The International Linear Collider will need about 16,000 superconducting radiofrequency cavities, devices that accelerate electrons and their antiparticles, positrons, along microwaves to near speed of light. These cavities are made out of pure niobium, which means the ILC community needs 500 tonnes of high-purity niobium processed into nice, smooth sheets. In the industrial session held […]
Prime Minister gives address at the ILC symposium in Japan
On 15 December, the International Linear Collider clearly became a hot topic in Japanese newspapers: Yoshihiko Noda, the Prime Minister of Japan, gave a speech at the ILC symposium held in Tokyo. This symposium was jointly hosted by the Advanced Accelerator Association promoting science and technology (AAA) and the Federation of Diet members to promote […]
ILC goes one step further
Today's special issue features a Director's Corner from Kaoru Yokoya, Global Design Effort Asian Regional Director
On Thursday, 15 December, a symposium was held in Tokyo. This is only one event of a frequently held symposium series, but this time it drew much attention from Japanese media because Mr. Yoshihiko Noda, the Prime Minister of Japan, gave a speech there. This symposium was hosted by the Advanced Accelerator Association promoting science […]
Japanese interest in hosting the ILC
On behalf of my colleagues worldwide who have been working so hard to develop a design for the International Linear Collider, we enthusiastically welcome the Japanese expression of interest in hosting the ILC. We report in today’s special issue of NewsLine on a special high-level meeting addressing this subject that was held in Japan last […]
Japanese delegation explores European labs
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 […]
Proposing a fishcake shape
Kamaboko is a type of Japanese fishcake with a distinctive loaf shape, usually served sliced thin with dipping sauce such as soy sauce and wasabi or as a topping for noodles. So what does kamaboko have to do with the ILC? It is the shape of the newly proposed ILC tunnel design for an Asian […]
Japan Society for Promotion of Science supports ILC detector R&D
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) has awarded a new five-year award for ILC detector R&D. A kickoff meeting for this grant was held at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan from 12-14 September. The new programme is descriptively entitled “a global R&D program of a state-of-the-art detector system for ILC.” The research […]
ILC detector R&D in Japan stays strong
From 12 to 14 September, about 60 scientists gathered at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, to attend the kick-off meeting for a global R&D programme of a state-of-the-art detector system for the ILC. A large part of ILC detector R&D had been implemented with grants awarded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), […]
The gift of research rises from the rubble
This month’s Research Director’s Report was written by Hitoshi Yamamoto, co-chair of the World Wide Study and regional detector contact for Asia.
On 11 March, the three-day symposium on detector R&D for the International Linear Collider at KEK, Japan, came to a close. It was the final annual meeting of the five-year programme sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), which had been supporting a large part of Japanese ILC detector activities in recent […]
News from KEK: Damage caused by the recent earthquake and recovery prospects
Reports on the main damage and the recovery plan at KEK after Japan's major earthquake of 11 March and its consequences ever since
— by Atsuto Suzuki