On 28 October, Japan’s high-energy physics community took a big step. The Japan Association of High Energy Physicists (JAHEP) announced the establishment of a new organisation called the ILC Steering Panel. The panel’s mandate is to lead the community in the timely realisation of the ILC project by developing and executing ILC promotion strategies in […]
Promising reports from Japan
The Japan High Energy Physics Committee, representing the Japan Association of High Energy Physicists (JAHEP), recently established the ILC Steering Panel to “lead the high energy physics community in Japan to advance the ILC project towards timely realization”. This month the panel produced a most interesting report with a rather long title: “Recent Progress Towards […]
ICFA and the ILC’s International Development Team
Until the end of its mandate in June 2020 the Linear Collider Board (LCB) had been operating under the auspices of ICFA to study options for a future linear collider. To build upon the work of the LCB, ICFA has taken a major step to focus on requirements to establish an ILC “Pre-Lab” in Japan […]
A team effort for a new collider
After seven years of work, the Linear Collider Board (LCB) and Linear Collider Collaboration (LCC), which were established by the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) completed their term in June 2020. Taking into account the recent increase of political support in Japan for the ILC, ICFA concluded that the ILC project should take a […]
ICFA Press Release: ICFA appoints members for the ILC International Development Team
The international effort to realise the next major particle collider, the International Linear Collider (ILC), has a new team to lead the project. Today the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) announced the structure and the team members of the ILC International Development Team (ILC-IDT). On 2 August, ICFA approved the formation of the ILC-IDT […]
Registration for LCWS2019 open!
In recent years, linear collider workshops have been held twice a year: a regionally hosted one in spring and an internationally hosted one in autumn. They all rotate between Asia, North America and Europe. This year, an internationally hosted workshop – the International Workshop on Future Linear Colliders (LCWS 2019) – will be held in Sendai, Japan, from Monday, […]
Fermilab Colloquium on the status of the ILC
Linear Collider Workshop to be held in Sendai
The next annual meeting of world scientists working on the linear collider development will be held in Sendai, Japan. On 21 May, Lyn Evans, Director of Linear Collider Collaboration announced at the press conference held in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. This year, the Linear Collider Workshop (LCWS) will take place from 28 October to […]
ICFA briefing on future prospects of the ILC: the video
On 7 March, the chairs of the Linear Collider Board and the International Committee for Future Accelerators, Tatsuya Nakada and Geoffrey Taylor, as well as KEK DG Masanori Yamauchi, met national Japanese and international media for a press briefing on Japan’s view on the future of the ILC. Watch the recorded press briefing.
Decision on the International Linear Collider: “Not what we had hoped for but progress nevertheless”
On 7 March 2019, the Japanese government has expressed its position for the International Linear Collider, a proposed particle physics project that would be hosted in the Kitakami mountains in the north of the country. The government has decided to not yet make a proposal to host the project, but has expressed interest in the […]