XB-10 Workshop

ASTeC and the Cockcroft Institute hosted XB-10, an International Workshop on X-Band RF structures, Beam Dynamics and Sources from November 30th to December 3rd, 2010 at the Cockcroft Institute.  The purpose of the workshop was to pool common areas of interest and to explore the physics and technology of RF X-band accelerators.
In order to achieve high gradient, room temperature X-band structures are a natural choice. CLIC for example, is now aiming at an accelerating gradient of 100MV/m at 12 GHz. Other accelerators are already in use commercially at X-band for medical cancer treatment and for cargo scanning.   The workshop incorporated talks both on relatively conventional accelerators, through to linacs exploring radically different structures.
80 scientists, engineers and students from around the world participated in XB-10 to study a range of RF and beam dynamics issues associated with X-band accelerators.  Shrikant Pattalwar chaired the LoC, and Roger Jones chaired the SPC.   A special issue of the NIMs (Nuclear Instruments and Methods) A journal will include selected papers from this workshop, and will be published in 2011.