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November 20, 2015

How to characterize exotic ion beams?

A crucial parameter needed for the operation of an accelerator of charged particles is the beam intensity, i.e. the number of charges crossing a certain area per unit time. For low energy, low intensity ion beams the most common detection…
November 13, 2015

Cockcroft members celebrate the HL-LHC project moving to the prototyping phase

[caption id="attachment_3276" align="aligncenter" width="640"] HiLumi LHC collaboration members[/caption] More than 230 scientists and engineers from around the world, including several from the Cockcroft Institute, met at CERN this October to discuss the High-Luminosity LHC – a major upgrade to the…
November 9, 2015

Antihydrogen – A Comprehensive Review

Antimatter, often the subject of science fiction on account of its conversion to energy when it comes in contact with matter, is very real and at the center of one of the great mysteries of physics. Current theory would predict…
November 2, 2015

EU funds Design Study for European Plasma Accelerator

Three million euros for European Plasma Research Accelerator with eXcellence In Applications (EuPRAXIA) project The European Union supports the development of a novel plasma particle accelerator with three million euros from the Horizon2020 program. The EU project EuPRAXIA (European Plasma…
October 28, 2015

Join the most exciting physics experiments

  IOP National Particle Accelerator Open Day will be held at the Cockcroft Institute on the 25th November, with an interesting programme for undergraduate students. This will include talks, lab tours and the chance to talk to current PhD students,…
October 14, 2015

CI-led oPAC network holds accelerator conference in Seville

[caption id="attachment_3071" align="alignright" width="206"] One of the oPAC fellows, Daria Astapovych, presents her work on the Large Hadron Collider.[/caption] The Marie Curie Initial Training Network oPAC – Optimization of Particle Accelerators, coordinated by Prof. Carsten P. Welsch and his EU…