While most of the ILC community was meeting at Tsukuba, Japan for TILC09, a new member had his first day at Fermilab. Andre Sulluchuco has just joined the team of the now five ILC communicators, taking over for Elizabeth Clements. He will closely collaborate with his partners from abroad: Rika Takahashi and Misato Hayashida in […]
Science in the Obama era
Director’s Corner 19 March 2009 Barry Barish Science in the Obama era “We will restore science to its rightful place,” said President Barack Obama in his inauguration address. That statement has raised the hopes of the scientific community, and actions that have followed have further encouraged us to believe that we are entering a new […]
From Jefferson Lab News: ILC treatment of JLab cavity garners exciting result
For the last few years, Jefferson Lab staff members have used the lab’s unique facilities to test various accelerator components for a proposed next-generation collider, the International Linear Collider. Reminiscent of a stack of doughnuts, accelerator components called cavities energize particles for use in experiments that explore the smallest bits of matter. In preparing ILC […]
From symmetry breaking: Project X collaboration forms, experiment moves forward
Project X, a Fermilab-hosted international accelerator facility, could break ground as soon as 2013. A potential location for Project X at Fermilab. Accelerator experts from around the world gathered at Fermilab last month to work toward establishing a formal collaboration and further plans for Fermilab’s proposed proton accelerator. At the meeting held Nov. 21-22, more […]
Harmonics of acceleration
The majority of NewsLine readers are scientists – most of you of the experimental kind. So be honest: how often during the last few weeks, when listening to carols, plucking the strings of your old guitar that you only get out during the holidays or cringing at a dissonant brass band, did you think about […]
It is that time of the year again
Director’s Corner 25 September 2008 Mike Harrison It’s that time of the year again Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Mike Harrison, GDE Americas Regional Director. It seems that my turn to produce a guest column for Director’s Corner falls each time (statistics of two) within a few weeks of the start of the […]
The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge Laboratory
Director’s Corner 18 September 2008 Barry Barish The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge Laboratory A few weeks ago, while at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a panelist at the National Science and Technology Summit, I had the opportunity to visit the recently completed Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office […]
US National Science and Technology Summit
Director’s Corner 11 September 2008 Barry Barish US National Science & Technology Summit The US government policy for support of science and technology is being developed around the 2007 America Competes Act, a consensus policy to strengthen long-term US economic competitiveness through science and technology. This act calls for a substantial increase in US investment […]
ILC community meets at LCWS and ILC08
Which is the right word to complete this series: KEK, Snowmass, Hamburg, … ? Chicago of course! After the first three venues, the fourth General ILC Workshop (ILC08) will take place in Chicago this year, organised in conjunction with the 2008 Linear Collider Workshop LCWS. As in the past, the workshop is supposed to bring […]
LCFOA goes to Washington
Attendees at the LCFOA Capitol Hill industrialisation briefing listening to Marc Ross describing the ILC TD phase plan The Linear Collider Forum of America (LCFOA) held an ILC industrialisation meeting and briefing for Congressional staffers on Capitol Hill on 29 July. The briefing was attended by 46 persons from universities, industry, and laboratories and Congressional […]