Today’s issue features a story from Junpei Fujimoto, a particle simulation specialist at KEK, who is very active in ILC outreach in Japan. In Japan, several attempts are being made to bring accelerator science, such as the open house at KEK, a summer school for high school students, lectures in high schools and middle schools, […]
Collaboration between India and Japan for SCRF technology
India’s Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) is a leading institute for research and development in lasers, accelerators and their applications. In the Indian government’s current five-year plan (April 2007-April 2012), building infrastructure and developing the technology of niobium superconducting radiofrequency (SCRF) cavities are the two major objectives for high-energy physics and accelerator-related projects. […]
Accelerator Advisory Panel to help Project Managers
The TILC08 meeting in Sendai saw the first gathering of the new Accelerator Advisory Panel (AAP). Other than the yet to be established Project Advisory Committee, which will be formed following a request from the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC) and will consist mainly of machine and detector experts from outside the ILC community, […]
The ILC in Osaka
Director’s Corner 3 April 2008 Barry Barish The ILC in Osaka Last week, the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Physical Society of Japan was held on the Kinki University campus in Osaka, where I participated in a special symposium dedicated to the International Linear Collider. This was an important opportunity to expose our motivations, plans […]
TILC08 beyond the agenda
At the end of a productive working day, a long journey, a hard job or a rewarding week, Japanese people have a very useful phrase that expresses everything from gratitude and pride to exhaustion: Otsukare sama deshita, or simply otsukare. Even though not all participants of last week’s TILC08 meeting may be aware of the expression, all […]
The ILC Technical Design Phase begins at Sendai
Director’s Corner 13 March 2008 Barry Barish The ILC Technical Design Phase begins at Sendai Last week the Global Design Effort held a major collaboration meeting at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan attended by more than 200 participants from both the ILC detector and accelerator efforts. The past couple of months, in reaction to the […]
Science at Sendai
Director’s Corner 6 March 2008 Barry Barish Science at Sendai The ILC community has gathered at Sendai in Japan this week for the joint Asian Committee for Future Accelerators (ACFA) Physics and Detector Workshop and Global Design Effort meeting. The opening session of the meeting was highlighted by a forward-looking science talk by Hitoshi Murayama, […]
Podcasting the ILC
Blogs, Social Network Services, Podcasting, Social Bookmarks — these types of social media have become influential sources of information. Some might say that they have as much influential power as the conventional media. Scientists working on the International Linear Collider are catching on too and realise that podcasting is another way to promote the proposed […]
New year – new office
Director’s Corner 29 November 2007 Kaoru Yokoya New year, new office Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Kaoru Yokoya, Accelerator Leader for the Global Design Effort. “If you talk about next year, devils will laugh at you.” This is a Japanese saying that corresponds to the English saying, “Don’t count your chickens before they’re […]
A night of wonder
Men and women wearing gaudy dresses, looking for customers under garish neon signs – this is a common sight in Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku, a famous entertainment and red-light district in Tokyo, Japan. Walking down an alleyway that has countless bars and nightclubs, you will see a hand-written sign posted on the billboard of a shabby building […]