Director’s Corner 27 July 2006 Barry Barish Building and Testing a String of Cryomodules – a Task for S2 An ambitious and crucial goal of the ILC R&D programme is to build and test a string of superconducting RF cryomodules that operate at or near the design gradient. Achieving such a milestone would help optimise […]
Demonstrating the ILC Accelerating Gradient
Director’s Corner 6 July 2006 Barry Barish Demonstrating the ILC Accelerating Gradient The central element of the ILC concept is the superconducting RF technology that will be used to accelerate electrons and positrons in the main linac. The choice of accelerating gradient is perhaps the single most important decision we have made, since it determines […]
Electron Accelerator R&D for the Energy Frontier
Three European-funded projects, CARE/ELAN, EUROTeV and Euroleap, will meet at LAL, Orsay to review present activities and discuss future plans. In the context of actively preparing for future electron accelerators and colliders, there will be a two and a half day meeting at LAL, Orsay starting on 15 May. Three European-funded projects (CARE/ELAN, EUROTeV and […]