The Global Design Effort (GDE) was an international team tasked with designing the
International Linear Collider (ILC), a
particle accelerator
A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies, and to contain them in well-defined beams.
Large accelerators are used for fundamental research in particle ...
to succeed machines such as the
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the
Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC), with the endorsement of the International Committee for Future Accelerators.
Between 2005–2013, the GDE led planning, research and development, and produced an
ILC Technical Design Report.
The Global Design Effort was headed by
Barry Barish
Barry Clark Barish (born January 27, 1936) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology and a leading expert on gravitational waves.
In 2017, Bar ...
of
Caltech
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...
, former director of the
LIGO
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool. Two large ...
laboratory.
References
External links
ILC Global Design Effort (GDE) Particle physics facilities
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