No. 40 (2006): Accelerators in Asia

Issue Editor: J. Wang, Editor in Chief: W. Chou

To choose the theme of this issue, I consulted with Weiren Chou. We decided to focus on accelerators in Asia, since interest there is high and progress is rapid. Thanks to the enthusiasm of the contact persons, I received 9 papers from countries including Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and Singapore. They are arranged in sequence: e+e− high luminosity factories, light sources, proton and heavy ion accelerators. I had expected more articles in this theme issue, but some of the potential authors were too busy and may submit papers to future issues. And also I noticed that some new projects in this area have already been reported in recent BD newsletter issues. However, I hope that papers collected here can be representative and somewhat reflect the flourishing activities on accelerator based scientific research in Asia.

This issue contains a section dedicated to the International Linear Collider (ILC). This includes an article from Barry Barish, Director of the GDE, a report on the international accelerator school for linear colliders held 19–27 May in Hayama, Japan, and a report on ILC accelerator related R&D activities in IHEP, Beijing.

I have received three workshop and conference reports: one about the 37th ICFA Beam Dynamics Workshop on Future Light Sources, one about the mini-workshop on CSNS (Chinese Spallation Neutron Source) accelerator Engineering Design and one about the OCPA (Overseas Chinese Physics Association) accelerator school.

I appreciate very much the high quality of the papers from all the contributors. Finally, I want to thank Ms. Shan Liu, secretary of the accelerator division of IHEP, for her professional editing of the whole issue.