Americas Organization for International Linear Collider

国际直线对撞机美洲组织

• 批准号: 0538743
• 负责人: Maury Tigner
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-15 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0538743&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Americas; Organization; International; Linear; Collider

This proposal is a request to the NSF for partial support of the activities of the North American Regional Director for the International Linear Collider (ILC). The physics goals of the ILC are ambitious and compelling. In recent years, a world consensus has developed that the ILC should be the next major facility for high-energy physics. Here in the U.S., the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) identified the linear collider as the highest priority for the U.S. program in elementary particle physics. At the national level, the U.S. Department of Energy announced inclusion of the ILC in its 20-year plan for new facilities, according it the highest priority among the mid-term projects under consideration. To provide a framework around which the worldwide particle physics community can organize its efforts to design and build the ILC, in 2002, the International Committee for Future Accelerators formed the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC). Last year, the ILCSC created the International Technology Recommendation Panel, which successfully made the choice of the technology for the main linear accelerator of the ILC. Earlier this year, the ILCSC created an organization to lead the next steps in the design effort for the machine: this organization is called the Global Design Effort (GDE). The GDE will establish a Central Team and three Regional Teams, one each from Asia, Europe, and North America and each one guided by a Regional Director. The Central Team is the focal point for ILC project planning. Since this proposal supports a key element in the realization of the ILC, its broader impact is that of the ILC itself. The ILC is one of the most exciting new projects in the physical sciences. The accelerator physics R&D required for the ILC will push the state of the art in many areas that have applications across the whole spectrum of accelerators. Benefits will accrue to fields, such as materials science, condensed matter physics, biophysics, and medical science, which utilize accelerators as their front-line research tools. In addition, training opportunities will be provided that can begin to address the current national shortage of accelerator physicists.

本提案是向NSF请求对国际直线对撞机（ILC）北美区域主任的活动提供部分支持。 ILC的物理学目标是雄心勃勃和引人注目的。近年来，国际上已经形成了一种共识，即ILC应该是高能物理的下一个主要设施。在美国，高能物理咨询小组（HEPAP）将直线对撞机确定为美国基本粒子物理计划的最高优先级。在国家一级，美国能源部宣布将ILC纳入其20年新设施计划，并将其列为正在考虑的中期项目中的最高优先事项。为了提供一个框架，使全球粒子物理界能够围绕这个框架组织设计和建造ILC，2002年，国际未来加速器委员会成立了国际直线对撞机指导委员会（ILCSC）。去年，ILCSC成立了国际技术推荐小组，该小组成功地为ILC的主要直线加速器选择了技术。今年早些时候，ILCSC创建了一个组织来领导机器设计工作的下一步：这个组织被称为全球设计工作（GDE）。 GDE将建立一个中心小组和三个区域小组，分别来自亚洲、欧洲和北美，每个小组由一名区域主任指导。中央小组是国际法委员会项目规划的协调中心。由于这项建议支持实现国际法委员会的一个关键因素，其更广泛的影响是国际法委员会本身的影响。ILC是物理科学中最令人兴奋的新项目之一。ILC所需的加速器物理学研发将推动许多领域的最新技术，这些领域在整个加速器领域都有应用。将加速器作为前沿研究工具的材料科学、凝聚态物理、生物物理和医学等领域将从中受益。此外，还将提供培训机会，可以开始解决目前全国加速器物理学家短缺的问题。