Particle accelerators have been the primary tool of particle physics for over 60 years. They have enabled great advances and discoveries, the latest being the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
The International Linear Collider, or the ILC, is the next advance in accelerators which will collide electron and its anti-particle, positron. The ILC will enable precision studies of the underlying physics of the Higgs, a completely new kind of particle responsible for the creation of mass in nature.
We are technically prepared to build this new collider. Japan is seriously considering offering to host the ILC for the global collaboration, siting it in the mountains of Japan. They propose to begin with a Higgs Factory and extend it to higher energies in the future. This possibility is now being considered both within Japan and by the worldwide community.
Organization
In August 2020, International Committee for Future Accelerator （https://icfa.fnal.gov） approved the formation of the International Linear Collider International Development Team (IDT) as the first step towards the preparatory phase of the ILC project, with a mandate to make preparations for the ILC Pre-Lab in Japan.
The ILC International Development Team will work towards making a timely realization of the ILC possible.
The Team is hosted by KEK and consists of the Executive Board and three Working Groups.
IMAGE “Org-chart”
Executive Board
The Executive Board comprises a Chair, a member from each of the three regions contributing to the ILC effort (Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe), and three ex-officio members (KEK liaison officer and Chairs of Working Group 2 and Working Group3, whereas Working Group1 is chaired by the Chair of Executive Board. The Executive Board has the overall responsibility for the Pre-Lab preparation.
Membership of Executive Board
| Tatsuya Nakada | EPFL -- Chair |
| Andrew Lankford | UC Irvine -- Representative for Americas |
| Geoffrey Taylor | Melbourne -- Representative for Asia-Pacific |
| Steinar Stapnes | CERN -- Representative for Europe |
| Shinichiro Michizono | KEK -- IDT-WG2 Chair |
| Hitoshi Murayama | UC Berkeley -- IDT-WG3 Chair |
| Yasuhiro Okada | KEK -- KEK Liaison |
Working Group 1
The Working Group1 will carry out the key tasks of developing the function and organisational structure for the Pre-Lab, together with the Executive Board. They will support the preparation of Memoranda of Understanding among the national laboratories and other interested parties for the operation of the Pre-Lab and will support discussions at the national authority level.
Membership of Working Group1
| Paul Collier | CERN |
| Brian Foster | Oxford |
| Juan Fuster | IFIC-Valencia |
| Maksym Titov | CEA-Irfu |
| Reiner Kruecken | TRIUMF |
| Bruce Dunham | SLAC |
| Stuart Henderson | Jefferson Lab |
| Joseph D. Lykken | FNAL |
| Satoru Yamashita | Tokyo |
+Members of IDT-EB (ex officio)
Working Group 2
The Working Group2 conducts the ILC accelerator and facility work. (more explanation)
Membership of Working Group 2
| Shinichiro Michizono | KEK |
| Dimitri Delikaris | CERN |
| Hitoshi Hayano | KEK |
| Masao Kuriki | U. Hiroshima |
| Benno List | DESY |
| Jenny List | DESY |
| Thomas Markiewicz | SLAC |
| Olivier Napoly | CEA |
| Toshiyuki Okugi | KEK |
| John Andrew Osborne | CERN |
| Marc C. Ross | SLAC |
| David L. Rubin | Cornell |
| Tomoyuki Sanuki | U. Tohoku |
| Nikolay Solyak | FANL |
| Nobuhiro Terunuma | KEK |
| Akira Yamamoto | KEK |
| Kaoru Yokoya | KEK |
| Sam Posen | FNAL |
| Philip Burrows | U. Oxford |
| Yasuchika Yamamoto | KEK |
| Luis Garcia Tabares | CIEMAT |
| Nuria Catalan | CERN |
| Robert Rimmer | JLAB |
| Rongli Geng | JLAB |
| Gudrid Moortgat-Pick | U. Hamburg |
| Joe Grames | JLAB |
| Karsten Buesser | DESY |
| Glen White | SLAC |
| Mathias Liepe | Cornell |
| Bob Laxdal | Triumf |
| Brett Parker | BNL |
| Angeles Faus-Golfe | LAL |
| Peter McIntosh | STFC |
| Steffen Doebert | CERN |
| Jim Clarke | STFC |
| Hans Weise | DESY |
| Enrico Cenni | CEA |
| Laura Monaco | INFN Milano |
| Mikhail Zobov | INFN LNF |
| Ivan Podadera | CIEMAT |
| Sergey Belomestnykh | FNAL |
| Kensei Umemori | KEK |
| Kiyoshi Kubo | KEK |
Working Group 3
The Working Group 3 carries out the ILC physics and detector activities. (more explanation)
Membership of Working Group3 (list under preparation)
