If the ILC comes to Iwate prefecture, one of the major challenges will be to inform the local community about their big new science neighbour. The prefectural government and the councils of the host town have already set up up ILC task forces, and an expat grassroots support committee actively promotes the project in the […]
FALC meets in Japan
The ILC initiative is unique in many ways, but perhaps the most striking characteristic is that it is truly a global effort having no home laboratory to support or guide its efforts. Instead, scientific guidance comes from the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA), currently chaired by Pier Oddone, through its subcommittee, the International Linear […]
From CERN Courier: The SuperB approach to high luminosity
FALC discusses future programmes in particle physics
The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC), an informal committee of particle physics funding agency representatives, held their eighteenth meeting at SLAC on 22 January 2010. I previously reported on an interesting exchange meeting between the Global Design Effort Executive Committee and FALC that took advantage of the fact that their meeting immediately followed our […]
Investing in particle physics
Happy New Year! This is my first column of 2011 and I am very pleased to begin the year by reporting on the significant new investment in particle physics by the Italian government. The Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research has announced the funding of the proposed €400-million Super B project of the Italian […]
Japan to provide funds towards the Super KEKB upgrade
Director’s Corner 15 July 2010 Barry Barish Japan to provide funds towards the Super KEKB upgrade High-energy physics got a substantial boost last month when MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), the Japanese ministry that supports high-energy physics at KEK, announced that it will appropriate 10 billion yen (around 110 million dollars) […]