The online game Surfatron, designed by CI member Ricardo Torres has proven a useful tool to convey the challenges of plasma wakefield acceleration to a broad range of audiences. The…
Accelerators use a huge amount of electrical energy, both to create high-energy beams and to steer and focus those beams. In the vast majority of cases, the steering and focusing…
In addition to the cutting-edge research realized in the Centre for Doctoral Training, the LIV.INNO training programme is designed to address a wide range of important skills, including project management,…
Prof Carsten P Welsch, Head of Liverpool’s Department of Physics and Head of Communications of the Cockcroft Institute, joined host James Floyd (Star Wars Insider regular contributor, Star Warsologies podcast)…
A group of Cockcroft Institute scientists led by Lee Jones has published an article in the Review of Scientific Instruments summarising years of work in the development of the Transverse…
Hosted by Prof Carsten P Welsch (University of Liverpool) and Peter McIntosh (STFC/ASTeC), the University of Liverpool’s physics class of 1966 (!) were given a special VIP tour of Daresbury…
STFC has awarded an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship to Cockcroft Institute researcher Dr Morgan Hibberd from the University of Manchester, the first to be given in the field of accelerator physics.…
On 17 March 2023, the AWAKE UK collaboration held its bi-annual meeting at Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village to discuss the status of the project and progress made across the various…
Congratulations to Cockcroft members and Club Liverpool Ambassadors Peter McIntosh (STFC Daresbury Laboratory) and Carsten P Welsch (University of Liverpool) for receiving a Certificate of Recognition for bringing the 31st…