The Letter-of-Intent (LOI) period of the physics and detector activity of the ILC is coming close to completion. The achievements of the R&D studies during the period have been summarised in the detailed baseline design report (DBD), which will soon be submitted to ILCSC as part of the ILC’s Technical Design Report. It is being […]
Of complete DBD drafts, reviews and the future
The draft of the Detailed Baseline Design report (DBD) of ILC physics and detectors is complete and has been submitted to the Project Advisory Committee (PAC) of the ILC Steering Committee (ILCSC) for review. This report presents the achievements of physics and detector R&D activities during the Letter-of-Intent process (LOI) since 2007. It summarises the […]
How to make the ILC truly international
In order for an international project such as the ILC to succeed, it is not enough to be able to construct the accelerator itself. It is also critical that the site is geologically sound and that the living conditions of the staff and their families are agreeable. There are currently two candidate sites for the […]
Community spirit helps us achieve our milestones
Now we are making the final spurt to complete Detailed Baseline Design report (DBD). Of its two volumes, the physics volume describing the physics possibilities of the ILC was drafted by an author group convened by Michael Peskin in July and is now open for reading in the community. The draft of the other volume […]
Alea iacta est – the die has been cast
The update of the European strategy process for particle physics
This February, the CERN Council initiated the process to review the implementation of the 2006 European Strategy for particle physics. For that purpose a specific European Strategy Group was created with the aim of establishing a proposal for an update of the medium- and long-term European Strategy for Particle Physics. Tatsuya Nakada chaired this group. […]
In front of the door to a new world
Since the big news of the discovery of Higgs-like particle at LHC, we have been talking about it with enthusiasm a lot and at various occasions. I’m sure every particle physicist has been asked questions from families, friends or neighbours what the discovery means. The news stimulated big excitement about the Higgs particle in the […]
Encouraging news from CERN
We at the ILC Research Directorate are all thrilled with the announcement from CERN this week that a Higgs-like particle has been discovered. The Higgs particle has been a target of our experiments for over decades, and the affirming news that has finally arrived from the LHC is a great step forward. I wish to […]
Organising the post-2012 era
Last week the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) announced that Lyn Evans has been selected as the next Linear Collider Director to lead the new Linear Collider Organisation being created to bring the two linear collider programmes under one governance. The end of the GDE and Research Director era, with the completion of the […]
Marking our progress – Detailed Baseline Design report
During the past five years the physics and detector community has made much progress for establishing capable detector designs for the ILC. These achievements are to be summarised in the Detailed Baseline Design report (DBD) by the end of this year. The DBD will make a solid milestone, marking the end of the Letter-of-Intent period […]
Building a home for the ILC detectors
This month's Research Director's Report was written by Karsten Büßer (DESY), Convener of the Machine-Detector Interface Common Task Group
If you are planning to build a home for your family, there is an important ingredient that you will need: translucent paper. Sooner or later in the planning stage, you will have the first blueprints from your architect, and if you are lucky, they already represent to a large fraction what you imagined your new […]