Team in the beam: Asian ECal makes measurements in the test beam at DESY Layers of the electromagnetic calorimeter in the test beam When scientists take their detector prototypes to a test beam they enter a parallel world. Many basic needs are put on hold – the need for sunlight, regular meals or eight hours […]
The ILC Vertex Detector: Tagging Transient Particles
Possible geometry for the ILC vertex detector. At the heart of the massive ILC detector system, the vertex detector, a compact tracking device about the size of a wine bottle, surrounds the interaction region. This high-tech piece of equipment hosts about a billion pixels in total – equivalent to hundreds of the finest cameras. It […]
The Evolving ILC Design: Push-Pull Detector Arrangement
Director’s Corner 1 February 2007 Barry Barish The Evolving ILC Design: Push-Pull Detector Arrangement "The full realization of the scientific potential of the ILC argues for the construction and operation of two complementary detectors by two international collaborations." This statement comes from a chapter of the soon to be released ILC Detector Concept Report (DCR), […]
Worldwide Peer Reviews for ILC Detector R&D
Director’s Corner 2 November 2006 Barry Barish Worldwide Peer Reviews for ILC Detector R&D Reaching the science goals for the ILC will require that both the collider performance and the capabilities of the detectors be consistent with the parameters set out by the ILCSC parameters group. For the ILC detectors, this will require improvements in […]
Detector Options for the ILC
If built, the International Linear Collider will hurl tiny electrons and positrons down 26 miles of accelerator, colliding the particles at the center in a microscopic explosion. But what good is it all if you can’t see it happen? Because of the subtle nature of the ILC’s proposed work, its detectors will need to collect […]
Review of the French ILC Detector R&D
The French ILC community held a SOCLE meeting (Seminar Oriented towards a Contribution to an Electron Linear Collider) in Lyon on 12-13 January 2006. More than 70 participants attended a review of the ongoing ILC detector R&D effort in CNRS/IN2P3 and CEA/DAPNIA laboratories. Future prospects and organisation aspects were discussed. Software tools dedicated to physics […]