International Linear Collider
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Particle physics has reached an extraordinary moment in the quest to understand the universe and its physical laws. Profound new questions have emerged to capture the human imagination. To address these questions, scientists all over the world are collaborating to design and build the particle accelerator of the future.
The International Linear Collider is a proposed future international particle accelerator. It would create high-energy particle collisions between electrons and positrons, their antimatter counterparts. The ILC would provide a tool for scientists to address many of the most compelling questions of the 21st century-questions about dark matter, dark energy, extra dimensions and the fundamental nature of matter, energy, space and time. (more...)
The International Technology Recommendation Panel (ITRP), after eight months of very hard work, recommended on August 19th that superconducting (“cold”) technology be used for the linacs that will have to accelerate the electrons and positrons to record energies of 500 GeV. ICFA, the International Committee on Future Accelerators, unanimously accepted this recommendation and made it official. (more...) - Accelerator Technology Options Report
Safety Comes 1st!
What's New in ILC
- SLAC ILC Planning Discussion
- ILC @ FNAL -
- KEK ILC Development
- ILC-Asia Working Groups
- ILC Workshop, KEK - Nov 13-15, 2004
- Machine-Detector Interface Workshop, SLAC - January 6-8, 2005
Upcoming Events & Calendar
- Workshop on Positron Sources, Daresbury - April 11-13, 2005
- 1st ILC Thursday Meeting - SLAC, January 13, 2004