Sakue Yamada | 20 November 2008The LCWS08 and ILC 08-workshops are going on in Chicago right now. For many years, the LCWS workshops have brought together the physics and detector communities to discuss recent advances relevant to the linear collider.
Category: Research Director's Report | Tagged: LCWS08
Sakue Yamada | 16 October 2008Following the discussions with the representatives of the groups preparing the letters of intent (LOI) and the members of the common task groups during the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) workshop in Warsaw, we have been working to reinforce the two common task groups, the detector R&D Panel and the Physics Panel, by inviting more members outside the LOI group community.
Category: Research Director's Report | Tagged: common task groups
Sakue Yamada | 17 July 2008Arriving at DESY last Thursday, I heard the sad news of Yoji from home. This reminded me of the most enjoyable days I had in physics with him here at DESY...
Sakue Yamada | 17 July 2008The first meeting of International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG) for the ILC detectors was held in Warsaw during the ECFA Linear Collider workshop on 9 and 10 June. There were both open and closed sessions. The closed meeting became a good chance for the IDAG members to meet with each other, the Letter-of-Intent (LOI) representatives and research directorate members in order to share their views as to what their tasks are and how the validation process can be made.
Category: Research Director's Report | Tagged: common task groups, IDAG
Jim Brau | 12 June 2008This past year, our global collaboration was derailed by funding cuts for the ILC in the UK and in the US. (...) Our dedication and perseverance have been challenged, but the science has not changed: particle physics will need a high-energy linear collider. In the US, a new strategic plan for the funding agencies restates the importance of a lepton collider to advances in particle physics.
Category: Research Director's Report | Tagged: HEPAP, P5 report, United States
Sakue Yamada | 15 May 2008During the ECFA workshop for the International Linear Collider in Warsaw from 9 to 12 June, the International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG) will meet for the first time. The three concept groups of the ILC detector which expressed their interest to prepare letters of intent (LOI) will meet IDAG.
Category: Research Director's Report | Tagged: ECFA, IDAG, Poland, Warsaw University
Sakue Yamada | 17 April 2008Three concept groups have responded to the call for Expressions of Interest: ILD, SiD and the 4th concept group. Now we can go one step further, namely the common task groups will be formed by the members of each of these groups.
Category: Research Director's Report | Tagged: detector concepts, detector R&D
Sakue Yamada | 20 March 2008... I would like to ask those groups which intend to submit Letters of Intent (LOIs) to send me an email with the names of currently participating institutions and up to two names of contact persons. There are many issues to discuss and to do together with the LOI groups before the LOIs can be submitted.
Category: Research Director's Report | Tagged: IDAG, letter of intent, push-pull
Sakue Yamada | 14 February 2008The new detector plans prepared in consultation with the Organizing Committee of the Worldwide Study of Physics and Detectors for Future Linear e+e- Colliders (WWS-OC) were discussed at the last ILCSC meeting on 11 February at DESY and were approved. -- By Sakue Yamada
Category: Research Director's Report | Tagged: Detector Design Phase
