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July 1, 2016

Research Highlight: How to (better) model beam transport

Electrically charged wire meshes are used throughout science and engineering to guide, focus and analyse charged particles and may be found in areas as diverse as unmanned satellite propulsion systems, mass spectrometers and particle accelerators. Understanding particle motion is a…
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June 28, 2016

Cockcroft Academic to lead Liverpool Physics

The University of Liverpool has just announced Cockcroft expert Prof. Carsten P. Welsch, leader of the Liverpool Accelerator Science Group, as next Head of the Department of Physics. Following an international search process, he will take up this important role…
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June 24, 2016

Job Vacancies for Beam Diagnostics Experts

Research Coordinator in Beam Diagnostics The QUASAR Group carries out a broad and interconnected research programme into advanced diagnostics for charged particle beams. This includes monitors for profile, intensity, beam loss and position measurements. We are currently looking for an…
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June 24, 2016

Cockcroft Innovation at Physics Innovate

Physics Innovate returns this year in participation with the International Festival for Business 2016 at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool. With over 30,000 delegates from over 100 countries, IFB 2016 is a global marketplace for the latest in technology and innovation.…
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June 22, 2016

There has been an AWAKEning

First beam enters the AWAKE experiment at CERN [caption id="attachment_3774" align="alignright" width="257"] Image from a beam-screen installed downstream the plasma cell tube[/caption] The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) aims at studying plasma wakefield generation and electron acceleration…
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May 27, 2016

Get to see science up close – Daresbury Open Week

Have you ever wondered what happens at an international Science Laboratory ? Well, here’s your chance to find out ! Daresbury Laboratory will open its doors for children and adults of all ages to explore some of the world’s most…
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May 20, 2016

CI Research presented in the Land of the Morning Calm

This year’s International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’16) took place at the BEXCO Convention Centre, located in the lively and scenic Haeundae District of Busan, South Korea. IPAC'16 was the seventh International Particle Accelerator Conference, a conference that rotates annually between…
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April 29, 2016

How would a laser plasma accelerator with industry beam quality look like?

In an article just published in physicsworld the head of the Liverpool Accelerator Physics Group at the Cockcroft Institute, Prof. Carsten P. Welsch, discusses some of the particular challenges linked to laser plasma accelerators. These novel machines are a research focus within the institute. The…
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March 30, 2016

Springer Thesis Award

  CI student Matthew Cliffe has received the Springer Thesis Award for his PhD work on the generation of longitudinally polarised terahertz radiation for the energy manipulation of relativistic electron beams. The award comprises of a monetary prize and publication…
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