At the Department of Advanced Accelerator Technologies we are engaged in the development of accelerators with higher luminosity, more intense beams, and higher quality beams, and of physics detectors with greater precision and processing speed. With these advanced accelerators and detectors of heretofore unparallelled performance research into fundamental particles, nuclei, and material and life sciences will rapidly develop, expanding the horizons of knowledge. The Department of Advanced Accelerator Technologies was established as a research center that can lead the accelerator science of the future, and promote the further development of Japan's already world-class accelerator science. In addition, through the strengthening of cooperation between industry, academia and government, we aim for the spread of valuable innovations born of technical developments for frontier accelerators.

2011.04.18 SOI International Review Committee was held at KEK on Feb. 28-March 1. Report

2010.12.22 High resolution, large area SOI pixel sensor was developed, and a fine X-ray Image of a small dried sardine was successfully taken by the sensor. SOI group Website

KEK Topics/Highlights   April 4, 2012 New Executive Board Members Started A Three-Year Term at KEK From CERN COURIER Progress in applied superconductivity at KEK 25 Oct. 2011 From ILC NewsLine The home stretch in fulfilling the Global Design Effort mandate 29 Sep. 2011 From ILC NewsLine ILC detector R&D in Japan stays strong 22 Sep. 2011 From ILC NewsLine How to keep cavities blemish-free 21 Jul 2011 From ILC NewsLine A recovering northeast Japan turns its sights to the ILC 24 Jun 2011 From Accl. Lab. Topics First Beam Experiment by the Collaboration between 3 Nations: Japan, UK and USA 23 Jun 2011 From ILC NewsLine SLAC scientists recover their systems at ATF 10 Jun 2011 From ILC NewsLine Global Design Effort optimises industralisation models 06 Jun 2011 06 Jun 2011 Determining the cost of the ILC detectors From ILC NewsLine 14 Apr 2011 From Accl. Lab. Topics Accelerated Higher Intensity Heavy Ion Beam with New Linac System 1 Dec 2010 Japanese 9-cell SCRF cavity meets ILC specifications