Dear Colleagues,
Science magazine has an article in its "ScienceInsider"
column related to the recent HEPAP meeting. The article's
main emphasis is on plans to run the Tevatron in 2011.
However, it had the following to say about the ILC:
"
Brinkman, who took over the $4.9 billion science office in
late June, also had some harsh words for advocates of the
International Linear Collider, a 30-kilometer-long
straight-shot particle smasher that would study in detail
the new particles and phenomena physicists hope to glimpse
at the LHC. "With all the contingencies, you're talking
about $20 billion. In my opinion, that price pushes it way
out into the future, and onto the backburner." But Brinkman
still sees a role for Fermilab, which is currently
developing plans for new accelerators to come after the
Tevatron shuts down, including an intense proton source in
the near future. "I'd like to see Fermilab do something
with a muon accelerator. That would be something novel,
rather than spending time beating our brains out building
the next biggest accelerator." Such a project would be
extremely ambitious, however, as it would require
collecting, accelerating, and colliding particles with a
lifetime of only fraction of a second.
"
The full article can be found online at:
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/its-on-god-part.html
Sincerely,
Norman Graf
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