The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA): History and the Future

2018/09/25 by P. C. Bhat, Bhat, Pushpalatha C., R. Rubinstein +1
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #International Science and Diplomacy #Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry #Science, Research, and Medicine

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1809.09718

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Abstract

This paper traces the origins of the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA), its structure and mandate, its activities and accomplishments, and its anticipated activities related to the future directions of the field of particle physics.

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