FFAG'08
1st - 5th September 2008 :: University of Manchester Physics Department, Oxford Road, Manchester
Programme
(Presentations available to download in .ppt and .pdf format are indicated below.)
Monday - 1st September
- 09:00Registration
- Chair: R. Barlow
- 09:30Welcome
- M.W. Poole
- 09:40
Introduction to FFAGs - M. Craddock
- 10:10 FFAG Design for the IDS-NF
- J. S. Berg
- 10:40 Muon Acceleration with a Scaling FFAG
- Y. Mori
- 11:10Coffee
- 11:30 Overview of the EMMA project
- R. Edgecock
- 12:00 EMMA: Status Report
- N. Bliss
- 12:30Lunch
- Chair: R. Edgecock
- 14:00 EMMA: Magnets
- B. Sheppard
- 14:30 EMMA: RF systems
- C. Beard
- 15:00 EMMA: Diagnostic Devices
- R. Smith
- 15:30 EMMA: Diagnostic Beamline
- B. Muratori
- 16:00Tea
- 16:20 EMMA: Injection and Extraction
- J.S. Berg
- 17:00 EMMA: Injection and Extraction magnets
- K. Marinov
- 17:30 EMMA: Orbit correction
- D. Kelliher
Tuesday - 2nd September
- Chair: E. Keil
- 09:00 EMMA: ALICE status
- S. Smith
- 09:30 EMMA: Commissioning
- B. Muratori
- 10:00 Modelling the EMMA lattice
- S. Tzenov
- 10:30Coffee
- 11:00 Principles of FFAG modelling
- S. Machida
- 11:30 Upgrading EMMA to Accelerate slowly with low frequency RF
- J. S. Berg
- 12:30Lunch
- Chair: Y. Mori
- 14:00 Development of Six-Cell PRISM FFAG
- Y. Arimoto
- 14:30 Study Plan with PRISM-FFAG
- A. Sato
- 15:00 Muon acceleration by RLA using non-scaling FFAGs
- D. Trbojevic
- 15:30 Non-scaling FFAG arcs for muon RLAs
- E. Keil
- 16:00Tea
- 16:30 RLA with FFAG focusing
- S. Machida
- 17:00 Electron Acceleration in RLA in eRHIC using non-scaling FFAGs
- D. Trbojevic
- 17:30 Orbit tracking in FFAGs and reverse-bend cyclotrons
using the CYCLOPS code - M. Craddock
- 18:00 Fast acceleration of relativistic particles in a scaling FFAG ring
- T. Planche
Wednesday - 3rd September
- Chair: F. Meot
- 09:00 Overview of the PAMELA study
- T. Yokoi
- 09:30 Medical requirements
- A. Kacperek
- 10:00 PAMELA magnets
- H. Witte
- 10:30Coffee
- 11:00 PAMELA RF
- C. Beard
- 11:30 Dynamics of the Machida Lattice
- S. Sheehy
- 12:00Bus leaves for Daresbury
- 12:45Buffet lunch in Cockcroft Building
- 13:30Tour of ALICE, EMMA site location and EMMA assembly and test area
- 15:00Bus to Chester/Liverpool
- Free Afternoon (returns 22.00)
Thursday - 4th September
- Chair: A. Sessler
- 09:00 Progress on Tune-stable FFAGs
- C. Johnstone
- 09:30 Status of the RACCAM project
- F. Meot
- 10:00 Small proton therapy accelerator by non-scaling FFAG
- D. Trbojevic
- 10:30 FFAGs for hadron therapy
- C. Johnstone
- 11:00Coffee
- 11:30 Non-scaling FFAG gantry for proton/carbon therapy
- D. Trbojevic
- 12:00 A new gantry idea for proton/carbon therapy
- G. Rees
- 12:30 Are non-scaling FFAG rings for hadron therapy competitive?
- E. Keil
- 13:00Lunch
- Chair: G. Rees
- 14:30 Proton Acceleration using FFAGs
- J. Pasternak
- 15:00 FFAGs for Proton Acceleration
- S. Machida
- 15:30 ERIT-FFAG neutron source
- Y. Mori
- 16:00Tea
- 16:30 Development of a proton FFAG accelerator for ADS at KURRI
- Y. Mori
- 17:00 UK ADSR study
- R. Barlow
- 19:30Workshop dinner at Manchester United Football Club
- tour/drinks reception/dinner
Friday - 5th September
- Chair:
- 09:30 Was the Thomas cyclotron of 1938 a proto-FFAG?
- M. Craddock
- 10:00 FFAGs for muon beam production
- R. Cywinski
- 10:30
- R. Bingham (tbc)
- 11:00Coffee
- 11:30Status of FFAG booklet
- J. S. Berg / S. Machida
- 11:50Discussion, future plans
- 12:20Rounding up, choose venue for FFAG'09
- 12:30Workshop ends
Meeting Secretary
For questions regarding arrangements for the meeting (travel, accommodation etc.) please contact contact Sue Waller (s.waller@dl.ac.uk).