Research Director’s Report20 November 2008 Sakue Yamada LCWS08The 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. Many parallel sessions organised around physics and detector topics repeated the tradition. The […]
All common task groups are ready to start
Research Director’s Report16 October 2008 Sakue Yamada All common task groups are ready to startFollowing 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 […]
What becomes of the WWS?
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My tribute to Yoji
Research Director’s Report17 July 2008 Sakue Yamada My tribute to YojiArriving 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 in the Double-Arm Spectrometer (DASP) group lead by Bj
The first IDAG meeting in Warsaw and common task groups
Research Director’s Report17 July 2008 Sakue Yamada The first IDAG meeting in Warsaw and common task groupsThe first meeting of the 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 […]
New US Strategic plan for particle physics recommends restored participation in ILC R&D
Research Director’s Report12 June 2008 Jim Brau, author of this week’s Research Director Report, is a member of the P5 panel. New US Strategic plan for particle physics recommends restored participation in ILC R&D This month’s Research Director’s Report was written by Jim Brau, co-chair of the Worldwide Study, regional detector contact for the Americas […]
The first meeting of the International Detector Advisory Group to be held in Warsaw
Research Director’s Report15 May 2008 Sakue Yamada The first meeting of the International Detector Advisory Group to be held in Warsaw During 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 […]
Designing groups and detectors
Research Director’s Report17 April 2008 Sakue Yamada Designing groups and detectorsThree 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.I know the detector […]
We call for Expressions of Interest
Research Director’s Report20 March 2008 Sakue Yamada We call for Expressions of InterestSeveral steps have been taken since my last report in February. At the ACFA-GDE joint workshop in Sendai held two weeks ago, I reported on the latest development in some detail and exchanged opinions with participating colleagues.First good news: the International Detector Advisory […]
New timeline for detector activities
Research Director’s Report14 February 2008 Sakue Yamada New timeline for detector activitiesFor the newly formed detector Executive Board, the first task in the past month was to work out a new timeline under the present financial difficulties. The plan is to maintain the momentum of the detector community. We need to keep the process which […]