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September 18, 2017

CI at INTERACT Symposium

[caption id="attachment_4925" align="alignleft" width="169"] Dr Chris Edmonds at INTERACT 2017.[/caption] QUASAR Group members Dr Chris Edmonds and Dr Ricardo Torres, of the Cockcroft Institute and University of Liverpool, went to Birmingham on 14th September to participate in the INTERACT Symposium. INTERACT…

September 6, 2017

Demonstration of sub-luminal propagation of single-cycle terahertz pulses for particle acceleration

The demonstration of the slowing of single-cycle terahertz frequency (1012Hz) electromagnetic pulses to subluminal speeds has been published in Nature Communications. The work proves a new concept for velocity matching ultrashort, sub-picosecond, electromagnetic pulses with relativistic particle beams, opening up…

September 4, 2017

Cockcroft contributions to IBIC

The annual International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC) took place in Grand Rapids, USA between 20-24 August 2017. IBIC is a fruitful gathering of the world's beam instrumentation community and encourages international collaboration in the field of beam instrumentation for accelerators.…

September 1, 2017

Putting accelerators in the hands of students

How using multimedia can explain reality in physical science outreach Using multimedia to engage students in accelerator science is one of the methods that the Cockcroft Institute has used to make the subject exciting and accessible to young people. The…

August 14, 2017

Cockcroft Academic awarded senior fellowship of the Higher Education Academy

Dr Graeme Burt at Lancaster Engineering department has just been awarded senior fellowship status at the Higher Education Academy (HEA). The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is the national body which champions teaching excellence. They work with governments, ministries, universities and…

July 14, 2017

UK XFEL Accelerator Technology Programme Kicks Off

More than 60 members of the UK accelerator community gathered at Daresbury Laboratory on 4th July 2017 to officially launch the UK XFEL Underpinning Accelerator and FEL Technology Programme. Members of ASTeC, Cockcroft Institute, Diamond Light Source and John Adams…

July 3, 2017

EuPRAXIA 1st Collaboration Week in Hamburg

[caption id="attachment_4854" align="aligncenter" width="833"] Participants of the 1st EuPRAXIA Collaboration Week at DESY, Hamburg. (Image credit: Marta Meyer/DESY)[/caption] As the EuPRAXIA design study advances, it becomes increasingly complicated to have a complete overview of the project. The different work packages…

June 28, 2017

Cockcroft start-up accelerates business with CERN technology

A step change in precision for particle accelerators and light sources worldwide is one step nearer, thanks to pioneering start up, D-Beam – the newest member of the STFC CERN Business Incubation Centre (STFC CERN BIC). [caption id="attachment_4850" align="aligncenter" width="717"]…

June 28, 2017

State of the art cancer-treating cyclotron arrives at UK’s first high energy proton beam centre at The Christie

A state of the art proton beam therapy machine, the ‘cyclotron’, was installed at the specialist cancer hospital The Christie in Manchester last week, marking a major milestone in a national NHS plan to provide high energy proton beam therapy…