Feature: A global collaboration
Who are the people who want to build the International Linear Collider? They are accelerator and particle physicists, engineers, theorists, technicians, students, software experts, administrators and economists from all corners of the world. They are united by one goal: find answers to physics' big questions by building the next-generation particle accelerator, the ILC, to accompany the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The ILC is a demonstrably global project, involving thousands of scientists from the Americas, Asia and Europe in accelerator activity, detector research and physics pursuits. Discover the interactive ILC map, a picture of ILC activity around the world.
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1-TeV beam, now with shifted waist
Designing a 1-TeV upgrade of the ILC requires a suitable particle beam to go along with it. Scientists recently decided on the shape of the 1-TeV beam, and it has a shifted waist.Read ILC NewsLine
A visit to the two candidate Japanese ILC sites
The Japanese have identified two candidate sites for the ILC, one in southern and one in northern Japan. On 17 and 18 January, several senior members of the ILC design team had the opportunity to visit them. Barry Barish gives his impressions following the visit to both sites.Read the director's corner in ILC NewsLine
The capability for producing niobium sheets
Japanese company Tokyo Denkai is boosting high-purity niobium production and processing with some new equipment and a better-outfitted shop. Should the ILC be built, the company will be able to handle the large order of niobium needed for accelerator cavities.Read ILC NewsLine