The two detector designs for the ILC are now elaborated by the ILD and SiD groups toward the Detailed Baseline Design Report (DBD). When the Letters of Intent (LOI) were called in 2007, the guideline said, “The LOI will not represent any formal commitment of the groups signing it to the project or to the […]
“Crazy” years await us – or maybe not
This month's Research Director's Report was written by Juan Fuster, co-chair of the Worldwide Study and regional detector contact for Europe.
“…acreditó su ventura, morir cuerdo y vivir loco” (… a crazy man his life he passed, but in his senses died at last) Epitaph of Samson Carrasco upon the tomb of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha (Part two 1615) The book written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605 (part I) and […]
Planning the Detailed Baseline Design Report
In late 2009, the physics common task group (CTG) proposed a set of new benchmark reactions, which were needed in the work-plan towards the Baseline Design Report. They were chosen to demonstrate the physics possibilities of the ILC and the capability of the detectors, and were based on various physics prospects. The list included a […]
ILC community meets in Oregon for ALCPG11
This month's Research Director's Report was written by Jim Brau, co-chair of the Worldwide Study and regional detector contact for the Americas.
I’ve been spending a good fraction of my time over the past weeks preparing for the next regional workshop in the Americas (ALCPG11), which will be held on my home campus, the University of Oregon, US. I’m excited that so many colleagues from all over the world will be visiting Eugene. I’m sure we will […]
New regional contact from Europe
First of all a Happy New Year to all readers! We have now come over the middle point of the Letters-of-Intent (LOIs) process to produce a detailed baseline design (DBD) of the ILC detectors. The first half was very productive. Much work on detector R&D and physics simulation is now being continued to be integrated […]
SiD moving forward
Research Director’s Report 16 December 2010 Jim Brau Andy White SiD moving forwardThis month’s Research Director’s Report was written by Jim Brau (University of Oregon) and Andy White (University of Texas at Arlington), who serve on the SiD Executive Committee and were co-organizers of the recent SiD workshop. The SiD (Silicon Detector) Collaboration met in […]
ILC and Super KEKB
Research Director’s Report 18 November 2010 Hitoshi Yamamoto ILC and Super KEKBThis month’s Research Director’s Report was written by Hitoshi Yamamoto, co-chair of the World Wide Study and regional detector contact for Asia.In 2008, KEK formulated the so-called KEK roadmap that defined priorities for the Japanese high-energy physics programme for the following five years. This […]
White paper on Comprehensive Project Design Guidance
Research Director’s Report 21 October 2010 Sakue Yamada White paper on Comprehensive Project Design GuidanceRecently the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC) published a white paper on the Comprehensive Project Design Guidance (CPDG), which describes the direction of the activity to promote ILC in its post-technical design phase beyond 2012. The document was proposed by […]
A linear collider workshop at CERN
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What will happen after the DBD
Research Director’s Report19 August 2010 Sakue Yamada What will happen after the DBDRight now, the two detector groups are striving to update their detector concepts towards the detailed baseline design (DBD) aimed to be completed in 2012. This includes many activities such as component R&D, integration of the components of detectors and further into the […]