The Cockcroft Institute

ICFA Beam Dynamics Mini-Workshop on Deflecting/Crabbing Cavity Applications in Accelerators

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:39:41 +0000

ICFA Beam Dynamics Mini-Workshop onDeflecting/Crabbing Cavity Applications in AcceleratorsCockcroft Institute 21-23 April 2010...register here

High-Tech US Company to Make Daresbury Campus its UK Base

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:39:43 +0000

The US-based advanced computing applications and software company Tech-X Corporation is to co-locate at the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (Daresbury SIC) to set up its UK operations, in collaboration with The Cockcroft Institute (the National Centre for Accelerator Science and Technology). ...read more

1st DITANET Topical Workshop

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:39:44 +0000

The first DITANET topical workshop took place on November, 24th and 25th in Hirschberg-Grosachsen near Heidelberg in Germany. It focused on the diagnostics of low energy and low intensity ion beams and brought together around 40 scientists and engineers from all over the world. Its particular aim was to join early stage researchers both from within the network and from the wider community with renowned experts to allow for establishing important contacts for their careers and for reviewing the status of the different R&D activities. ...read more

1st Compton X-rays

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:41:40 +0000

Early on Sunday morning the CBS team (a collaboration including scientists from Daresbury Lab, Rutherford Appleton Lab, Cockcroft Institute, Max Born Institute, Manchester University and UCL) working together with the whole ALICE team successfully detected short pulse X-rays generated by interacting the multi-terawatt laser beam with the compressed relativistic electron beam of the ALICE accelerator. Both spatial and temporal overlap of the micron sized beams was required for this achievement. ...read more

The Cockcroft Institute Science Advisory Committee (SAC)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:41:39 +0000

The Cockcroft Institute Science Advisory Committee (SAC)

Letters of Congratulations

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:44:28 +0000

Letters of Congratulations

Celebrations mark renewal of Cockcroft Institute core funding

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:44:27 +0000

The Cockcroft Institute this afternoon marked the renewal of its core funding with a celebration seminar and unveiling of a specially commissioned artwork.In the presence of members of the Cockcroft family, Chairman of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Phil Willis MP and distinguished accelerator scientists from around the world, including Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the Director General of CERN, a painting by Warrington artist Morris Riley was unveiled to mark the occasion. ...read more

England's Northwest press release

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:44:27 +0000

England's Northwest press release

interactions.org press release

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:41:40 +0000

interactions.org press release