News Items January 2009

27th January

Bob_Kirby_HarrisThe Chief Executive Officer Robert Kirby-Harris of the Institute of Physics and Director General of Research Councils, Professor Adrian Smith visited the Cockcroft institute and took a tour of ALICE. on February 12, 2009.

The Chief Executive Officer Robert Kirby-Harris of the Institute of Physics, had an in-depth one-on-one discussion with the institutedirector Prof. Swapan Chattopadhyay on the subject of enhancing mutual roles of IoP and CI, a tour of the ALICE facility and a round-table discussion with Cockcroft Institute senior scientists Mike Poole, Roger Jones, Susan Smith, Neil Marks, Joe Herbert, Roger Jones and early career post-doctoral reserachers and Ph. D. students. The tour also included discussions with the Daresbury Innovation Center Manager John Leake and Deputy CEO of STFC, Prof. Colin Whitehouse. The visit is a follow-up from a discussion between the Director of the Cockcroft Institute and the IoP CEO at the Royal Society a few months back. The IoP has been a strong supporter of the institute, articulating and advocating its views. The Cockcroft Institute also hosts Louise Boutcher, the regional IoP officer and the IoP Merseyside branch council members Mike Poole and Neil Marks.

 

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Professor Sir Howard Newby vice chancellor of Liverpool University and Lady Sheila Newby visited the Cockcroft institute and took a tour of ALICE.
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6th January

Latest ALICE Achievment – Energy Recovery 20.8MeV
Latest energy recovery results obtained on ALICE on 2oth December 2008. The accelerator has been tuned for transport for the 20.8 Mev beam. The green and dark blue traces show the reduction to “zero” in RF demand on both linac cavities when the beam is decelerated through the cavities (Dump SR4 Out).
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