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November 8, 2013

Highly successful 2nd LA³NET Workshop hosted by Fraunhofer ILT

The LA³NET project coordinated from the Cockcroft Institute held its second Topical Workshop on 'Laser technology and optics design' at the world-leading Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) at the Fraunhofer in Aachen, Germany (4th to 6th November 2013). The workshop…
October 11, 2013

Nobel Prize in Physics 2013

The Cockcroft Institute (CI) celebrates the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 and the discovery of the Higgs-boson. It congratulates Peter Higgs and François Englert on their achievement and the huge distinction which it brings. It is proud…
October 3, 2013

Cockcroft Institute Particle Accelerator School

The Cockcroft Institute is hosting a two week intensive particle accelerator school (CIPAS). The school will cover beam dynamics, magnets, RF, vacuum, diagnostics and undulators. The school is postgraduate level and is open to any UK students or staff at…
September 27, 2013

Cockcroft Institute Contributions to IBIC 2013

This year the International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC) took place in Oxford, UK from 16th-20th September. The QUASAR Group’s EU Project T.E.A.M, based at The Cockcroft Institute, attended the conference and had a strong presence with a EU projects stand. In…
July 16, 2013

CLARA – Conceptual Design Report

We are delighted to announce that the Conceptual Design Report of the proposed new Free Electron Laser Test Facility, CLARA, has been published on the ASTeC website today and which is available for download here: http://www.stfc.ac.uk/ASTeC/Programmes/38749.aspx This CDR describes an exciting…