Image: DESY A delegation from the prefectures Fukuoka and Saga on the Japanese island Kyushu visited two European labs, CERN and DESY, last week to learn about existing research infrastructures and the labs’ experiences with management, administration, local communication and a whole lot more. The region is one of two possible Japanese sites for the […]
The future city of the ILC
What will happen when the ILC is built? One hopes discoveries will change the way we see the universe. It will answer the questions about what the universe is made of. And maybe it will help generate new Nobel Prize winners… “OK, I understand that something great will happen in the academic world. But I […]
The ILC in a mountainous region
Director’s Corner 30 September 2010 Marc Ross The ILC in a mountainous region – A report on Japanese efforts to develop possible sites Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Marc Ross, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. Roughly six years ago the International Committee for Future Accelerators accepted the recommendation to adopt ‘cold’, […]
The proposed Russian ILC site
Director’s Corner 10 July 2008 Barry Barish The proposed Russian ILC site One of the most difficult and tricky issues for the Global Design Effort in carrying out our design work is how to approach the siting issue for the ILC before proposals are actually solicited for hosting the machine. Conventional facilities are a major […]
Integrating ideas at Dubna
Director’s Corner 26 June 2008 Ewan Paterson Integrating ideas at Dubna Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner by Ewan Paterson, Integration Specialist and Member of the GDE Executive Committee. At the recent Conventional Facilities and Siting Workshop in Dubna, there were four focus groups: Shallow Site, Infrastructure, Siting and Accelerator Systems. However before the meetings […]
The GDE to meet in Russia
Director’s Corner 17 April 2008 Barry Barish The GDE to meet in Russia The next general meeting for the GDE will be at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia. JINR is a large international laboratory with a long history in accelerator-related science. This meeting will have a thematic nature, exploring questions […]
Siting the ILC: Reference design for the conventional facilities
Director’s Corner 9 August 2007 Barry Barish Siting the ILC: Reference design for the conventional facilities Where will the ILC be built? This is one of the first questions people ask me whenever I give a presentation on our ambitions to build a new accelerator for particle physics. The answer, of course, is that we […]
27 July 2005
Director’s Corner 27 July 2005I am often asked where the ILC will be sited The mere fact that I am asked such a question tells me that some of you think we know more than we are revealing about where the ILC will eventually be located. But I must tell you the simple truth that […]