Scientists worldwide search for novel approaches to miniaturize X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) which could make them cheaper, more accessible, and possibly enable novel capabilities and modalities. XFELs are utilized to…
Elaine Seddon of Cockcroft Institute / ASTeC and ex-Associate Director of SRD together with ex-ASTeC Director Michael Poole have published an article reviewing the history of free-electron laser projects in…
Machine protection systems are critical to all particle accelerator infrastructure. Modern accelerators can store extreme energy densities within the particle beam. Anomalous behaviour of a beam can cause excessive radioactive…
The new facility will host the latest in new supercomputing, artificial intelligence, and quantum technologies to support business and industry. A ground breaking ceremony has been held in celebration of…
The Cockcroft Institute’s ongoing collaboration with CERN and GSI reaches new heights as the Beam Gas Curtain (BGC) device is installed on the Large Hadron Collider during the year end…
Laser Wakefield Acceleration (LWFA) in plasma is a well-known technique to accelerate electron bunches using infra-red (IR) intense laser pulses. Gas droplets of Helium or Hydrogen are easily ionized driving…
Cockcroft Institute and STFC Daresbury Lab Accelerator Physicist Peter Williams highlights a recent major advance in the February 2023 edition of Nature Physics News & Views. For the first time,…
Cockcroft Institute and University of Manchester Professor Rob Appleby, together with colleagues from INFN (Italy), CERN (Switzerland), and Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (Russia), have edited a special issue of…
Professor Claudio Paoloni, a member of the Cockcroft Institute from Lancaster University, is to become a Distinguished Lecturer at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electron Devices Society. Professor Paoloni,…