Japan frontrunner to get International Linear Collider
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A schematic layout of the International Linear Collider (Graphic: ILC / form one visual communication)
Artist's impression of the ILC tunnels (Graphic: Fermilab/Sandbox Studio)
TESLA 9-cell 1.3 GHz SRF cavities from ACCEL Corporation in Germany for ILC (Photo: Fermilab Visual Media Services)
International Linear Collider (ILC) cryostat at MP9 (Photo: Fermilab Visual Media Services)
Computer animation of the field inside a superconducting accelerator resonator, the one chosen for the International Linear Collider (ILC) (Graphic: DESY Hamburg)
Simulated response of linear collider detector to the production of two Z bosons, each of the Z bosons decays into a pair of jets (Graphic: Norman Graf)
Artists's rendering of the planned collider detector for the International Linear Collider (Graphic: KEK)
Article Summary
According to Nature, Japan is the frontrunner for the planned International Linear Collider (ILC), for which Europe and the United States are also in the running to host. Scientists and engineers are already examining potential sites in the island nation for the US$7 to $8 billion machine, which is intended to complement the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The head of the global design effort for the ILC, physicist Barry Barish, presented finalized blueprints at a ceremony in Tokyo earlier this month.
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