A huge 9.0-magnitude earthquake descended on us at about 14:46 on 11 March 2011 Japan standard time. The ATF (accelerator test facility) was operating for ATF2 beam-tuning and we were going to have a background study for the interaction point beam size monitor. Some of us, including me, were working in the electronics hut of […]
A scientist’s report on the earthquake and KEK’s accelerator test facility
The earthquake takes its toll on one of KEK's hallmark experiments