Mastery of difficult technologies is in the DNA of high-energy physics and the accelerators that enable the science. For many decades ever increasing beam energies and intensities have given rise to not just spectacular science results but also to a well documented stream of technical innovations which have resulted in spin-offs in many non-related fields. […]
S1-Global – a plug-compatible ILC demonstration experiment
The S1-Global experiment was conceived to demonstrate the RF operation of an ILC cryomodule with an average accelerating gradient of 31.5 megavolts/metre (MV/m). The GDE Accelerator Advisory Panel, chaired by Bill Willis, identified it as one of our ILC demonstration experiments with high priority. S1-Global has been successfully completed and a detailed technical report has […]
Plug compatibility: rationale and technical aspects addressed
Director’s Corner 15 January 2009 Barry Barish Plug compatibility: rationale and technical aspects addressed An interesting and challenging concept that has emerged in developing the ILC’s technical design is that of plug compatibility for the superconducting radio frequency (SCRF) accelerating systems. Plug compatibility is not a new term invented for ILC – a common definition […]
Progress in the SCRF technical area
Director’s Corner 30 October 2008 Akira Yamamoto Progress in the SCRF technical area Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Akira Yamamoto, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. As one of Project Managers for the ILC I was been given the current task of overseeing superconducting radiofrequency technology (SCRF) in August 2007, and it […]
Preparations for S1-global at the STF at KEK
Director’s Corner 9 October 2008 Barry Barish Preparations for S1-global at the STF at KEK Research and development on superconducting radiofrequency (rf) cavities, cryomodules and operational units is at the core of our programme to develop the technologies, the best possible machine design and an implementation plan for the ILC. As a central part of […]
Globalising R&D
Director’s Corner 15 May 2008 Barry Barish Globalising R&D The coordination of superconducting radiofrequency R&D is central to the Global Design Effort’s mission of bringing the design for the ILC to the point we can make a robust proposal to our governments. Our efforts are becoming globalised more rapidly than we had envisioned. To achieve […]
The next step towards the ILC – building a truly global team
Director’s Corner 27 March 2008 Marc Ross The next step towards the ILC — building a truly global team Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Marc Ross, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. It has been roughly a year since the completion of the Reference Design Report (RDR) and the creation of a […]
From Fermilab Today: SCRF meeting establishes compatibility framework
Scientists from around the world work to develop components for future linear accelerators that use superconducting radiofrequency cavities. Research efforts should allow for a more efficient and cost-effective approach to furthering this technology. But only if those individual components, in particular the SCRF cavities, will work together. Last week’s SCRF meeting held at Fermilab focused […]
A plug-compatible approach toward a truly efficient international collaboration
Director’s Corner 28 February 2008 Akira Yamamoto A plug-compatible approach toward a truly efficient international collaboration Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Akira Yamamoto, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. It has been eight months since I joined the ILC team as a project manager. I have been learning a lot and am […]
Unified versus plug compatible designs
Director’s Corner 11 October 2007 Barry Barish Unified versus plug compatible designs We are now making the transition from completing the International Linear Collider reference design to beginning the engineering design phase by holding a set of kick-off meetings to cover the major areas of the machine. The ILC project managers have organised this intensive […]