The Cockcroft Institute

April 5, 2023

Liverpool’s Class of 1966 visits Daresbury

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 Laboratory on Thursday, 30 March 2023. Participants first learned about…

March 31, 2023

CI researcher awarded prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

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. The fellowships recognise the next generation of astronomy and physics…

March 22, 2023

AWAKE-UK Collaboration met in Liverpool

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 work packages and tasks. In-person participants of the AWAKE-UK collaboration…

March 20, 2023

Cockcroft experts awarded Certificate of Recognition for economic impact to Liverpool city region

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 International Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC) to Liverpool, which ran from…

March 6, 2023

Ice-cold electron beams for ultra-compact X-ray lasers

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 create extreme matter conditions for hot-dense matter research, to study…

March 1, 2023

History of Free-Electron Lasers in the UK

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 the UK. Elaine A. Seddon and Michael W. Poole The article,…

February 27, 2023

Protecting Particle Accelerators with Optical Fibres

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 activation of beamline areas, or even damage to accelerator components.…

February 17, 2023

New £30 million supercomputer centre at Daresbury Laboratory

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 a new £30 million supercomputer centre that is under construction…

February 13, 2023

Beam Gas Curtain Installed in the Large Hadron Collider

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 technical stop. The Beam Gas Curtain device is a non-invasive…