From the editor: An international enterprise
Particle physics, like most sciences, is a truly international enterprise. Two specific stories in this issue of symmetry highlight its global nature. A story about the development of detectors for the proposed International Linear Collider shows that ongoing research can't even be isolated into geographic compartments but is done by overlapping, international collaborations that find a home in the collective scientific enterprise, rather than any country or region. This issue's deconstruction shows how much a representative selection of physicists travel the world to do their jobs and sustain the face-to-face interactions that play an important role in collaborative progress. Our readership is just as diverse and their letters reflect the international extent of particle physics.
David Harris
Editor-in-Chief
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