Director’s Corner 9 September 2010 Barry Barish Developing an ILC Project Implementation Plan The ILC Project Implementation Plan (PIP) will outline models and options related to the key areas of practically realising the ILC. How the five themes of our present R&D and design programme input into our Project Implementation Plan is indicated. The Global […]
ILC R&D plan updated
Director’s Corner 2 September 2010 Barry Barish ILC R&D plan updated ILC Research and Development Plan for the Technical Design Phase – Release 5 Our R&D plan has once again been updated to reflect a number of significant developments in our present four-year GDE programme. The document is entitled "ILC Research and Development Plan for […]
Discussing change at the Baseline Assessment Workshops
Director’s Corner 26 August 2010 Akira Yamamoto Discussing change at the Baseline Assessment Workshops Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Akira Yamamoto, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. In cooperation with the KEK Linear Collider Office, the ILC GDE Project Managers are organising the first in a series of Baseline Assessment Workshops (BAW) […]
ICHEP addresses the future of high-energy physics
Director’s Corner 19 August 2010 Barry Barish ICHEP addresses the future of high-energy physics I gave a few highlights last week from the 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2010) held in Paris last month. In addition to the LHC focus, the meeting had several parallel sessions and plenary talks dedicated to the future […]
ICHEP opens the LHC era
Director’s Corner 12 August 2010 Barry Barish ICHEP opens the LHC era The 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics The 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP10) held in Paris provided a first glimpse at results from the Large Hadron Collider. The very good control over machine commissioning and the speed at which […]
Students admitted to the fifth Linear Collider accelerator school
Director’s Corner 5 August 2010 Barry Barish Students admitted to the fifth Linear Collider accelerator schoolThis year we have again had a very big demand and many qualified applicants for the “Fifth International Accelerator School for Linear Colliders.” This year’s school will be held from 25 October to 5 November 2010 in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, continuing […]
Paris and politics
Director’s Corner 29 July 2010 Brian Foster Paris and politics Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Brian Foster, Global Design Effort European Regional Director. I write this "Director’s Corner" in my hotel room while attending the 35th International Conference in High Energy Physics in Paris — the most important event on the particle physics […]
An animated ILC
Director’s Corner 22 July 2010 Barry Barish An animated ILC The old adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words" nicely captures the concept that a complicated story can often more easily be described by a picture than some wordy text. Perhaps in these modern times, we could be improve this saying by saying, […]
Japan to provide funds towards the Super KEKB upgrade
Director’s Corner 15 July 2010 Barry Barish Japan to provide funds towards the Super KEKB upgrade High-energy physics got a substantial boost last month when MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), the Japanese ministry that supports high-energy physics at KEK, announced that it will appropriate 10 billion yen (around 110 million dollars) […]
The laser and the next 50 years
Director’s Corner 8 July 2010 Barry Barish The laser and the next 50 years In my column last week on the 50th anniversary of the demonstration of the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratory in 1960, I stressed the remarkable impacts this fundamental physics discovery has had both in developing a multibillion-dollar industry and […]