[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Seminar today at 14:00

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Date/Time: Fri 2005-04-15 at 14:00

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Barry Barish (Linde Professor of Physics, Caltech; LIGO Director)

Title:     The Path to an International Linear Collider

Abstract: There is a consensus among the worldwide high energy physics community that a TeV scale linear electron positron collider should be the highest priority long term goal for the field. This next great particle accelerator, together with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, will enable a comprehensive exploration of the TeV energy scale where many of the new phenomena we seek, like supersymmetry or possibly even extra dimensions could reveal themselves. Two possible technologies for such a linear collider have been developed through a decade of intense R&D, a "warm" technology based on room temperature X-band accelerating structures, and a "cold" technology, based on L-band superconducting rf. Both technologies have been demonstrated to be viable choices in terms of performance requirements for such a machine. Through an unprecedented worldwide process, the international community has chosen the superconducting rf technology to be the basis of the international linear collider final design, in anticipation of a construction project to begin in about 2010. In this presentation, I will discuss the science motivation; refect on the technology developments that have enabled this machine, and review recent progress and plans toward realization of such a new international facility.

Stimulants available 15 minutes before the talk.
Prof. Barish will also present a lecture at the Vancouver Institute at 20:15 on April 16, "An Einstein Celebration: Albert Einstein's Legacy - Our Best Description of the Universe"

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