After looking at Norman's links, perhaps the most interesting paragraph
is this (from
http://www.desy.de/pr-info/desyhome/html/presse/meldungen/PM_TESLA_WR.htm
)
EXCELLENT GRADE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATOR PROJECT TESLA
Positive statement of the [German Federal] Science Council on the Linear
Collider for particle physics and the X-ray laser laboratory at DESY
On Monday, 15 July 2002, at 11:00 am, the German Federal government's
Science Council released its statement on large facilities for basic
research in the natural sciences. The TESLA project from research
center DESY and its international Partners was deemed worthy of
proceeding, with the following conditions: the project proposal for the
superconducting e^+e^- linear collider TESLA should be more concrete
regarding international financing and cooperation; for the TESLA-FEL a
revised technical proposal for a version with a separate linac should be
submitted. The Science Council's statement says the international TESLA
Collaboration is a world leader in the research and development of
superconducting accelerators, as seen in the high degree of maturity in
the TDR.
Now, having done the translation myself, I find a similar one at
http://www.desy.de/pr-info/News/tesla-noten_e.html
This seems to me slightly less than DESY might have wanted, because it
takes a step to decoupling the FEL from the collider. On the other
hand, asking for an int'l project with int'l financing worked out is a
significant step.
Andreas K
"Graf, Norman" wrote:
>
> Interesting developments from the German Science Council's recent
> meeting in Berlin can be found at:
>
> http://de.news.yahoo.com/020712/3/2usir.html
> http://www2.abendblatt.de/daten/2002/07/13/46502.html
>
> If you don't read German, it's always fun to translate it at:
> http://babelfish.altavista.com/
>
> Keep an eye on:
>
> http://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/
>
> (and, of course, http://www.desy.de )
>
> for any official statements.
>
> Norman Graf
