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February 8, 2023

TeV/m catapult acceleration of electrons in graphene layers

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 high longitudinal electric fields due to the collective motion of…
January 30, 2023

Professor Claudio Paoloni appointed to two prestigious roles

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, a Senior IEEE Member, is Professor of Electronics and Cockcroft…
January 27, 2023

EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network starts in Brussels

The new 3.2M€ Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network EuPRAXIA-DN started with a kick-off meeting on 16/17 January 2023 in Brussels that brought together all the partners involved in the project for the first time. The EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network will support…
December 21, 2022

Liverpool awarded £1M for CERN antimatter research

University of Liverpool physicists are leading a £1M antimatter research project as part of the AEgIs experiment at CERN. The project entitled `Slow Neutral Antimatter Atoms in Excited States for Inertial-type Precision Measurements’ (SNAP) is funded by The Engineering and…
December 2, 2022

Annual Postgraduate Conference held at CI

The annual Cockroft Institute Postgraduate Conference (CIPGC) was held on the 15th of November 2022 in the Merrison Lecture Theatre of Daresbury Laboratory. The CIPGC is an important annual event for all CI postgraduates and it provides a platform for…
November 23, 2022

Major boost to European plasma accelerator facility

EuPRAXIA is the first European project that develops a dedicated particle accelerator research infrastructure based on novel plasma acceleration concepts and laser technology. The European plasma accelerator community has received a major impulse for the development of a user-ready plasma…