Prof. Lyn Evans, Director of the Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC), visited the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) on June 9th. Accompanying him were Prof. Akira Yamamoto, the LCC Asian Regional Director, and Prof. Hitoshi Yamamoto, the LCC Associate Director for Physics and Detectors. The LCC delegation held a special symposium and participated in the […]
Now open: the Planning Office for the International Linear Collider to realise the ILC
I am pleased to be in charge to provide the Director’s Corner in timely manner and coinciding with a public announcement from KEK. KEK has set up a Planning Office for the International Linear Collider, headed by Atsuto Suzuki, Director General of KEK. It may serves a precursor for an international planning organisation for the […]
From DESY inForm: Under one roof
New ILC cavity laboratory opens
Cavity experts always have one goal in mind: to reach a higher gradient for the superconducting accelerator structures – in serial production. The cavity production for the X-ray laser European XFEL runs at full speed. However, the precondition for industrial production of the cavities for the International Linear Collider is to reliably obtain the intended […]
Planning for the future of the US high-energy-physics programme
The US High Energy Physics (HEP) programme is presently guided by a roadmap put together in 2008 by US Department of Energy (DOE) High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). Since that time the global HEP situation has continued to evolve in regards to both the physics (most notably the Higgs boson) and international HEP planning […]
“The GDE must write” – The first steps to the ILC Technical Design Report
This week's issue features a Director's Corner from Nick Walker, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort.
“The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.” Mark Twain “Scientists must write” was a particular mantra of one of my professors in my freshman year at university. He […]
International Linear Collider Steering Committee confronts ILC R&D support issues
Director’s Corner 20 May 2010 Barry Barish International Linear Collider Steering Committee confronts ILC R&D support issues Scientific oversight for the ILC Global Design Effort is provided by the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC), a subcommittee of the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA). The most recent meeting of the ILCSC, chaired by Jon […]
Technological Benefits from ILC R&D
Director’s Corner 9 April 2009 Barry Barish Technological Benefits from ILC R&D We are pursuing a very ambitious R&D programme in order to develop the technologies that will be required to build the International Linear Collider. Recognising that important technological benefits are resulting from our ILC R&D programme, the Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC), […]
ILC R&D plan updated
Director’s Corner 5 March 2009 Barry Barish ILC R&D plan updated ILC Research and Development Plan for the Technical Design Phase Release 3 We characterise the present period of the Global Design Effort activities as a four-year programme to prepare ourselves to be ready to propose a well conceived ILC construction project to collaborating governments […]
Involving Spain in the ILC R&D programme
Director’s Corner 12 February 2009 Barry Barish Involving Spain in the ILC R&D programme We had a nearly two-day meeting with the Spanish particle physics groups to explore collaborations for the ILC last month, immediately following the Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC) meeting in Madrid. During the FALC meeting, Juan A. Fuster Verdú gave […]
Progress and plans for ILC R&D at JLab
Director’s Corner 16 October 2008 Barry Barish Progress and plans for ILC R&D at JLab Jefferson Laboratory (JLab) in Newport News, Virginia, is a major DOE laboratory for Nuclear Physics. The laboratory has a pioneering 6-GeV electron accelerator that is based on superconducting radiofrequencey (RF) accelerating technology. JLab has a great deal of expertise, experience […]