Workshop on "Accelerator Science and Technology"

Hohenwart Forum Pforzheim, September 6th - 10th 2009

After the successful workshop in Bad Herrenalb 2008, the QUASAR and THz-Groups joined forces again to organize a workshop on "Accelerator Science and Technology" in Pforzheim, Germany.

Cutting edge developments in the field of particle accelerators formed again the focus of the discussions during the four days, but also complementary skills, such as presentation techniques, project and time management, and feedback were intensely discussed. POL sessions on cyclotrons, the reaction microscope, spectrometer design, particle beam cancer therapy, beam energy measurements, accelerator diagnostics, and the electron cloud effect complemented the workshop program.

During a full day excursion to the Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) in Darmstadt the present R&D program of both groups was presented in 18 talks underlining the broad research spectrum both groups are covering. The 30 participants were kindly offered a visit to the GSI accelerator facility by Drs. Peter Forck and Tobias Hoffmann from GSI's beam diagnostics groups who also explained details about the future facility for antiproton and ion research (FAIR).

Workshop organizer and QUASAR group leader Carsten P. Welsch has been a member of the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology and a faculty member at Liverpool University since November 2008. The workshop is part of the continuous teaching and training efforts of the Cockcroft Institute and its international partners.

Further Information:

http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=66864

http://ankaweb.fzk.de/science_at_anka/ANKA_THz_Group/ANKA_
THz_Group/Home.html

http://www.quasar-group.org