The Cockcroft Institute

March 8, 2024

Characterisation of CsTe Photocathodes manufactured at CERN

Daresbury Laboratory has been part of an active and productive collaboration with CERN for many years, focussing on photocathode preparation and characterisation. Recognising Daresbury's unique capabilities in photocathode characterisation, CERN initiated the collaboration with the aspiration of measuring the performance…

March 4, 2024

Unlocking the Mysteries of Antimatter: Positronium Laser Cooling Breakthrough

The AEgIS experiment at CERN has made a groundbreaking advancement by successfully demonstrating laser cooling of positronium (Ps), an exotic atom composed equally of matter and antimatter. This significant development, published in a paper in Physical Review Letters, marks a…

February 20, 2024

EuPRAXIA-DN Mid-term Review highlights

On 5th February 2024, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network (EuPRAXIA-DN) met for a Mid-term Check to review and celebrate the project achievements and milestones. The meeting kicked off with a welcome from Cockcroft member and Network Coordinator…

February 12, 2024

Benjamin Rienäcker becomes AEgIS Physics Co-ordinator

We are delighted to announce that Dr Benjamin Rienäcker, member of the Liverpool accelerator physics group, was appointed as new Physics Coordinator for the AEgIS collaboration at the last AEgIS collaboration meeting in December 2023. Dr Benjamin Rienäcker (Copyright :…

February 5, 2024

EuPRAXIA-DN school on plasma accelerators – Register now!

Several tens of thousands of particle accelerators are in use today with varied applications in research, industry, medicine and other fields. Yet accelerator usage could be much more widespread, were it not limited by cost and size constraints, especially in…

February 2, 2024

UK XFEL User Engagement Campaign

Momentum is building around the UK XFEL project, which is staging a series of Townhall meetings around all parts of the UK to engage the community in plans for access to next-generation XFEL capability. It is envisaged that a next-generation…

January 31, 2024

Beyond Boundaries: A Dialogue on Science and Faith

Accelerator physicists, particle physicists and theologians will discuss the common ground between science, philosophy, and religion. The event will take place at the Liverpool Cathedral and will celebrate the cathedral’s centenary since its consecration as a place of worship in…

January 25, 2024

PIP-II team transports first cryomodule prototype between Fermilab and UK

In May 2021, STFC and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have agreed to collaborate on building one of the world’s most powerful linear accelerators. Based at the US Department of Energy’s Fermilab, the Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II) accelerator, currently under construction,…

January 23, 2024

Obituary – Mike Poole

Members of ASTeC, The Cockcroft Institute, STFC and the wider particle accelerator community will be saddened to learn of the death of Mike Poole, who passed away on 6th December 2023, aged 78. Mike Poole Mike joined Daresbury Nuclear Physics…