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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Moving towards one linear collider project

There are two very different technical approaches to implementing a future TeV-scale linear collider. The International Linear Collider is based on a superconducting radiofrequency main linac, while the Compact Linear Collider uses a two-beam acceleration concept. How will this lead to a single linear collider project?Read the director's corner in ILC NewsLine
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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
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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
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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
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ILC detector design report in the making

The main task in 2012 for the ILC physics and detector community is to complete Detailed Baseline Design report summarising their effort since 2007. To achieve this goal, coordination between the detector groups and with the Global Design Effort is essential. Read the research director's report in ILC NewsLine

ILC in the news

From Chicago Business 14 February 2012

Obama budget plan provides little for Fermi, Argonne

From The Hindu 25 January 2012

Chasing the one trillion trillionth of a second

From NHK News 18 January 2012

宇宙の解明”施設候補地視察

From Fermilab Today 10 January 2012

Leveraging technologies

From NHK News 7 January 2012

巨大加速器 産官学挙げ誘致へ

From USA TODAY 02 January 2012

International Linear Collider race starts in physics

From CERN Bulletin 19 December 2011

ILC in 2012: Decisions ahead!

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