The creation of a detector blueprint draws on diverse resources: physics cases, engineering choices, computational capacity and human drive. The Detailed Baseline Design Report (DBD) is slowly but steadily appearing on the horizon, and it will reflect the weaving together of these elements to present the best realistic manifestation of ILD. After the Letters of […]
Detector activities in the new stage
Research Director’s Report17 December 2009 Sakue Yamada Detector activities in the new stageThe physics and detector activity for the ILC entered into a new stage after the validation of the Letters of Intent (LOIs) and following discussions during the American Linear Collider Physics Group (ALCPG) workshop in Albuquerque, US. Close to the turn of the […]
Progress on ILC detectors
International Detector Advisory Group completed its report
Two ILC detector concepts, ILD and SiD, have been validated by the International Detector Advisory Group. (SiD CAD model rendering courtesy of Marco Oriunno) ILD and SiD, two of the three detector concepts that submitted Letters of Intent, have been recommended for validation to Research Director Sakue Yamada by the International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG), […]
Validation made of the Letters of Intent
Research Director’s Report 17 September 2009 Sakue Yamada Validation made of the Letters of Intent ILC physics and detector community took a big step in August. The International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG) gave me a detailed report of their examination for the validation of the three Letters of Intents (LOIs) on 17 August. I wish […]
Planning for the next steps
Research Director’s Report20 August 2009 Sakue Yamada Planning for the next stepsSoon the International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG) will give me their recommendations on the validation of the three submitted Letters of Intent (LOI) after completing their very intensive and detailed examinations on them. It is time for us to prepare for the next step, […]
Evaluating the ILC detector concepts
“A noteworthy step in the genesis of ILC detectors,” said Michel Davier, chair of IDAG.
Since the end of March, when the detector concept groups delivered their Letters of Intent, the International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG) has been experiencing an intense period. At TILC09 in Japan, the panel worked and interviewed the detector concept groups for three days. All sessions were closed to other participants, but ILC NewsLine wanted to […]
Writing the LOI is like ‘creating a painting’
LOI editors are proud of their work – and glad it's over
Some 400 pages of calculations, simulations, detector descriptions, estimates, some 1000 signatories from all round the world, hours spent on the phone or clustered around conference tables – a lot of hard work and careful thinking went into the Letters of Intent (LOI). Each of the three submitted letters – for ILD, for SiD and […]
Progress on ILC machine-detector interfaces through the detector LOI process
Director’s Corner 14 May 2009 Barry Barish Progress on ILC machine-detector interfaces through the detector LOI process The TILC09 workshop in Japan from17 to 21 April was particularly notable as it featured the first presentations of the ILC detector Letters of Intent (LOI). Although this process precedes the solicitation of ILC detector proposals or formation […]
Letters of Intent were submitted
Research Director’s Report16 April 2009 Sakue Yamada Letters of Intent were submittedThe three ILC detector concept groups, ILD, SiD and 4th, submitted their Letters of Intent (LOIs) by the due date, 31 March. Having observed the intense efforts during the past few months, I sincerely congratulate these groups for having completed the document in time. […]
Life after the LOI
SiD Workshop at SLAC
SiD workshop participants taking a break from discussion the LOI. (Photo: Norman Graf) A Silicon Detector (SiD) workshop was held at SLAC from 2 to 4 March, with the express purpose of reviewing the status of the SiD Letter of Intent, organising the final steps in its completion, and beginning to think of life after […]