In 2006, Fermilab’s Particle Physics Division teamed up with MIT’s Lincoln Labs to start work on the first iteration of a new kind chip for the proposed International Linear Collider’s vertex detector. A new way to slim down chips was emerging in the semiconductor industry, one that could potentially make it easier to measure the […]
A successful Linear Collider workshop in Belgrade – and planning the main LC workshops in 2015
The yearly international Linear Collider Workshop took place from 6 to 10 October 2014 in Belgrade, organised by the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences. The workshop gathered researchers from Europe, Asia and America primarily involved in the linear collider projects ILC and CLIC. Approximately 200 participants took part from 84 institutions in 21 countries. The […]
CERN-KEK offices established
CERN and KEK have a long history of collaboration. An agreement signed at KEK on 21 November puts this on even firmer ground: both labs will establish CERN-KEK offices to increase the collaborative effort on accelerator R&D and construction projects of mutual interest.. There are a number of key projects that fall into this category: the […]
The 2014 ICFA seminar in Beijing
The ICFA seminar is a meeting held every three years, rotating through the Americas, Asia and Europe. The last meeting in 2011 was held at CERN, and the most recent one in Asia at the Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP) in Beijing from 27 to 30 October. The next meeting in 2017 will be […]
The future of Higgs physics
In 2012, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of the Higgs boson. The Higgs was expected to be the final piece of the particular jigsaw that is the Standard Model of particle physics, and its discovery was a monumental event. But more precise studies of it are needed […]
The fall and subsequent rise of the ILC project through the eyes of a particle physicist journeyman
In the fall of 2001, an exchange student from Germany arrived at the University of Oregon expecting to stay a year, with particle physics not very high on his list of career priorities. But a graduate level particle physics class and an ensuing summer project on Higgs branching ratios changed all that. Impressed by Jan […]
What does the P5 report mean for the International Linear Collider?
Since the last Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) report in 2008, an even stronger case has emerged for building the long heralded International Linear Collider. The latest P5 report, released this year, recommends that the US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation make provisions, among other things, for significant US participation in […]
Linear Collider School switches lakes
The great cathedrals of medieval Europe are often cited as the physical monuments to an Age of Faith; similarly, the mammoth particle accelerators of our day are sometimes said to be the parallel physical manifestations of our Age of Science. It is particularly appropriate therefore that this year’s Linear Collider School was held in the […]
Challenges and goals for the LCWS14 in Belgrade 6-10 October
As the summer conferences are taking place, providing – we hope – further physics guidance for us, it is also time to start thinking about the autumn linear collider programme. The highlight for the linear collider community is the yearly international Linear Collider Workshop which in 2014 will take place from 6 to 10 October […]
The roadmap for high-energy physics in the US from P5
Around October 2012 the US high-energy physics (HEP) community and funding agencies started a strategic exercise to create a roadmap for the future of high-energy physics in the USA. The first step was the initiation of the Snowmass process to review the complete science status of the field. This culminated in the Snowmass 2013 meeting […]