The Cockcroft Institute

April 7, 2022

Novel Beam Monitor successfully delivered to CERN

The QUASAR Group from the University of Liverpool, based at the Cockcroft Institute, has successfully delivered a gas jet-based beam monitor to CERN. This advanced monitor was developed as part of the Group's contribution to the High-Luminosity upgrade of the…

April 4, 2022

Liverpool Physics awarded £1.3M for new STFC data science training centre

The University of Liverpool, in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University, are to host a new £1.3 million Centre for Doctoral Training providing comprehensive postgraduate training in data intensive science. The new Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data…

April 1, 2022

Lectureship in Accelerator Physics at the University of Manchester

The University of Manchester has opened a new lectureship in accelerator physics at the Cockcroft Institute (UK). The university is seeking to appoint a scientist with an established record of research excellence in the field of accelerator physics, particularly (but…

March 28, 2022

Reconciling Energy Recovery and Longitudinal Beam Dynamics

Energy Recovery Linacs (ERLs) reuse the kinetic energy of an accelerated electron bunch by transferring it to a freshly injected bunch. This mechanism enables a large reduction in the RF power required in comparison to linacs, without resorting to the…

March 9, 2022

Science and Faith converge in Liverpool

As international scientists gathered online to discuss the Future Circular Collider (FCC) the University of Liverpool hosted the public event '21st Century Particle Physics: discussions on Science and Faith’ at the famous Liverpool Cathedral on 8 February 2022. Outreach event…

March 7, 2022

FCC Workshop organised by the University of Liverpool

For the first time since the launch of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) feasibility study, the FCC physics community gathered online from 7 to 11 February to reflect the status and achievements of FCC Physics, Experiments, and Detectors studies and initiate…

February 16, 2022

Welcome to our new cohort of students

We are delighted to welcome 11 new PhD students to the Cockcroft Institute. Our new cohort joined us last autumn, and they have all been very busy settling into their research. This is an exciting time for you as you…

February 10, 2022

Women in Science 2022 – Challenges, Successes and Personal Stories

A significant gender gap has persisted throughout the years at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines all over the world. Even though women have made tremendous progress towards increasing their participation in higher education, they are…

February 8, 2022

LINAC 2022 Conference in Liverpool announced

The 31st Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC) is coming to Liverpool this summer. The conference, hosted jointly by UKRI-STFC, the John Adams Institute and the Cockcroft Institute, will take place at the Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) between 28 August…