Sachio Komamiya, a key actor in the history of linear colliders, passed away on 5th June 2024. The ICEPP/U. Tokyo and the LCWS LOC will hold a dedicated session from 18:00 JST on Tuesday July 9th to honour his memory.
All are welcome to attend at the Ito Hall in person or via zoom, whether or not registered for the LCWS.
The detailed program is at https://agenda.linearcollider.org/event/10134/sessions/5565/#20240709. We will also invite live messages from both on-site and remote participants during the session (while time allows), and will open real and on-line books in which you can post memories and messages during the LCWS.
Online Memorial Book
Please fee free to share your memories of Sachio in this on-line memorial book.
It will remain open for additions until 3rd of August, and with read access until early September.
Writing period is finished. Please wait for final version (now editing).
Sachio Komamiya (24/6/1952 - 5/6/2024)
After education at the University of Tokyo, Sachio spent some years at the University of Heidelberg (1982-1986) and at SLAC (1986-1990) before returning to the University of Tokyo's International Center for Elementary Particle Physics (ICEPP), eventually serving as its director. On his retirement from U. Tokyo in 2018, he took up a post at Waseda University.
During his career he made important contributions to the JADE, Mark-II and OPAL experiments at electron-positron colliders, working on the physics, the associated colliders, and the detectors. He also performed smaller-scale experiments searching for the quantum effects of gravity on ultra-cold neutrons.
Sachio played a key role in the development of linear colliders, with contributions to the final focus, the physics, and the detectors. He served as chairperson of the Linear Collider Board in 2013-2017.
