As many of you will have heard by now, the Linear Collider Collaboration was given another three-year mandate by the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA). It took the opportunity to streamline management a little, so from January we will run the collaboration in a smaller and slightly changed team. Let me introduce the new […]
Science First with the ILC- Keynote speech by Takeo Kawamura
Here is the speech delivered by Takeo Kawamura, member of the House of Representatives, on the opening day of LCWS2016.Translation thanks to the workshop local organising committee. “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m honored to be here and to speak about the ILC. I am Takeo Kawamura, a member of the House of Representatives. I […]
ILC constructed in Tokyo’s Roppongi area
From 26 October to 7 November, Salone in Roppongi, the biggest ILC-theme exhibition so far was open to the public in the heart of downtown Tokyo. Its parent exhibition, Tokyo Midtown Design Touch http://www.tokyo-midtown.com/jp/event/designtouch/english/ drew close to 1.5 million visitors during the duration of the event, and Salone in Roppongi was visited by more than […]
Interesting times
Harry Weerts in his Directors Corner article on 11 August described the upcoming year-end changes to the ILC programme in both the LCC organisation and the accelerator design efforts. Since that time the ILC accelerator team has been assessing the impact of the change in direction of the US programme with the emphasis switching from design […]
Registration now open for LCWS2016
The local organising committee for the International Workshop on Future Linear Colliders (LCWS2016) is pleased to announce that the registration is now open! LCWS2016 will take place at the Aiina Center & MALIOS in Morioka city, Iwate prefecture in Japan from 5 to 9 December 2016. The workshop will be devoted to the study of the physics […]
Hello Kitty meets ILC
Particle physics – well, not too many people feel it familiar. That is one of the biggest issue for the communication effort of the International Linear Collider. Japanese government has been seriously discussing if Japan should host this huge international science project, setting up the expert panel. The panel pointed out that the ILC should […]
Changes in LCC and in the US regarding ILC
The current Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC) reports to the Linear Collider Board (LCB), which in turns reports to the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA). At previous ICFA meetings the mandate of the current LCC was extended to the end of 2016 and at its February 2016 meeting ICFA formed a committee, consisting of the […]
Bump or no bump
That was a question at the 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics in Chicago
From 3rd August to 10th August the International Conference of High Energy Physics (ICHEP) took place at the Sheraton Hotel in the heart of the windy city. More than 1400 scientists, students and industrial representatives from all around the world were attending this major conference to present their research and discuss exciting results in High […]
In the light of new accelerators
Advancing superconducting cavities for present and future projects
At the TTC meeting (TESLA Technology Collaboration meeting) scientists from all over the world came together to present their advances for superconducting radiofrequency cavities and related topics. This summer meeting from 5 to 8 July 2016 was hosted by CEA in Saclay, near Paris in France, where the production of the European XFEL (X-ray free […]
International Linear Collider community meets at ECFA workshop LCWS16
The five days were filled with various presentations in small sessions and lively discussions during coffee breaks. Many plenary talks and dedicated sessions summarised and presented the current status of specific areas including detector and accelerator R&D. In the general plenary session overviews on the current status of CLIC, the ILC and on political developments […]