The decision-making process of hosting the International Linear Collider in Japan is now approaching a critical point. The Japanese government has decided that the ILC should be re-evaluated by the Science Council of Japan (SCJ), together with other big science projects, as part of its roadmap for the future. This evaluation, called the “Japanese Master Plan of Large […]
Tohoku leaders hand request letters to Japanese government to invite the ILC
On 12 June, representatives from the following four organizations submitted a letter of request asking the Japanese government to explicitly express an intention to host the International Linear Collider (ILC): the Tohoku ILC Promotion Council, the Hokkaido/Tohoku Governors’ Association, the Hokkaido/Tohoku Prefectural Assembly Chairpersons’ Association, and the Tohoku Mayors’ Association. Since the national government gave […]
CERN Council Open Symposium on the Update of European Strategy for Particle Physics
Six hundred (600) particle physicists gathered for discussions of the physics case for various options on the future of particle physics. This process to update the European Strategy for Particle Physics is mandated by the CERN Council every 6 or 7 years and this is the third time. In addition to people in Europe, there […]
ILC International Working Group Established — First Meeting Held in Granada
Fermilab Colloquium on the status of the ILC
A linear collider strategy
The European Strategy process (ESPP) is moving ahead, with an Open Symposium in Granada, Spain as the next main event. Preparing for this meeting and strategy discussions in general, a Linear Collider Community Meeting was held at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland in the beginning of April. The meeting was arranged on […]
From KEK: KEK presented its plan for the ILC project in Lausanne
Masanori Yamauchi, Director General of KEK, made a presentation regarding KEK’s plan for the ILC, at the international conference held on 8-9 April 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. About 100 scientists from around the world who aim for the realization of electron-positron linear colliders gathered at the Linear Collider Community Meeting, to discuss the future linear […]
ILC250 Higgs factory: ready for launch!
The world of particle physics changed in 2012. Following decades of experimental searches and analysis, the scalar particle thought to be responsible for electroweak symmetry breaking, the Higgs boson, was discovered by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC at CERN. Now that we know of the existence and mass of the Higgs boson, […]
Preparing for the update
The Linear Collider (LC) activities world-wide are entering a defining two years. The overall picture is quite clear in the short term. The European Strategy Update process has defined its organisation and timescale in more detail, expecting input documents to be submitted by the end of 2018. On the ILC side we are expecting clarifying […]
Successful visit to Europe: one big step for ILC realisation
“In short, it was a big success,” said Satoru Yamashita, project professor at the University of Tokyo, who was a member of a Japanese delegation that visited France and Germany in early January this year. The Japanese delegation consisted of 18 persons – Diet members, government officials, industry leaders, and scientists – and toured two […]