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November 2, 2016

Accelerating discoveries

Nestled amongst the steam and diesel powered accelerators of old (ok - trains), Cockcroft Institute researchers have recently been spotted communicating particle accelerators to the next generation of scientists. The one day Accelerating discoveries event, which was hosted by the…
November 2, 2016

LA³NET Topical Workshops in Paris organized by Quasar Group

The latest events of the Quasar – led LA³NET network took place in Paris on 23rd – 26th October. A workshop on Novel Accelerators and one on Laser Ion Sources were organized in the beautiful surroundings of the Université Pierre…
September 30, 2016

Hot News: Cockcroft Institute hosts Linac2020

The International Organizing Committee has just awarded the organization of the 30th LINAC conference in 2020 to the Cockcroft Institute. The bi-annual LINAC conference is the main gathering for the world-wide community of linear accelerator specialists. It provides a unique…
September 23, 2016

Quasar Group showcased at IBIC 2016

Sun-drenched palm trees and luxury cruise liners dawdling in the balmy waters of the port of Barcelona presented a splendid backdrop to this year’s edition of the International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC) from 11th to 15th September. The industrial exhibition,…
September 19, 2016

AVA ‘SPARCs’ enthusiasm

Following on from the successful tests which mark the beginning of the commissioning of the Cryring accelerator into the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at GSI, there was much to discuss at the annual Stored Particle Atomic Research…
September 7, 2016

Multimillion Pound Project on Antimatter Research announced

The AVA project will allow cutting edge research and promote training innovations AVA (Accelerators Validating Antimatter physics) is a new European research and training network between universities, research centres and industry. Within the project a cohort of 15 Fellows will…
September 5, 2016

QUASAR Group Research Coordinator

There is an exciting 5 year position vacancy in the QUASAR Group, University of Liverpool. The Group is based at the Cockcroft Institute where it carries out a broad and interconnected research program into accelerator design and optimisation, as well…
August 31, 2016

“A Cool Investigation into Antiproton Beam Dynamics”

A new paper published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics A will help scientists provide higher quality antiproton beams to experiments at CERN and antimatter facilities across the world. “Non-Gaussian beam dynamics in low energy antiproton storage rings” (J.…