Prof. Masatoshi Koshiba passed away on 12 November 2020 at the age of 94. He was one of the giant stars in the field of experimental particle physics. Born in the city of Toyohashi, Japan, in 1926, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1951 and received his PhDfrom the University of Rochester in […]
A tribute to Koshiba-sensei
Two workshops 2021 – Please mark your calendars
The 2021 International Workshop on Linear Colliders (LCWS 2021) will be arranged by Europe/CERN as a remote meeting from15 to 19 March next year. Similar to the past meetings, it will cover the physics, detector, and accelerator studies of ILC and CLIC. The meeting will be at a timely moment since the European Strategy for […]
A tribute to Nobel laureate Masatoshi Koshiba, 1926-2020
Professor Masatoshi Koshiba, who was awarded with Nobel Prize for physics in 2002 for detecting cosmic neutrinos, passed away on 12 November at the age of 94. While he is known for the observation of solar and supernova neutrinos and by Kamiokande, Professor Koshiba will also be remembered as the physicist who started the e+e- […]
ICFA and the ILC’s International Development Team
Until the end of its mandate in June 2020 the Linear Collider Board (LCB) had been operating under the auspices of ICFA to study options for a future linear collider. To build upon the work of the LCB, ICFA has taken a major step to focus on requirements to establish an ILC “Pre-Lab” in Japan […]
ICFA Press Release: ICFA appoints members for the ILC International Development Team
The international effort to realise the next major particle collider, the International Linear Collider (ILC), has a new team to lead the project. Today the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) announced the structure and the team members of the ILC International Development Team (ILC-IDT). On 2 August, ICFA approved the formation of the ILC-IDT […]
“We are committed to making the ILC a success” LCWS participants publish “Sendai Statement” in support of the International Linear Collider
Scientists gathering in Sendai, Japan, for a scientific conference about a possible future particle physics project in Japan to complement the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its upgrade at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, reaffirmed their commitment to engage in the construction and scientific exploitation of the International Linear Collider (ILC) as a global project. Having […]
From CERN: CLIC collaboration considers collider’s unique potential
Executive Summary of the Science Council of Japan’s Report
This is the executive summary of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ)’s report on the International Linear Collider, released on 19 December 2018. This is an unofficial translation by KEK from the original Japanese. Background The International Linear Collider (ILC) is an international project in the field of elementary particle physics to construct a straight […]
From KEK: Regarding the “Assessment of the revised International Linear Collider Project”
We would like to express our gratitude to the review committee of the revised International Linear Collider (ILC) project of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) for their prompt and detailed evaluation. We here present our opinions in response to the final report published by the Science Council of Japan. The SCJ appreciated the scientific […]