The 4th Workshop of the France-China Particle Physics Laboratory (FCPPL) took place in Shandong University, Jinan, China from 7 to 9 April 2011. The main purpose of these workshops is to present, review and discuss the various ongoing and future activities performed by Chinese and French scientists within the FCPPL framework. More than 100 scientists, […]
A laboratory without walls
Fourth workshop of the France-China Particle Physics Laboratory held in Jinan
A niobium company visit in Ningxia, China
With the aim of preparing for ILC superconducting radiofrequency (SCRF) cavity and cryomodule industrialisation, and to seek cost-effective mass-production scenarios for the SCRF cavity and cryomodule systems, the ILC project managers set up a plan for industrial communication. They decided to pay visits to twelve companies between early February and late April 2011 to discuss […]
First gathering in Beijing
China's domestic linear collider workshop held
Just a week after the International Workshop on Linear Colliders (IWLC2010) held in Geneva, China’s Linear Collider Workshop (CLCW2010) organised by the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) was held in Beijing Laffitte Hotel from 30 to 31 October. For the first time, China’s linear collider community gathered together to exchange ideas and have a […]
China reaching the target gradient
PKU3, the first nine-cell cavity in China reaching a gradient usable for the ILC, in JLab clean room before vertical test. Image: Fumio Furuta A 1.3-gigahertz TESLA-type nine-cell niobium superconducting cavity, named PKU3, as the third nine-cell cavity fabricated by the superconducting radiofrequency (RF) group at Peking University, Beijing, China, achieved an accelerating gradient of […]
Progress on China’s collaboration with XFEL and FAIR
The attendees listen to a report during the annual meeting of "Basic Research on the FEL and FAIR" project. Image: Min Zhang The European X-ray Free Electron Laser (European XFEL) and the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) are two important international cooperative science facilities mainly led by Germany. China has participated in the […]
Important progress on IHEP superconducting cavity
A 1.3-Gigahertz low-loss type large-grain nine-cell superconducting cavity called IHEP-01 produced at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) in Beijing, China, achieved an accelerating gradient of 20 Megavolts per metre in its first vertical test at KEK on 1 July. This may not be the design gradient yet, but it marks an important progress […]
A young female expert on beam size
A profile of Sha Bai, a new ILC group staff at IHEP
In June, a lot of Chinese students graduate from different schools. Sha Bai, a PhD student from the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), is one of them. “I enjoy my research work very much. I like ATF2, ILC and CLIC a lot,” said Bai, who just received her doctoral degree in June 2010 working […]
Calorimeter Olympics in Beijing
The International Conferences on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics (also known as the Calor Conference series, started in October 1990 at Fermilab) address all aspects of calorimetric particle detection and measurement, with emphasis on high-energy physics experiments. This year, the conference of Calor 2010, the fourteenth in this series, was held in the Institute of […]
Here is to Beijing – the Great Wall – and windowless seminar rooms
Director’s Corner 25 March 2010 Nick Walker Here’s to Beijing, the Great Wall, and windowless seminar rooms Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Nick Walker, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. As this copy of ILC NewsLine "hits the streets" most of us will already be in Beijing for the start of ILC2010 […]