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Seminars

10th June 2010
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Dr Morgan Wascko

21 June 2010
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Dr Steve Abbott

21 July 2010
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Prof Mike Hapgood

5 October 2010
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Dr Venkata “Rao” Ganni

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Prof Alexander Kusenko

Events

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30 November - 3 December

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23 August 2010

Leak Detection Workshops
(10 & 23 June)

CarterFest & NVEC
(14 & 15 July)

new date 1-3 September
ICFA 2010 Workshop



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University of Lancaster
(Engineering / Physics)
University of Liverpool
(Physics)
University of Manchester
(Physics)
Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus
North West Development Agency
Science and Technology Facilities Council
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13 July 2010

Topical Workshop on ‘Longitudinal Beam Profile Measurements’

The exact determination of the time structure of ever shorter bunches in accelerators and light sources like the X-FEL, the ILC or CLIC is of high importance for the successful operation of these next-generation machines. It is also a key to the optimization of existing scientific infrastructures. …read more »

29 June 2010

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The 29th June 2010 saw the Cockcroft Institute host the ‘Mike Poole Fest’, being attended by more than 150 people, which included Mike’s past and present colleagues, family members and senior STFC staff.  The event was organised to celebrate Mike’s achievements on the occasion of his retirement, following a career that spanned more than 43 years. 

Following an afternoon of talks and anecdotes Mike was presented with many gifts before everyone went on to enjoy an early evening reception. 

Further details and photographs of the event can be found at
http://www.astec.ac.uk/mike_poole_fest/
and Mike Poole Fest Photos

beamImage_tiny.jpg24 June 2010

1st Electron Beam Successfully Steered Through 4 Sectors of EMMA

On Tuesday 22nd June at 22:37 the 1st electron beam was successfully steered through 4 sectors of EMMA onto the final screen in the accelerator sector. This is the 1st beam steered through a non scaling FFAG lattice structure and a significant milestone for the CONFORM project and our international collaborators. …read more »

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Cockcroft Institute Summer Lecture Series
(part 2)

Full details, including dates and times, are shown on the programme advertisement (pdf), which begins in July with a week devoted to superconducting rf accelerators. …read more »

18 June 2010

Cox.jpgBrian Cox, a distinguished member of the Cockcroft Institute involved in the ATLAS forward physics experimental research, both in the detector and the accelerator issues, has been awarded the prestigious OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for his services to science. …read more »

24 May 2010

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A key milestone for the construction of EMMA was successfully achieved on Saturday 15th May, when the EMMA injection magnet module was craned into position in the EMMA ring. … read more »
Watch construction movie »

21 May 2010

Richard Carter Fest & NVEC
14 & 15 July 2010

10 May 2010

ICFA Newsletter No. 51

Swapan Chattopadhyay (Cockcroft Institute, UK) has completed the editing of ICFA BD Newsletter No. 51 (April 2010). …read more »

12 April 2010

1st EUCARD Superconducting RF (SRF) Annual Review

EuCard_tiny.jpgHosted at the Cockcroft Institute from 7th – 9th April 2010. During which, a total of 15 leading European institutes participated in reviewing progress in many different fields of SRF technology as part of a collaborative EUCARD work-package programme.
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LHC1_tiny.jpg30 March 2010

The LHC has 7TeV CM collisions

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has now achieved proton-on-proton collisions at a 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy and physics data is being collected at the present moment. We at the Cockcroft Institute, having many joint collaborative projects with CERN including the LHC and its upgrades, congratulate the CERN team for their success and wish further progress in the immediate future! public.web.cern.ch

23 March 2010

DSIC’s Sport Relief Mile

SportMile2_tiny.jpgHuge congratulations and thanks to all those who took part or donated money to DSIC’s Sport Relief Mile.
63 entrants took part to raise a grand total of £600.

After Swapan officially started the race, Adam Smith achieved the fastest race time of 5:36, whilst Gareth Bailey won the vote for Best Fancy Dress having run the entire race full cricket kit, bat and helmet included. A big well done to everyone who got involved and raised money for this worthy cause. (larger photo »)

22 March 2010

DITANET School on Complimentry Skills

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DITANET organized a Complementary Skills School at the University of Liverpool from 15th-19th March 2010. This course aimed at providing the network’s early stage and experienced researchers with the necessary skills base for a future career in both, the academic and industry sectors. …more »

18 March 2010

Particle Physics Masterclass

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A-level students visited Daresbury Laboratory on 15-16 March to take part in the annual Particle Physics Masterclass. …more »

16 March 2010

‘Particle Accelerators’ cause a Big Bang

bigbangMarch2010_smaller.jpg The Cockcroft Institute staff have been demonstrating to the public how particle accelerators work at ‘The Big Bang’ science fair in Manchester on the 11th-13th March this year. …more »

12 February 2010

JPendry.jpg The newly appointed Cockcroft Institute Board Chair Sir John Pendry FRS visiting the experimental facilities on February 12, 2010 on the occassion of his first institute board meeting.

10 February 2010

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

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).

press release

Reflections on the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)’s announcement on December 16, 2009 about its
re-prioritised science programme

– Prof. Swapan Chattopadhyay, Director, Cockcroft Institute and Sir John Cockcroft Chair of Physics, Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester


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Select Committee Announcement
(Innovation, Universities, Science & Skills Select Committee Announcement)
Statement by STFC
(Second Response to the House of Commons' Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee report)

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