barish Novosibirsk revisited: integrating former weapons scientistsLast week I wrote about the Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk, Russia, the venue for the 13th CERN-ISTC Scientific Advisory Committee Seminar entitled “New Perspectives of High Energy Physics,” where I was an invited speaker on the International Linear Collider. The […]
Novosibirsk
Director’s Corner 7 October 2010 Barry Barish Novosibirsk I had the interesting experience recently of spending four days at a meeting in Novosibirsk, Russia. I was an invited speaker at the 13th CERN-ISTC SAC seminar entitled "New Perspectives of High Energy Physics." The seminar was held at the Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics (BINP), a […]
The ILC in a mountainous region
Director’s Corner 30 September 2010 Marc Ross The ILC in a mountainous region – A report on Japanese efforts to develop possible sites Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Marc Ross, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. Roughly six years ago the International Committee for Future Accelerators accepted the recommendation to adopt ‘cold’, […]
Beyond the Technical Design Report
Director’s Corner 23 September 2010 Barry Barish Beyond the Technical Design ReportThe main focus of the efforts of the ILC Global Design Effort (GDE) are to carry out the critical R&D programme needed for a successful ILC and to build on the ILC Reference Design by creating a Technical Design Report (TDR) that can be […]
IWLC2010: International Workshop on Linear Colliders 2010
Director’s Corner 16 September 2010 Barry Barish IWLC2010: International Workshop on Linear Colliders 2010 This week I want to preview the coming ECFA-CLIC-ILC joint meeting that will be held from 18 October through 22 October 2010 at CERN and the International Conference Centre Geneva, Switzerland. This meeting is one further step towards bringing the Compact […]