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# The Cockcroft Institute

Accelerator Science and Technology

## Posts

- [News](http://10.0.1.212:8080/news/)
- [EuPRAXIA-DN Fellows take on hands-on training challenges](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/07/29/eupraxia-dn-fellows-take-on-hands-on-training-challenges/) - EuPRAXIA-DN Fellows came together at the Cockcroft Institute from 29 June to 3 July 2026 for a week of hands-on challenge-based training delivered by the University of Liverpool QUASAR Group and supported by D-Beam Ltd. The 12 Fellows were split into three teams and challenged to apply their scientific, technical and communication skills across a
- [Summer students at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/07/27/summer-students-at-the-cockcroft-institute/) - This year, we're welcoming seven students from across the UK to the Cockcroft Institute (CI) at Daresbury Laboratory for a seven-week summer placement. Before getting started on their projects, the students took part in an induction at Daresbury Laboratory. They heard talks on accelerator science from academics and industry partners, and had the chance to
- [Exploring cutting edge science](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/07/22/exploring-cutting-edge-science/) - The University of Liverpool's Department of Physics hosted its Annual Work Experience Week for A-Level students from 29 June – 3 July. This event, designed for students from Widening Participation partnered schools and the local city region, welcomed 36 students. The students engaged in introductory talks, team challenges and gained work experience in various laboratories for condensed matter, nuclear,
- [Science Extravaganza hosted at Daresbury Laboratory](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/07/17/science-extravaganza-hosted-at-daresbury-laboratory/) - Our particle accelerator escape room "Acceler8Escape" was one of the exciting workshops delivered at the Passion4Learning Science Extravaganza hosted at Daresbury National Laboratory on 9th July 2026. A total of 136 pupils aged 8-11 from 5 local primary schools took part throughout the day, working in teams to solve puzzles and learn all about the
- [Liverpool puts Sustainability at the Heart of Innovation](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/07/14/liverpool-puts-sustainability-at-the-heart-of-innovation/) - Liverpool has placed itself at the forefront of efforts to make major scientific facilities, advanced technologies and research careers more sustainable. The Innovations for a Sustainable Tomorrow symposium, held at The Spine on 10 July 2026, brought together leading scientists, policy experts, technology companies and early-career researchers to consider how sustainability should shape the next generation of
- [2026 Central Laser Facility Training Programme Hosted at Queen’s University Belfast](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/07/13/2026-central-laser-facility-training-programme-hosted-at-queens-university-belfast/) - The annual training programme organised by the Central Laser Facility (CLF) provides new PhD students with hands-on experience in laser-plasma experimental techniques. This year the programme took place in March 2026, hosted by Queen’s University Belfast at the TARANIS laser facility. The purpose of this programme is to train early PhD students with practical skills
- [CI member brings “Hollywood Physics” to Germany’s KIMIKO Festival](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/07/08/ci-member-brings-hollywood-physics-to-germanys-kimiko-festival/) - CI expert Professor Carsten P Welsch from the University of Liverpool was invited by CERN to contribute to this year’s KIMIKO Festival in Aachen, Germany, as part of the CERN Science Hub at the festival’s Science & Tech program. KIMIKO brings together music, culture, technology and ideas on RWTH Aachen’s Campus Melaten. Through the CERN
- [CI expert contributes to high-level European debate on the future of doctoral training](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/07/03/ci-expert-contributes-to-high-level-european-debate-on-the-future-of-doctoral-training/) - Professor Carsten P. Welsch, CI member and Head of Accelerator Science at the University of Liverpool, joined senior European research leaders in Brussels last week for a high-level discussion on the future of doctoral education and the added value of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks. The event, More Than a PhD: The Added Value of
- [5 M€ iRIS project launched at FCC Week 2026](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/07/01/5-me-iris-project-launched-at-fcc-week-2026/) - As FCC Week 2026 came to a close, the Future Circular Collider (FCC) community left Helsinki with renewed momentum and a strong sense of shared purpose. The week brought together 656 participants from across the world for a wide-ranging program of 66 public sessions, 265 oral presentations and 47 posters, covering precision physics, accelerator and
- [Cockcroft Institute makes a strong contribution to IPAC’26](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/06/29/cockcroft-institute-makes-a-strong-contribution-to-ipac26/) - Several members of the Cockcroft Institute (CI) have recently attended the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’26) in Deauville, France. For a week each year the accelerator community gathers to discuss the latest developments in accelerator science and technology from around the world. The event was hosted and organised by the GANIL laboratory in collaboration with
- [Radiation environment at FCC-ee experimental insertion regions](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/06/26/radiation-environment-at-fcc-ee-experimental-insertion-regions/) - Alessandro Frasca's latest work has been selected as Editor's Choice in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams - a recognition that highlights the significance of this contribution to the design of the Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee). The FCC-ee is one of the most ambitious projects in the history of particle physics. Planned as a successor to
- [Accelerator escape room part of new European outreach network](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/06/24/accelerator-escape-room-part-of-new-european-outreach-network/) - A particle accelerator-themed escape room (Acceler8Escape) has been developed at the Cockcroft Institute, providing a unique way to engage participants of all ages with accelerator science. Created by Dr Morgan Hibberd (University of Manchester) in partnership with the STFC Public Engagement team at Daresbury Laboratory, players work against the clock to solve 8 interactive, hands-on
- [Particle Physics Masterclasses Engage A-Level Students at UK National Laboratories](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/06/22/particle-physics-masterclasses-engage-a-level-students-at-uk-national-laboratories/) - In March, during British Science Week, our popular Particle Physics Masterclasses ran again at Daresbury Laboratory (DL) and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), with support from Diamond Light Source and Boulby Underground Laboratory, giving A-Level students an opportunity to find out about the inspiring particle physics and accelerator science that takes place on site. Reaching 1,169
- [CLARA Successfully Completes First Friendly User Experiments at 250 MeV](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/06/18/clara-successfully-completes-first-friendly-user-experiments-at-250-mev/) - Between January – April 2026, the CLARA facility at Daresbury Laboratory successfully hosted a first run of friendly user experiments at its design energy of 250 MeV. This follows the installation of a major upgrade to the CLARA accelerator between 2022 – 2024, followed by an extended period of technical commissioning throughout 2025. Over the
- [Cockcroft Institute secures four Horizon Europe awards to shape the future of research infrastructures](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/06/01/cockcroft-institute-secures-four-horizon-europe-awards-to-shape-the-future-of-research-infrastructures/) - The Cockcroft Institute (CI) through experts from the University of Liverpool is playing a leading role in four newly awarded Horizon Europe projects that will help define the next generation of large-scale research infrastructures. Supported with more than 25 M€, with more than 1 M€ for Liverpool, the projects, EuPRAXIA, EPITA, TwinRISE and iRIS, bring
- [GAEC Hosts Major International SAPPHIRE Workshop to Boost Cancer Treatment Capacity in Africa](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/05/27/gaec-hosts-major-international-sapphire-workshop-to-boost-cancer-treatment-capacity-in-africa/) - The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), through its Radiological and Medical Sciences Research Institute (RAMSRI), has successfully hosted a high-level international training workshop under the Supra-African Physics Partnership for Health Innovation and Radiotherapy Expansion (SAPPHIRE) Project. The week-long workshop, held from 13 – 18 April 2026 at the Mensvic Hotel in Accra, brought together leading
- [European Experts Gather in Darmstadt to Shape New Doctoral Network on  AI for Particle Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/05/13/european-experts-gather-in-darmstadt-to-shape-new-doctoral-network-on-ai-for-particle-accelerators/) - Researchers, accelerator experts, and industrial stakeholders from across Europe gathered at Technische Universität Darmstadt on 7–8 May 2026 for the ARTIFACT-DN Workshop, a strategic meeting dedicated to preparing a competitive proposal for a new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) under the upcoming RAISE call. Building on the momentum of the ARTIFACT ecosystem and several recently
- [Members of Cockcroft Institute join PACRI annual meeting in Lisbon](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/05/12/members-of-cockcroft-institute-join-pacri-annual-meeting-in-lisbon/) - The PACRI (Plasma Accelerator systems for Compact Research Infrastructures) project held its first annual meeting at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, Portugal from 24th to 26th March. With more than €10 million funding from the European Union and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, PACRI aims to revolutionize plasma accelerator
- [Rob Appleby appointed Associate Vice President for Students](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/05/07/rob-appleby-appointed-associate-vice-president-for-students/) - We are pleased to announce that CI expert Professor Rob Appleby has been appointed Associate Vice President for Students at the University of Manchester. In his new role, Rob will provide academic leadership for the entire student journey, including admissions, access, and student success. He will promote student wellbeing and belonging, working closely with the Students’
- [PhD successes from Liverpool’s QUASAR Group](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/05/01/phd-successes-from-liverpools-quasar-group/) - The University of Liverpool's QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, is delighted to celebrate the successful completion of three doctoral theses by Ondrej Sedlacek, Oliver Stringer and Catherine Swain. Their work spans cutting-edge accelerator diagnostics, contributing to major international facilities including CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and AWAKE experiment. Ondrej Sedlacek’s thesis, “Beam induced fluorescence monitor for high intensity beams”, focuses
- [RL4AA’26 Workshop hosted in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/05/04/rl4aa26-workshop-hosted-in-liverpool/) - The fourth edition of the Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Accelerators (RL4AA’26) workshop was held in Liverpool from 30th March to 1st April 2026 as a LIV.INNO workshop. The workshop also received sponsorship from the Cockcroft Institute and Radiasoft. Organised by Dr Andrea Santamaria Garcia, the event brought together over 60 international researchers at the intersection of reinforcement learning and accelerator physics. The workshop focused on the
- [EuPRAXIA Gains Momentum at High-Level Brussels Event](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/04/27/eupraxia-gains-momentum-at-high-level-brussels-event/) - Leading representatives from European institutions - from the European Commission to the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) - together with stakeholders from research, industry, and funding agencies gathered on 23 April in Brussels, at the Foundation University, for the EuPRAXIA Showcase Event 2026. This high-level meeting aimed to strengthen collaboration, promote innovation in
- [New laser-hybrid accelerator design strengthens vision for next-generation radiotherapy research facility](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/04/29/new-laser-hybrid-accelerator-design-strengthens-vision-for-next-generation-radiotherapy-research-facility/) - A major milestone has been reached in efforts to transform particle-beam therapy and radiobiology, as the team behind the LhARA collaboration publishes a Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for the Ion Therapy Research Facility. The report outlines a proposed UK-based Ion Therapy Research Facility (ITRF), setting out a vision for a centre capable of transforming studies
- [Muon g-2 experiment wins prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/04/24/muon-g-2-experiment-wins-prestigious-breakthrough-prize-in-fundamental-physics/) - Six past and present members of the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology from Liverpool and Lancaster universities are among the winners of this year’s Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific awards that celebrates new scientific discoveries. The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was founded in 2012 by Yuri
- [Cockcroft Researchers’ Theoretical Concept for Ultrashort FEL Pulses Successfully Demonstrated at SwissFEL](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/03/11/cockcroft-researchers-theoretical-concept-for-ultrashort-fel-pulses-successfully-demonstrated-at-swissfel/) - When the concept of mode-locking was introduced in lasers in the 1960s it allowed the laser pulse duration to be reduced by orders of magnitude. In conventional lasers mode-locking relies on the fact that the laser pulse builds up inside a physical amplifying material, such as a crystal, as it bounces back and forth inside
- [VHEE user experiments at CLARA](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/03/10/vhee-user-experiments-at-clara/) - CLARA at Daresbury Laboratory has now achieved 250 MeV beam energy, unlocking a new phase of Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) research that could help shape the future of cancer treatment. These powerful electron beams can reach deepseated tumours while keeping radiation tightly focused, making them an exciting area of investigation for safer, more precise radiotherapy. A
- [Professor Welsch recognized on the MeetEngland 2025 Roll of Honour](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/02/16/professor-welsch-recognized-on-the-meetengland-2025-roll-of-honour/) - Prof Carsten P Welsch, Head of Accelerator Science at the University of Liverpool and Leader of the QUASAR Group based at the Cockcroft Institute, was presented with a 2026 MeetEngland Impact Network Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements in bringing major scientific events to England. In addition to dozens of scientific workshops, schools and
- [Lancaster University student wins prestigious cryogenics thesis prize](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/02/04/lancaster-university-student-wins-prestigious-cryogenics-thesis-prize/) - Lancaster University PhD student Dan Seal has been awarded the Harry Jones Prize by the British Cryogenic society (BSC) for 2025. The prize is given annually for the best UK thesis in the field of experimental applied science in the field of cryogenics. The prize was awarded for Dan’s thesis “Development Of A High Throughput
- [Advancing plasma-based accelerators using nanostructured materials](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/02/02/advancing-plasma-based-accelerators-using-nanostructured-materials/) - Over the past few decades, the field of plasma-based accelerators - such as laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) and beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) has made remarkable advances. The long-predicted GeV/m accelerating gradients are now routinely achieved at multiple experimental facilities around the globe, paving the way for the design of future compact accelerators with applications
- [IPAC’26 Scientific Program Committee meets in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/01/26/ipac26-scientific-program-committee-meets-in-liverpool/) - The University of Liverpool's QUASAR Group hosted an important planning meeting for the IPAC’26 Scientific Program Committee (SPC) in Liverpool from 14 - 15 January. The event was held at the Arena and Convention Centre (ACC), located on Liverpool’s iconic waterfront and the host venue for the upcoming IPAC’29. Prof Carsten Welsch, Head of the
- [IBIC 2025 Conference Proceedings published online](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/01/23/ibic-2025-conference-proceedings-published-online/) - The International Beam Instrumentation Conference 2025 (IBIC 2025) was held from 7th to 10th September 2025 at the University of Liverpool. We are pleased to announce that the final conference proceedings have now been published and are available online at IBIC 2025. The IBIC 2025 Proceedings comprise 217 papers and 39 presentations (including both invited
- [Mark Thomson takes up his mandate as CERN General Director](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2026/01/21/mark-thomson-takes-up-his-mandate-as-cern-general-director/) - British physicist and former STFC Excecutive Chair Mark Thomson began his five-year mandate as CERN General Director on 1 January 2026, taking over from Fabiola Gianotti. Much of his earlier career was already dedicated to CERN, where he initially contributed to precision measurements of the W and Z bosons in the 1990s, as part of
- [New Application Experiments on the SCAPA Laser-Driven Proton Platform](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/12/15/new-application-experiments-on-the-scapa-laser-driven-proton-platform/) - Cockcroft Institute researchers at the University of Strathclyde have successful commissioned a laser-driven proton source platform at the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA) and completed three pioneering experiments that demonstrate its growing capabilities - from space technology testing to ultrahigh dose radiobiology research and advanced machine learning. These studies showcase the
- [UK-CERN accelerator celebration day](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/12/10/uk-cern-accelerator-celebration-day/) - As one of the founding members of CERN, the UK has a long history of contributing to its physics and engineering projects. In recognition of recent successes in UK-CERN accelerator science and engineering, the community came together on 26 November 2025 for the UK-CERN accelerator celebration day. Over 100 attendees joined either in-person at the
- [Cockcroft Institute prepares for UKRI’s New Growth Strategy](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/11/28/cockcroft-institute-prepares-for-ukris-new-growth-strategy/) - On Monday, 24 November 2025, leading figures from UK research, industry and government convened at the Innovation for Growth Summit in London, hosted by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) in the Science Museum. The event marked a major strategic shift: UKRI, under its recently appointed Chief Executive Professor Sir Ian Chapman, committed to a more
- [Tabletop accelerator research featured as Physical Review Letters cover story](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/11/26/tabletop-accelerator-research-featured-as-physical-review-letters-cover-story/) - A groundbreaking study involving members of the University of Liverpool's QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, has been selected as this week’s cover story for Physical Review Letters (PRL), highlighting an advance that could fundamentally transform how compact particle accelerators are designed and applied in medicine, materials science, and beyond. The research, recently featured also in The Conversation, demonstrates
- [CI PhD successes from Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/11/17/ci-phd-successes-from-liverpool/) - Over the last months, several PhD students affiliated with the Cockcroft Institute have successfully concluded their theses, marking an important step forward in their research paths. Alexander Morris from passed his viva in November. His PhD thesis ‘Design of a Compact High-Flux Gamma Ray Source’ covered the generation and detection of high energy gamma photons
- [Liverpool-developed monitor now operational in the Large Hadron Collider](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/11/12/liverpool-developed-monitor-now-operational-in-the-large-hadron-collider/) - A novel beam diagnostic instrument developed by researchers in the University of Liverpool’s QUASAR Group has achieved a major milestone: full operational approval for use in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The instrument, known as the Beam Gas Curtain (BGC) monitor, has now been cleared for continuous operation (~2,000 hours per year) in
- [CI Postgraduate Researcher Conference 2025](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/11/06/ci-postgraduate-researcher-conference-2025/) - This year’s Cockcroft Institute Postgraduate Researcher Conference 2025 took place on the 15th October at Daresbury Laboratory. Students from across the Institute presented their work in three talk sessions and a poster session, with 22 students joining from as far away as CERN. Presentations covered a wide range of accelerator science topics, from radiobiology and
- [Successful Completion of STFC’s High Beta Cavity Contribution to ESS](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/10/24/successful-completion-of-stfcs-high-beta-cavity-contribution-to-ess/) - After eight and a half years, scientists and engineers from STFC, many of them based at the Cockcroft Institute, successfully completed the supply of high beta cavities (HBC) to the European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund, Sweden. This achievement marks the conclusion of the organisation’s work on the project at Daresbury Laboratory and the beginning
- [Liverpool welcomes record number of delegates to international beam instrumentation conference](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/09/24/liverpool-welcomes-record-number-of-delegates-to-international-beam-instrumentation-conference/) - The University of Liverpool together with STFC, the Cockcroft Institute and the John Adams Institute has hosted the largest-ever European edition of the International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2025). The 14th edition of this important event took place on campus between 7 – 11 September 2025. It welcomed more than 300 experts from around the
- [Very High Energy Electron Radiotherapy Workshop held at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/10/01/very-high-energy-electron-radiotherapy-workshop-held-at-the-cockcroft-institute/) - The 4th workshop on Very High Energy Electron Radiotherapy (VHEE-RT) was held at the Cockcroft Institute, Daresbury Laboratory, UK from 15th – 17th of September 2025. The inaugural workshop was held at the Cockcroft Institute in 2017, with 2nd one at CERN in 2020 and 3rd one at DESY, Hamburg in 2023. This in-person workshop
- [PhotonDiag2025 Conference held in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/09/26/photondiag2025-conference-held-in-liverpool/) - The 7th FELs of Europe PhotonDiag conference took place in Liverpool, UK from 2nd to 4th September 2025. PhotonDiag is the première conference focused on the technical aspects of photon delivery to science experiments on advanced, accelerator-based photon sources and free-electron laser (FEL) sources in particular. It covers the thematic areas of photon diagnostics, photon beamlines and optics, photon
- [The Code of the Universe](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/09/01/the-code-of-the-universe/) - A new exhibition exploring the world of accelerators and particle physics has opened in the University of Liverpool’s historic Quadrangle. Code of the Universe is a travelling photographic exhibition that showcases the work carried out at CERN together with its international partners. It features a series of 40 panels, lit up at night, that discusses
- [CLARA reaches 250 million electron volts milestone](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/08/06/clara-reaches-250-million-electron-volts-milestone/) - The Cockroft Institute’s ASTeC team has achieved a major scientific milestone at Daresbury Laboratory. The Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA) has successfully accelerated electrons to an energy of 250 million electron volts (MeV). This breakthrough marks a significant moment in the development of one of the world’s brightest medium-energy electron beams, opening
- [Deepa Angal-Kalinin awarded prize at Particle Accelerator and Beams Conference 2025](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/08/12/deepa-angal-kalinin-awarded-prize-at-particle-accelerator-and-beams-conference-2025/) - On the 9th and 10th of July, the UK’s accelerator community gathered for the UK's flagship annual event: the Particle Accelerator and Beams Conference 2025 (PAB 2025). The hosts for this year’s event were Diamond Light Source, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and the John Adams Institute, University of Oxford, who co-organised together with the
- [AWAKE-UK Collaboration Meets in Daresbury](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/07/30/awake-uk-collaboration-meets-in-daresbury/) - Leading researchers from the AWAKE-UK collaboration met in Daresbury on 2nd July to review progress and chart the future of the UK's contribution to the Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) at CERN. The meeting highlighted significant advancements in beam diagnostics, plasma cell development, and electron injection systems, underscoring the UK's vital role
- [Major investment into accelerator-based research infrastructures announced](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/03/27/major-investment-into-accelerator-based-research-infrastructures-announced/) - UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) announced on 27 March 2027 that it is investing a total of £481 million into a portfolio of research and innovation infrastructures that will help maintain the UK’s position as a research and innovation superpower. Amongst these significant investments are two particle accelerator-based research infrastructures to which experts from the
- [Particle Physics and Accelerators Masterclasses 2024 at Daresbury Laboratory and Beyond](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/04/03/particle-physics-and-accelerators-masterclasses-2024-at-daresbury-laboratory-and-beyond/) - Daresbury Laboratory and the Cockcroft Institute (CI) have hosted the highly successful annual Particle Physics and Accelerators Masterclasses (APPMC), one of their flagship annual outreach events, for many years. The event aims to inspire and encourage future generations to pursue careers in physics, engineering, technology, clinical sciences, and therapeutic radiography. This year marked a pioneering
- [Crowds flock to Daresbury Laboratory for science extravaganza](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/07/21/crowds-flock-to-daresbury-laboratory-for-science-extravaganza/) - Schools and visitors from across the region got a rare opportunity to get up close with the Cockcroft Institute researchers and to some of the world's most groundbreaking technology at Daresbury Laboratory. A total of 1,300 schoolchildren visited the site over two days on 10th – 11th July, and more than 5,000 visitors from across
- [Bridging Science, Philosophy, and Faith at Liverpool Cathedral](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/03/13/bridging-science-philosophy-and-faith-at-liverpool-cathedral/) - The University of Liverpool and Liverpool Cathedral hosted the public event ‘Beyond Boundaries: A Dialogue on Science and Faith’ at the famous Liverpool Cathedral on 5th March 2024. The event also celebrated the Liverpool Cathedral’s centenary since its consecration as a place of worship in 1924. The event formed part of the next large collider
- [I.FAST holds its third annual meeting in Paris](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/05/20/i-fast-holds-its-third-annual-meeting-in-paris/) - Between 16 – 19 April, the European particle accelerator community gathered in Paris for the 3rd annual meeting of the I.FAST project. Funded with 10 M€ by the European Union as part of the Horizon 2020 programme, I.FAST brings together a broad consortium of 47 institutes and industrial companies to explore innovative options and develop
- [CI research presented at IPAC’25 in Taipei](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/07/09/ci-research-presented-at-ipac25-in-taipei/) - The 16th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’25) was held from 1 - 6 June 2025 at the International Convention Centre and the Taipei World Trade Centre in the bustling metropolis of Taipei, Taiwan. The event was hosted by the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre and attracted 1,000 delegates and about 70 industrial exhibitors from all over the
- [Bringing particle accelerators to life through augmented reality](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/07/07/bringing-particle-accelerators-to-life-through-augmented-reality/) - Accelerator science is a constantly evolving field. New technological advances allow large colliders – like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN – to reach higher energies and discover new particles. Scientists are already discussing its predecessor - an even larger 15 billion Swiss franc supercollider 200 meters underneath the French and Swiss countryside. A
- [Key technologies for next-generation accelerators presented at I.FAST annual meeting](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/05/07/key-technologies-for-next-generation-accelerators-presented-at-i-fast-annual-meeting/) - The fourth annual meeting of the EU-funded I.FAST (Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology) project, held in Kraków on 8 -11 April 2025, offered an excellent overview of the breakthroughs in accelerator science that are shaping the future of the field. From superconducting materials to startup ecosystems, the meeting celebrated technological advances, collaboration, and
- [Sun shines on exciting launch of “AI & EYES” outreach box](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/05/02/sun-shines-on-exciting-launch-of-ai-eyes-outreach-box/) - The future of medical technology was brought to life this weekend at the launch of the brand-new outreach box, AI & EYES, developed by the talented team at UK Unplugged and experts from the Liverpool Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data Intensive Science (LIV.INNO), an inclusive hub for training diverse cohorts of excellent
- [EuPRAXIA-DN Camp on Technologies held in Pisa](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/04/30/eupraxia-dn-camp-on-technologies-held-in-pisa/) - The EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network (EuPRAXIA-DN) held a two-day Camp on laser and plasma-related technologies, connecting the latest research and development results in these areas with the challenges related to their integration in a plasma-accelerator-based research infrastructure. The Camp was hosted by the National Institute of Optics (CNR-INO) in Pisa, Italy, on the 7th and 8th
- [Making waves in electromagnetic technology](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/04/23/making-waves-in-electromagnetic-technology/) - Cockcroft Institute scientists Graeme Burt and Laura Corner, from Lancaster University and the University of Liverpool respectively, together with former Cockcroft member Rebecca Seviour, now at the University of Huddersfield, have authored a chapter on accelerators for the book New Waves in Electromagnetic Technology, edited by Andrew Michael Chugg. The concept for this book, which
- [EuPRAXIA selects ELI for second Laser-Driven Accelerator Site](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/04/09/eupraxia-selects-eli-for-second-laser-driven-accelerator-site/) - EuPRAXIA is one of the Cockcroft Institute’s flagship projects in the field of novel accelerators. Cockcroft partners STFC, the University of Liverpool and the University of Strathclyde are heavily involved in the network. STFC participates in the design of RF, magnets and beamline components, as well as diagnostics, and it will contribute to the development
- [AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an unprecedented resolution antimatter camera](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/04/11/aegis-transforms-smartphone-sensors-into-an-unprecedented-resolution-antimatter-camera/) - Did you know that the camera sensor in your smartphone could help unlock the secrets of antimatter? Scientists working together in the “Antihydrogen Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy” (AEgIS) developed a detector using modified mobile camera sensors to track in real time the points where antimatter annihilates with matter. This new device, described in a paper
- [2025 Particle Physics Masterclass](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/04/07/2025-particle-physics-masterclass/) - On the 11th and 12th March, ASTeC and the Cockcroft institute hosted the annual Particle Physics Masterclass (PPMC) at Daresbury Laboratory, an event for A-level and GCSE students to give them an introduction to the grand world of particle physics and accelerator science. The masterclass was organised by Eleni Marshall and Oliver Poynton (ASTeC) and
- [AI-Driven Particle Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/04/02/ai-driven-particle-accelerators/) - We are delighted to announce that an article on “Artificial Intelligence for Advancing Particle Accelerators” was just published in Europhysics News. It describes how cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions are revolutionizing the design, optimization, and operation of accelerators worldwide. Particle accelerators underpin some of the most important scientific discoveries and have a
- [PACRI Project kicks off in Trieste](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/03/28/pacri-project-kicks-off-in-trieste/) - The new EU-funded project PACRI (Plasma Accelerator systems for Compact Research Infrastructures) started officially with a kick-off meeting in Trieste (Italy) on 12 – 14 March 2025. The €10 million PACRI project aims to revolutionize plasma accelerator technologies for next-generation research infrastructures such as EuPRAXIA and ELI-Beamlines. The PACRI project focuses on three main research
- [Position-Reconstruction Methods for Beam Losses Measured with an oBLM at CLEAR](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/03/24/position-reconstruction-methods-for-beam-losses-measured-with-an-oblm-at-clear/) - While the basic principles of particle accelerators may be simple, using electric fields to accelerate particles and magnetic fields to steer them, actually operating them is highly complex. Even small changes in the starting conditions or shifts in the relative positioning of different elements, caused by temperature fluctuations or other movements, can lead to drastically
- [Advanced accelerator research at the Cockcroft Institute: Commissioning and status of the laser-driven ion acceleration platform at SCAPA](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/03/19/advanced-accelerator-research-at-the-cockcroft-institute-commissioning-and-status-of-the-laser-driven-ion-acceleration-platform-at-scapa/) - Cockcroft Institute researchers at the University of Strathclyde are at the forefront of cutting-edge research into high power laser-driven ion acceleration. Located at the university, the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA) facilitates the development and application of next generation accelerator technology. SCAPA employs high intensity, femtosecond laser pulses as the driver
- [Voice of Science: Prof Welsch puts Cockcroft Research into the spotlight at CERN](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/03/03/voice-of-science-prof-welsch-puts-cockcroft-research-into-the-spotlight-at-cern/) - Last year, CERN celebrated 70 years of groundbreaking scientific collaboration and innovation, with science communication playing a pivotal role in highlighting these achievements. As part of this CERN launched an exciting series of events "The Voice of Science" centered on science communication, featuring renowned speakers who share their expertise and insights into making complex scientific
- [Research on radiation therapy at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/02/28/research-on-radiation-therapy-at-the-cockcroft-institute/) - Cancer-related research at the Cockcroft Institute (CI) is a collective endeavour spanning all stakeholder institutions, each contributing uniquely to the development of advanced radiation therapy techniques. The Institute’s commitment to improving cancer treatment integrates expertise in beam physics, accelerator design, and medical applications, fostering innovation in both existing and emerging treatment modalities. This article highlights
- [Joint LIV.INNO and EuPRAXIA-DN skills school hosted in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/02/17/joint-liv-inno-and-eupraxia-dn-skills-school-hosted-in-liverpool/) - The third cohort of LIV.INNO students were joined by researchers from EuPRAXIA-DN project to take part in an introductory skills school in Liverpool from 20-24 January 2025. The students undertook training in a range of skills which will help them while they undertake their PhD and prepare them for the world of work beyond their
- [BBC highlights CI work on radiation therapy](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/02/07/bbc-highlights-ci-work-on-radiation-therapy/) - A feature article about ultra-fast cancer treatments recently published in the BBC website highlights the STELLA project, in which several members of the Cockcroft Institute are working to improve access to radiotherapy in lower middle-income countries (LMIC), particularly in Africa. A report published last year by the Lancet Oncology Commission, which also included members of
- [Cockcroft research recognized in Physics World’s Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2025/01/15/cockcroft-research-recognized-in-physics-worlds-top-10-breakthroughs-of-2024/) - Physics World has named its Top 10 Breakthroughs of 2024, with the AEgIS collaboration at CERN, featuring the University of Liverpool’s QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, honoured for achieving the first-ever laser cooling of positronium. This milestone advances antimatter research and enhances precision in exploring fundamental physics. Positronium, a unique atom made of
- [Cockcroft Institute contributions at IPAC’24](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/07/08/cockcroft-institute-contributions-at-ipac24/) - The 15th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’24) was held as a fully in-person event from 19 – 24May 2024 at the Music City Centre located in the heart of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The event gathered over 1,200 delegates and 100 industrial partners to discuss the latest advances in accelerator science through an intense programme
- [Liverpool to Host World’s Largest Particle Accelerator Conference in 2029](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/12/18/liverpool-to-host-worlds-largest-particle-accelerator-conference-in-2029/) - The Cockcroft Institute is delighted to announce that Liverpool has been selected to host the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC) in May 2029. This prestigious event, the largest of its kind, will bring together global experts in accelerator science to discuss groundbreaking research, technological innovation, and the societal applications of particle accelerators. The successful bid,
- [CLARA User Meeting](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/12/16/clara-user-meeting/) - The Fourth CLARA User Meeting was held on 3rd of December 2024 at Daresbury Laboratory with 100 participants attending in person and remotely. At this meeting, the CLARA team provided an update on the status of the CLARA Phase 2 build and installation. This upgrade of the existing CLARA facility will increase the beam energy
- [Honey, Health, and High-Tech: Exploring the Surprising Connections Between Nature and Innovation](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/11/28/honey-health-and-high-tech-exploring-the-surprising-connections-between-nature-and-innovation/) - Recent headlines have been buzzing with praise for honey, long celebrated as a natural remedy. From soothing burns to its antimicrobial properties, honey - especially the prized manuka variety - has found a resurgence in media and scientific discussions. The short film “Busy bees and mighty magnets”, produced between experts from CERN and the Cockcroft
- [University of Liverpool and ASTeC to Spearhead Advanced Beam Diagnostics in €10 Million PACRI Project](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/12/05/university-of-liverpool-and-astec-to-spearhead-advanced-beam-diagnostics-in-e10-million-pacri-project/) - Cockcroft Institute partners ASTeC and the University of Liverpool are set to play a key role in the recently funded €10 million PACRI project, which aims to revolutionize plasma accelerator technologies for next-generation research infrastructures. PACRI, short for Plasma Accelerator Systems for Compact Research Infrastructures, is supported under the European Commission’s HORIZON-INFRA-2024 programme. The project
- [Global Commission Calls for Action to Improve Access to Radiotherapy and Theranostics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/11/28/global-commission-calls-for-action-to-improve-access-to-radiotherapy-and-theranostics/) - The Cockcroft Institute engineer from Lancaster University, Prof Graeme Burt, has taken part in the Lancet Oncology Commission on Radiotherapy and Theranostics. The Commission, established by the renowned medical journal, aims to assess the current status of access to radiotherapy and theranostics at a global level. A new report published by the Commission highlights the
- [CI Postgraduate Conference 2024](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/11/22/ci-postgraduate-conference-2024/) - The annual Cockcroft Institute Postgraduate Conference (CIPGC) was held on the 29th of October 2024 in the Merrison Lecture Theatre of Daresbury Laboratory. This was a great opportunity for Cockcroft students to showcase the wonderful research conducted within their groups and to have a dissemination experience in a friendly environment. Throughout the day, there were
- [New lecturer at Lancaster University to join the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/11/25/new-lecturer-at-lancaster-university-to-join-the-cockcroft-institute/) - Christopher Arran will join the Cockcroft Institute as a Lecturer at Lancaster University at the start of 2025. He works on high intensity laser-matter interactions and how we can use lasers as unique particle accelerators to study fundamental physics. During his PhD at Oxford, Chris worked on producing high energy electron beams using laser wakefield
- [10th Particle Accelerator Engineering Network annual meeting](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/11/15/10th-particle-accelerator-engineering-network-annual-meeting/) - The 10th Particle Accelerator Engineering Network annual meeting took place at the Cockcroft Institute on the 6th September The network was jointly created by the IET, IMechE, IoP and STFC and is hosted by the IET as one of their technical networks. This years meeting had 120 delegates from all areas of engineering of particle
- [Major milestone in delivery of RF cavities for PIP-II](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/11/18/major-milestone-in-delivery-of-rf-cavities-for-pip-ii/) - Researchers at Daresbury, including members of the Cockcroft Institute, are a key part of the delivery of the FermiLab led Proton Improvement Plan II (PIP-II) project. The expertise in testing RF cavities at Daresbury, including years of building experience working on the European Spallation Source, is proving invaluable to the success of the PIP-II project.
- [EuPRAXIA holds Satellite Meeting during BSBF 2024](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/10/23/eupraxia-holds-satellite-meeting-during-bsbf-2024/) - EuPRAXIA took centre stage at the Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) 2024, hosting a satellite meeting which showcased its pioneering work in plasma-based accelerators and its critical role in advancing a key new European research infrastructure. The meeting was organized by members of Liverpool's QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute (CI). The University of
- [New lecturer joins the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/10/16/new-lecturer-joins-the-cockcroft-institute/) - Dr Andrea Santamaria Garcia will join the Cockcroft Institute as a Lecturer at the University of Liverpool in early 2025. Andrea specialises in machine learning applied to particle accelerators, with the aim of improving the performance of existing accelerators and creating a new generation of autonomous ones. Andrea graduated in Physics from Universidad Autónoma de
- [PhD Successes from Lancaster](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/10/21/phd-successes-from-lancaster/) - The Cockcroft Institute congratulates four of its PhD students who have graduated over the last few months. Dan Turner and Sam Smith passed their PhD viva on 27 June. They were both doing research in the RF Engineering of Accelerators at Lancaster Group and the Cockcroft Institute. Dan’s PhD was on ”An investigation of the
- [The Cockcroft Institute celebrates its 20th anniversary](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/10/14/the-cockcroft-institute-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary/) - The Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology celebrated its 20th birthday on Friday the 20th September 2024 at Daresbury Laboratory. Approximately twenty years ago, accelerator science was re-established in UK universities and this initiative led to the creation of the Cockcroft Institute. The Cockcroft Institute has become an internationally leading research institute, made important
- [Prof Carsten Welsch to co-chair EIC Accelerator Collaboration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/12/19/prof-carsten-welsch-to-co-chair-eic-accelerator-collaboration/) - The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) partner host labs, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Jefferson Lab, have announced Professor Carsten P Welsch, Head of Liverpool’s Accelerator Science cluster based at the Cockcroft Institute, as co-chair of the EIC Accelerator Collaboration. Professor Welsch has a broad experience in accelerator physics and technology, and in establishing collaborative environments with international
- [Energy selective focusing of laser-driven protons](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/01/17/energy-selective-focusing-of-laser-driven-protons/) - A team of researchers led by Paul McKenna, from the Cockcroft Institute / University of Strathclyde, has published an article investigating the focusing of laser-accelerated protons using hemisphere-cone targets. Relativistically intense laser light interacting with solid density targets can accelerate protons to multi-MeV energies. The most studied and robust mechanism of laser-driven ion acceleration is
- [EuPRAXIA-DN: Global Minds, Accelerating Tomorrow - A Film on the Future of Plasma Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/01/19/eupraxia-dn-global-minds-accelerating-tomorrow-a-film-on-the-future-of-plasma-accelerators/) - The recently launched short film "EuPRAXIA-DN: Global Minds, Accelerating Tomorrow", showcases a major leap forward in particle accelerator technology and its potential impact across various fields. Produced by the Fellows and partners of this new pan-European consortium, the film presents an immersive overview of the EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network (EuPRAXIA-DN). EuPRAXIA: The Future of Compact Particle
- [Obituary – Mike Poole](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/01/23/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 joined Daresbury Nuclear Physics Laboratory (as it was then known) in 1966 after graduating from the University of Liverpool with a
- [PIP-II team transports first cryomodule prototype between Fermilab and UK](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/01/25/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, is an essential upgrade to the accelerator complex. Once complete, it will enable the world’s
- [UK XFEL User Engagement Campaign](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/02/02/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 XFEL would deliver a step-change increase in the number of simultaneous experiments, together with developments
- [EuPRAXIA-DN school on plasma accelerators - Register now!](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/02/05/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 hospitals, universities, and small and medium size companies. This would enable ground-breaking applications and innovations
- [Benjamin Rienäcker becomes AEgIS Physics Co-ordinator](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/02/12/benjamin-rienacker-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. Of the 50-person strong AEgIS collaboration, a team comprising approximately one-fifth of the members is usually present on the CERN-site
- [EuPRAXIA-DN Mid-term Review highlights](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/02/20/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 Prof Carsten P. Welsch and an introduction by the Research Executive Agency (REA) Project Officer
- [Unlocking the Mysteries of Antimatter: Positronium Laser Cooling Breakthrough](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/03/04/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 pivotal moment in the exploration of the fundamental symmetries of the universe and involved several
- [Characterisation of CsTe Photocathodes manufactured at CERN](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/03/08/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 of their caesium telluride (CsTe) photocathodes. This proposition was particularly attractive to Daresbury as their
- [International AWAKE Collaboration Meets in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/03/22/international-awake-collaboration-meets-in-liverpool/) - Over 50 members of the Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) project gathered in Liverpool on 11 – 13 March to review the status of the experiment, share results and discuss plans for the future. AWAKE investigates the use of plasma wakefields driven by a proton bunch to accelerate electrons to multi-GeV energies
- [How Science Conferences Power Liverpool's Economy and Innovation Scene](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/03/26/how-science-conferences-power-liverpools-economy-and-innovation-scene/) - CI member Carsten P. Welsch, Head of the QUASAR Group at the Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, spoke at the recent Annual Recognition event at Knowsley Hall about his experience in bringing large scale science events to Liverpool and the region. In 2022, Carsten Welsch together with Peter McIntosh (STFC Daresbury Laboratory) received a Certificate
- [Director of Fermilab visits Daresbury Laboratory](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/05/13/director-of-fermilab-visits-daresbury-laboratory/) - On Thursday 2nd of May, Cockcroft and ASTeC welcomed Dr Lia Merminga, the director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), to STFC Daresbury. Dr Merminga was visiting Manchester University to give the annual Bragg Lecture in the physics department. Her Bragg Lecture, “A vision for high energy physics in the next 50 years: a view from
- [Kick-Off of iSAS project: a European project for sustainable particle accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/05/15/kick-off-of-isas-project-a-european-project-for-sustainable-particle-accelerators/) - The 1st of March saw the start of the European Project iSAS (Innovate for Sustainable Accelerating Systems). Its ambition is to expedite the development and deployment of energy-saving technologies that are at the core of the Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) accelerating systems for many accelerator-driven Research Infrastructures (RIs) and to enable a broad portfolio of
- [EuPRAXIA-DN School on Plasma Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/05/17/eupraxia-dn-school-on-plasma-accelerators/) - The EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network (EuPRAXIA-DN) held a week-long international School on Plasma Accelerators between 22nd and 26th April 2024 in the beautiful Botanical Garden of Rome, Italy. The school were hosted in partnership with INFN and Sapienza University of Rome with strong support from the University of Liverpool/Cockcroft Institute. This interdisciplinary school brought together all
- [Cockcroft Experts take part in Workshop tackling radiotherapy access in Africa](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/07/10/cockcroft-experts-take-part-in-workshop-tacking-radiotherapy-access-in-africa/) - Cockcroft experts from Lancaster University took part, on the 29th May in a two day Kick-off meeting at CERN for the STELLA project, “Re-engineering the Next Generation of Medical Linear Accelerators for Use in Challenging Environments”. The STELLA project, Smart Technology to Extend Lives with Linear Accelerators, aims to use new technology to improve access
- [Professor Welsch contributes to 2024 KoWi Annual Conference on EU Research & Innovation Funding](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/07/15/professor-welsch-contributes-to-2024-kowi-annual-conference-on-eu-research-innovation-funding/) - The 2024 KoWi Annual Conference on EU Research & Innovation Funding with its about 350 participants is at the heart of KoWi’s event schedule every year. The Annual Conference provides an excellent forum for exchanging information and experiences regarding EU Research and Innovation Funding. This year, it was hosted by the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU)
- [EVC-17 and ECOSS-37: Pioneering Advances in Vacuum and Surface Science](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/08/07/evc-17-and-ecoss-37-pioneering-advances-in-vacuum-and-surface-science/) - The joint international 17th European Vacuum Conference (EVC-17) and the 37th European Conference On Surface Science (ECOSS-37) was held from 17 – 21 June 2024 in the town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. This combined event also included the Vacuum Symposium training courses (previously held at Daresbury Laboratory), the RGA users meeting and 44
- [National Postdoc Appreciation Week - Spotlight on Dr Joseph Wolfenden](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/13/dr-joseph-wolfenden/) - I have had the pleasure of working with Dr Joseph Wolfenden (Joe) for almost ten years. In July 2015, he joined my QUASAR Group as a PhD student who had graduated from Manchester University the year before. Joe’s early work focussed on R&D into novel beam diagnostics using both optical and THz radiation, building upon
- [National Postdoc Appreciation Week](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/16/national-postdoc-appreciation-week/) - This week is Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW). Science and particularly accelerator physics and engineering research requires dedication, hard work and collaboration. Post doctoral researchers (postdocs) are the life blood of our discipline. They perform much of the day-to-day research tasks, constructing and operating experiments, performing complex simulations, support PhD students, and present our results nationally
- [CI research highlighted by US Department of Energy](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/25/ci-research-highlighted-by-us-department-of-energy/) - The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science in the US recently published a highlight, “Ice-Cold Plasma Electron Beams Prepare to Power Future Hard X-ray Laser Beams,” about a CI scientific research paper from the University of Strathclyde. The respective program areas of DOE highlight annually about 200 research papers of special note. The paper, published in
- [£400k awarded for breakthrough imaging research](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/27/400k-awarded-for-breakthrough-imaging-research/) - Cockcroft scientist Professor Carsten P Welsch and experts from his QUASAR Group have secured £400k in funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) for their innovative OptiX project. This two-year project, supported under the UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) 2024 Late-Stage Commercialisation Scheme, aims to bring advanced 3D chest imaging directly to the
- [EuPRAXIA-DN Outreach film recognized at MSCA Coordinator’s Day 2024](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/10/04/eupraxia-dn-outreach-film-recognized-at-msca-coordinators-day-2024/) - Each year the European Commission organizes a briefing day for coordinators of new networks funded within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). The main objective of these events is to provide a briefing on the key management and procedural aspects of the project life cycle, on how to comply with the MSCA rules under Horizon Europe,
- [National Postdoc Appreciation Week - Spotlight on Dr Can Davut](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/13/dr-can-davut/) - Dr Can Davut joined the Manchester Accelerator Physics Group as a PhD student, where he focused on developing a bunch length diagnostic based on Cherenkov diffraction radiation. We often had lively and engaging discussions about the theory of the analysis method. Can later had the opportunity an experiment at the CLEAR beamline for a setup
- [National Postdoc Appreciation Week - Spotlight on Dr Laurence Nix](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/13/dr-laurence-nix/) - Dr Laurence Nix is a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) at Lancaster University, specialising in THz accelerating structures. He has been a lynchpin of the structure simulation efforts and is currently the waveguide structure lead in the THz acceleration group at the Cockcroft Institute (CI), overseeing both design and manufacturing. A key part of this work
- [National Postdoc Appreciation Week - Spotlight on Dr Robbie Wilson](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/13/dr-robbie-wilson/) - Dr Robbie Wilson is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Strathclyde. He is highly commended for his exemplary contributions to the development and commissioning of the new experimental area, ‘Bunker B,’ at the Scottish Centre for the Applications of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA) facility at the University of Strathclyde. His dedication and leadership in establishing
- [National Postdoc Appreciation Week - Spotlight on Dr Adam Noble](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/13/dr-adam-noble/) - Dr Adam Noble obtained his PhD at Lancaster University, in a group that was transitioning from a specialism in general relativity, to a focus on accelerator physics. This approach of adapting theoretical tools and methods from one area of physics, and then applying them to a relatively unrelated field, has been a common and productive
- [National Postdoc Appreciation Week - Spotlight on Dr Kristina Small](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/13/dr-kristina-small/) - Dr Kristina Lucy Small is a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) at the Cockcroft Institute (CI) and the University of Manchester. She initially joined the Manchester Electron Wakefields (MEW) group within the Manchester Accelerator Group as a PhD student studying Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) radiotherapy. During her time there, she initiated a collaboration with the
- [National Postdoc Appreciation Week - Spotlight on Dr Benjamin Rienaecker](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/09/13/dr-benjamin-rienaecker/) - Dr Benjamin (“Benji”) Rienaecker has been a Postdoc in my QUASAR Group since July 2022. He is one of the most passionate experimental researchers in the field of antimatter physics I have ever met and it is an absolute pleasure to work and discuss with him on some of the most challenging experiments. Benji’s pioneering
- [ASTeC Highlights Report Published](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/08/05/astec-highlights-report-published/) - The latest ASTeC Highlights Report ,which covers some of the core activities of the Cockcroft Institute, has just been published on the ASTeC website. This report covers two financial years 2021/22 and 2022/23. In the words of ASTeC Director Jim Clarke, “The past two years have been the most exciting period in ASTeC’s history.” The
- [Full Energy Beam Exploitation of CLARA ](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/04/15/full-energy-beam-exploitation-of-clara/) - ​A new beam line on CLARA will provide access to ultrashort, low emittance electron bunches combined with a high power 120 TW laser. Titled Full Energy Beam Exploitation (FEBE), it has been designed to maximise the user research potential of CLARA in a variety of fields, including novel acceleration and new modalities of radiotherapy. Based
- [Professor Welsch contributes to APS March meeting](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/04/05/professor-welsch-contributes-to-aps-march-meeting/) - CI member and QUASAR Group leader Professor Carsten P Welsch gave an invited talk on the Physics of Star Wars at the American Physical Society's (APS) March Meeting 2024. This is one of the largest physics conferences. It brought together more than 13,000 physicists from around the world in Minneapolis between 3-8 March 2024. Participants
- [Beyond Boundaries: A Dialogue on Science and Faith](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2024/01/31/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 1924. This event is open to all people and is not restricted to any particular
- [United Kingdom joins Horizon Europe programme](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/12/20/united-kingdom-joins-horizon-europe-programme/) - As of 1 January 2024, the United Kingdom becomes an associated country to Horizon Europe, including the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Organisations based in the UK will be able to participate as beneficiaries in the same terms as those based in the European Union and countries already associated to Horizon Europe. This includes Doctoral Networks
- [New cohort of Cockcroft students awarded PhDs](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/12/18/new-cohort-of-cockcroft-students-awarded-phds/) - In recent months, several PhD students affiliated with the Cockcroft Institute have successfully concluded their theses, marking a significant progression in their research journeys. Dr Shivaji Pande passed his PhD viva in September with minor corrections. Shivaji was a part-time PhD student with Lancaster University, as his main job is working on the Diamond RF
- [Media Training offered to EuPRAXIA-DN Fellows](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/12/04/media-training-offered-to-eupraxia-dn-fellows/) - Throughout their careers, researchers are expected to promote and advertise their research using professional media techniques. However, most researchers never receive any form of professional media training throughout their careers. A media training week, hosted by experts from Carbon Digital, allowed to address this problem head-on. The event took place at Manchester’s MediaCity, where the
- [Cockcroft Institute attends National Particle Accelerator Open Day](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/11/29/cockcroft-institute-attends-national-particle-accelerator-open-day/) - The National Particle Accelerator Open Day took place at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire on Monday 30th October. It was organised by ISIS Neutron and Muon Source with support from Diamond Light Source, the IoP, IET and STFC and was intended to be a showcase of careers in particle accelerators aimed at undergraduate students.
- [Joint LIV.INNO and EuPRAXIA-DN researcher training hosted in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/12/01/joint-liv-inno-and-eupraxia-dn-researcher-training-hosted-in-liverpool/) - Cutting-edge postgraduate researcher training schemes guarantee international competitiveness of the researchers trained and provide them with the necessary skills for a future career as researcher in either the academic sector or in industry. Professor Carsten P Welsch, Head of Liverpool's Accelerator Science cluster based at the Cockcroft Institute, has been leading large-scale PGR training schemes
- [Liverpool expert invited by EU to share best practice in PGR training](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/11/27/liverpool-expert-invited-by-eu-to-share-best-practice-in-pgr-training/) - Each year the European Commission organizes a briefing day for coordinators of new networks funded within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). The main objective of these events is to provide a briefing on the key management and procedural aspects of the project life cycle, on how to comply with the MSCA rules under Horizon Europe,
- [AWAKE-UK members take the pulse on the project](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/11/24/awake-uk-members-take-the-pulse-on-the-project/) - A group of members and associates of the AWAKE-UK collaboration met online on Friday 10 November to discuss the progress made in the project over the last six months. AWAKE-UK coordinator Matthew Wing gave an overview of the current status of the experiment, after which researchers from each of the partner institutions presented their progress
- [Undergraduate prospective students visit the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/11/22/undergraduate-prospective-students-visit-the-cockcroft-institute/) - A group of a hundred 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students from the universities of Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, and Strathclyde, visited Daresbury on Wednesday 8 October to learn about the research carried out in the laboratory as well as the opportunities offered by the Cockcroft Institute for postgraduate training. The institute’s director, Stewart Boogert, welcomed
- [The Cockcroft Institute opens summer internship programme to industrial collaborations](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/11/06/the-cockcroft-institute-opens-summer-internship-programme-to-industrial-collaborations/) - The Cockcroft Institute runs every summer a student internship programme, where young undergraduates are given the opportunity to work alongside researchers from the institute for six weeks, participating in projects at the forefront of accelerator science and technology. This year, the programme is being expanded to include industrially relevant projects. During the summer of
- [Controlling a beam without touching it](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/30/controlling-a-beam-without-touching-it/) - Mystifyingly, a particle beam is a stream of charged particles, including electrons and protons, often accelerated to almost the brink of light-speed. It might be surprising, but the beams of particles created by accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN are not only used to explore the spine-tingling fundamental forces of nature. They
- [Sinister experiments and strange phenomena at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/31/sinister-experiments-and-strange-phenomena-at-the-cockcroft-institute/) - Within the haunted halls of the Cockcroft Institute (CI), sinister experiments are underway, delving into the realms of particle accelerators and intense sources of radiation. There are many weird and wonderful phenomena which are part of this research including electromagnetic forces, superconductivity and invisible light. There are also many unanswered questions such as trying to
- [Seeing things differently](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/30/seeing-things-differently/) - Eerie light manifests in various hues. Most people have seen a rainbow and you may know that rainbows are created when a raindrop splits light up into all the colours it is made from (so white light is just the whole rainbow of colours mixed together). This spectrum of light doesn’t start at red and
- [CI Postgraduate Conference 2023](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/11/03/ci-postgraduate-conference-2023/) - The annual Cockcroft Institute Postgraduate Conference (CIPGC) was held on the 17th of October 2023 in the Merrison Lecture Theatre of Daresbury Laboratory. There was a working lunch session where speakers also presented the posters of their talks. The conference was organised in-person only with the exception of overseas contributions. Throughout the day, there were
- [Eerie electric fields](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/30/eerie-electric-fields/) - Particle accelerators do exactly what you might expect – they make particles go spine-tingling fast! The particles used are some of the smallest you will find and are usually one of the particles which make up an atom, typically protons or electrons. But how do we make these particles go so fast? Well, we have
- [Mysterious magnetic fields](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/30/mysterious-magnetic-fields/) - In our article about electric fields, we discovered how we make particles go really fast, but it’s no good making them go really fast unless you can control where they go as well! Enter magnetism, another invisible force shrouded in mystery. You’ve probably used a magnet before. You might have one on your fridge at
- [Mystical levitation](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/30/mystical-levitation/) - Have you ever tried to get one magnet to float on top of another? Given, that they can repel each other, surely it must be possible to set things up so that the eerie force of gravity downwards is exactly balanced by the magnetic push upwards? You can keep trying to do this but unless
- [The invisible universe](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/30/the-invisible-universe/) - If you look up into the ghostly sky at night, you might be lucky enough to see lots of stars, and if you have access to a telescope you will be able to see many more stars and other objects in the universe. In theory, you could just count how many stars there are in
- [War in Ukraine](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/03/10/war-in-ukraine/) - At the Cockcroft Institute we deplore the action taken by the Russian state against the people of Ukraine. We are appalled by the terror and senseless loss of life that has resulted and hope that a peaceful resolution of this crisis can be achieved as soon as possible. The Cockcroft Institute staff and students comprise
- [CI Pumpkin Carving Spooktacular](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/27/ci-pumpkin-carving-spooktacular/) - Yes, it's that time of year again, when pumpkins shiver with anticipation and carving tools sharpen their teeth. In a fang-tastic afternoon filled with laughter, spooky vibes, and the unmistakable scent of pumpkin guts, a group of fearless members of the Cockcroft Institute summoned their inner ghouls and joined in the first CI Pumpkin Carving
- [UK delivers prototype superconducting crab cavity cryomodule to CERN as part of High Luminosity upgrade to LHC](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/25/uk-delivers-prototype-superconducting-crab-cavity-cryomodule-to-cern-as-part-of-high-luminosity-upgrade-to-lhc/) - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is one of the largest scientific experiments ever built. Over the last 13 years, the LHC has opened up a new frontier of discovery in fundamental particle physics, providing experimental data for a global user community of over 9,000 scientists. To further increase its discovery potential, a major upgrade of
- [LIV.INNO data science CDT welcomes new cohort of PhD students](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/23/liv-inno-data-science-cdt-welcomes-new-cohort-of-phd-students/) - A kick off meeting for the new cohort of LIV.INNO students who started their PhDs at the beginning of October has taken place in Liverpool. It was the first chance for the eleven students who started in 2023 and their supervisors as well the directors and managers of the Centre for Doctoral Training to meet
- [CI student wins early-career engineer poster competition](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/16/ci-student-wins-early-career-engineer-poster-competition/) - The particle accelerator engineering network held an early-career engineering poster competition during this year’s Particle Accelerator Engineering Network (PAEN) annual meeting. The competition was open to graduate engineers and engineering students either in industry, national laboratories or universities, and open to all age ranges. The winner was Nathan Leicester from Lancaster University/Cockcroft Institute for his
- [PsiQuantum opens R&D facility at Daresbury Laboratory to develop quantum computing](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/13/psiquantum-opens-rd-facility-at-daresbury-laboratory-to-develop-quantum-computing/) - Silicon Valley start-up PsiQuantum received £9 million UK government funding to open its first advanced research and development (R&D) facility outside of the US at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory. Powered by breakthroughs in silicon photonics and fault-tolerant quantum architecture, the quantum computing company is on a mission to build the
- [9th Particle Accelerator Engineering Network annual meeting held at RAL](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/10/11/9th-particle-accelerator-engineering-network-annual-meeting-held-at-ral/) - The 9th Particle Accelerator Engineering Network (PAEN) annual meeting took place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) on the 6th October 2023. The network was jointly created by the IET, IMechE, IoP and STFC and is hosted by the IET as one of their technical networks. 120 delegates from all areas of engineering of particle
- [Breakthrough in understanding gravitational effects on antimatter](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/09/27/breakthrough-in-understanding-gravitational-effects-on-antimatter/) - In a paper published today in Nature, the ALPHA collaboration at CERN’s Antimatter Factory shows that, within the precision of their experiment, atoms of antihydrogen – a positron orbiting an antiproton – fall to Earth in the same way as their matter equivalents. Einstein’s general theory of relativity described the effects of gravity in 1915 and has passed many experimental
- [CI physicists involved in Muon g-2 experiment](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/09/13/ci-physicists-involved-in-muon-g-2-experiment/) - An international team of scientists have carried out the most precise measurement ever of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. The results could point to the existence of yet unobserved particles and flaws in the Standard Model of particle physics.
- [Cockcroft expert appointed as STFC Council member](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/08/25/cockcroft-expert-appointed-as-stfc-council-member/) - A leading University of Liverpool researcher has been appointed to the Council of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). Professor Carsten P Welsch, Head of Liverpool’s Accelerator Science cluster based at the Cockcroft Institute, who has also been leading Liverpool’s Physics Department since 2016, has been confirmed as a Council member of the Science
- [2023 IOP Particle Accelerators and Beams conference held at the University of Strathclyde](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/08/01/2023-iop-particle-accelerators-and-beams-conference-held-at-the-university-of-strathclyde/) - The IOP Particle Accelerators and Beams Group (PABG) annual conference was held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, on the 29th-30th of June.
- [Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Annual Meeting 2023](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/08/15/particle-accelerator-engineering-network-annual-meeting-2023/) - The Institution of Engineering and Technology has announced that this year the Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Annual Meeting will take place at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxford on the 6th October. The particle accelerator engineering network is a unique assemblage of scientists, engineers, academics and technicians involved in particle accelerators. The annual meeting is
- [Vacuum Symposium attracts visitors from across the UK](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/08/15/vacuum-symposium-attracts-visitors-from-across-the-uk/) - The 12th UK Vacuum symposium was held on 13th and 14th June 2023 at Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK drawing nearly 100 visitors. The UK’s premier vacuum technology event is now in its 12th year attracting both academia and industry, highlighting its importance across a wide range of applications. The Vacuum Symposium is an annual event
- [Upside down – The Science of Stranger Things](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/07/10/upside-down-the-science-of-stranger-things/) - In a small town where everyone knows everyone, right next to a mysterious laboratory, a peculiar event about supernatural powers, parallel dimensions and portals to another world, mesmerized the audience. Prof Carsten Welsch returned to Lymm Festival on 28 June 2023, a local summer festival, bringing families and friends together in a variety of organised
- [AVA ‘SPARCs’ enthusiasm](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/09/19/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 Collaboration (SPARC) meeting at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. When fully commissioned, FAIR will be
- [OMA School on Medical Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/03/17/oma-school-on-medical-accelerators/) - 5th - 9th June 2017, Fondazione CNAO, Pavia, Italy ‌The OMA consortium is organising an international school on medical accelerators that is open for participants from within and outside the network. Renowned lecturers will complement partner expertise to cover topics such as beam generation, transport and delivery to the patient, as well as treatment schemes, beam extraction
- [Cockcroft Academic awarded senior fellowship of the Higher Education Academy](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/08/14/cockcroft-academic-awarded-senior-fellowship-of-the-higher-education-academy/) - Dr Graeme Burt at Lancaster Engineering department has just been awarded senior fellowship status at the Higher Education Academy (HEA). The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is the national body which champions teaching excellence. They work with governments, ministries, universities and individual academics in the UK, and around the globe and provide value to the HE
- [Celebrating the 150th Birth Anniversary of Marie Skłodowska-Curie](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/01/celebrating-the-150th-birth-anniversary-of-marie-sklodowska-curie/) - The QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, and its international partners are going to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Marie Skłodowska–Curie, an outstanding researcher and woman inspiring generations of scientists. Since 1996, the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) have provided grants to train excellent researchers at all stages of their careers -
- [CI student wins IET Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Early Career Engineer Prize](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/14/ci-student-wins-iet-particle-accelerator-engineering-network-early-career-engineer-prize/) - The IET held its Particle Accelerator Engineering Network meeting in Birmingham on the 27th October. This network brings together engineers working on particle accelerators in Universities, National Laboratories and Industry. The day before the meeting Dr Graeme Burt from Lancaster University ran a half day technician training event aimed at increasing the knowledge of accelerators
- [IoP Particle Accelerator & Beams Group Prize talk: Professor Andy Wolski](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/05/23/iop-particle-accelerator-beams-group-prize-talk-professor-andy-wolski/) - The annual meeting of the IoP's Particle Accelerator and Beams Group (PABG) was hosted by Lancaster University on 18th April. There was a wide range of speakers from national facilities, industry and universities. Andy Wolski of the University of Liverpool and the Cockcroft Institute, the Group Prize winner of 2017 (see https://bit.ly/2FiQS27 ), gave the Group Prize
- [CI experts at IPAC’19](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/06/17/ci-experts-at-ipac19/) - The world’s largest conference on particle accelerators (IPAC’19) took place from 19 to 24 of May in the Australian city of Melbourne. Over 1,000 delegates from five continents gathered in the Melbourne Exhibition Centre to hear the latest advances in accelerator science through and intense programme of talks and poster sessions together with an industry
- [How Star Wars fantasy is shaping science fact](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/12/04/how-star-wars-fantasy-is-shaping-science-fact/) - Proton torpedoes, hyperspace, and the Force – is this science fact or science fiction? Building up on the great success of previous events, hundreds of local high school students, university students and staff came to the University of Liverpool on 20 November 2019 to learn how the world of Star Wars is connected with ongoing
- [School on Precision Studies](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/03/30/school-on-precision-studies/) - The AVA network, coordinated by CI researchers, held an advanced school on precision studies between 23-27 March 2020. This event was originally planned to be held in Prague in the Czech Republic, however, the current travel restrictions made this no longer possible. To keep a significant part of the School content, it was decided to
- [Cockcroft scientists present at Virtual IPAC 2020](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/06/01/cockcroft-scientists-present-at-virtual-ipac-2020/) - Every year the international particle accelerator community gathers for the International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC), the largest regular gathering in the field of accelerator physics. The 2020 conference was due to be held in Caen, northern France, but the physical conference was sadly cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. The organisers instead arranged for speakers
- [The Virtual International Linac2020 Conference](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/09/14/the-virtual-international-linac2020-conference/) - In the context of the current global Covid-19 pandemic, interfacing, interactions and collaborations are most certainly being challenged in terms of groups finding ways to maintain ongoing and effective engagements. Organisers for Conferences, Workshops and large meetings are having to look at alternative ways for ensuring appropriate communication and dissemination of topical information, such that
- [Antimatter network AVA reviews project successes](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/11/03/antimatter-network-ava-reviews-project-successes/) - In January 2017 the 4M€ EU-funded Accelerators Validating Antimatter (AVA) network, coordinated by the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool, was launched with a Kick-off Meeting in Liverpool where representatives of all partner institutions were present. They had put together a very ambitious and interdisciplinary training programme for 16 research Fellows to allow them to work at
- [PhD students engage in online training on Data Intensive Science](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/11/12/phd-students-engage-in-online-training-on-data-intensive-science/) - Earlier this year the Liverpool Centre for Doctoral Training on Data Intensive Science (LIV.DAT) was awarded 60k£ funding to organise the 2020 STFC Data Intensive Summer School. For one week, the University of Liverpool’s campus was scheduled to be the centre of the STFC School on Data Intensive Science. However, due to travel restrictions, it
- [Healthcare Instrumentation Workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/02/10/healthcare-instrumentation-workshop/) - A Healthcare Instrumentation Workshop which was postponed last year due to the pandemic, will now be held online on Thursday 22 April 2021. The workshop will bring together companies developing or manufacturing medical instrumentation, organisations which use such devices in healthcare, and academic researchers from the Physics Department of the University of Liverpool with the
- [2021 Accelerator & Particle Physics Masterclass (6th & 7th April)](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/05/10/2021-accelerator-particle-physics-masterclass-6th-7th-april/) - Every year the Cockcroft Institute and the STFC public engagement team host our annual Accelerator & Particle Physics Masterclass at Daresbury Laboratory, an event which gives a wide ranging and entertaining overview of particle physics and accelerator science to GCSE and A-level science students. The masterclass has long been a hit with local schools as
- [CI experts at the virtual IPAC’21](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/07/14/ci-experts-at-the-virtual-ipac21/) - The 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’21) was organized by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas (Brazil), and took place from 24 to 28 May. It is the main international event for the worldwide accelerator community and industry. Attendees are presented with cutting-edge accelerator research and development results and gain
- [Second CLARA User Meeting](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/07/12/second-clara-user-meeting/) - The second CLARA User meeting was held on 16th of June to provide updates on the accelerator since the first CLARA user meeting held in June 2019. The meeting took place online over Zoom and was attended by 65 people. The machine status, upgrades to BA1, and a forward look at issues related to the
- [FCC Workshop organised by the University of Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/03/07/fcc-workshop-organised-by-the-university-of-liverpool/) - For the first time since the launch of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) feasibility study, the FCC physics community gathered online from 7 to 11 February to reflect the status and achievements of FCC Physics, Experiments, and Detectors studies and initiate new activities. The fifth FCC Physics Workshop was organised by the University of Liverpool together with CERN.
- [Science and Faith converge in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/03/09/science-and-faith-converge-in-liverpool/) - As international scientists gathered online to discuss the Future Circular Collider (FCC) the University of Liverpool hosted the public event '21st Century Particle Physics: discussions on Science and Faith’ at the famous Liverpool Cathedral on 8 February 2022. Particle physicists and theologians got together to explore how a journey into the unknown takes a combination
- [Cockcroft Institute contributions highlight cutting edge research at IPAC ’23 conference](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/06/06/cockcroft-institute-contributions-highlight-cutting-edge-research-at-ipac-23-conference/) - The 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’23 https://www.ipac23.org/) was held in Venice, Italy from 7 to 12 May 2023 at the Venice Convention Centre, as a fully in-person event. The impressive venue was located on the Lido in the prestigious area recognized worldwide as the setting for the annual “Venice International Film Festival”. IPAC’23 was
- [History of UK particle accelerators event](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/05/17/history-of-uk-particle-accelerators-event/) - An event about the History of UK particle accelerators has taken place at the Cockcroft Institute (Daresbury Laboratory) and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory as well as online. The event took place on Tuesday 7th March. The program for the event can be found on Indico. The event started with an Introduction by Dr Kay Dewhurst
- [Cockcroft experts awarded Certificate of Recognition for economic impact to Liverpool city region](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/03/20/cockcroft-experts-awarded-certificate-of-recognition-for-economic-impact-to-liverpool-city-region/) - Congratulations to Cockcroft members and Club Liverpool Ambassadors Peter McIntosh (STFC Daresbury Laboratory) and Carsten P Welsch (University of Liverpool) for receiving a Certificate of Recognition for bringing the 31st International Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC) to Liverpool, which ran from 28 August to 2 September 2022, and contributed £990,000 to the Liverpool City Region economy.
- [LIV.INNO School boosts students’ career skills](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/04/21/liv-inno-school-boosts-students-career-skills/) - In addition to the cutting-edge research realized in the Centre for Doctoral Training, the LIV.INNO training programme is designed to address a wide range of important skills, including project management, networking, communication and presentation skills, with the aim to provide all students with the skills set required for a future career in either academia or
- [New Director appointed to lead the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/05/12/new-director-appointed-to-lead-the-cockcroft-institute/) - The Cockcroft Institute is pleased to announce Professor Stewart Boogert as the new Director of the Institute. As director, Professor Boogert will drive the continued growth and development of the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology, located at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory, in the Liverpool City Region. Professor Boogert
- [PhDs successfully completed at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/06/21/phds-successfully-completed-at-the-cockcroft-institute-3/) - The last few months have seen a number of PhD students from the Cockcroft Institute completing their thesis and taking a step forward in their research careers. Dr Monika Yadav from the University of Liverpool has successfully completed her PhD thesis on ‘Modelling betatron radiation for diagnostics at FACET-II using machine learning algorithms’. She was
- [Tribute to Professor Peter Ratoff](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/05/24/tribute-to-prof-peter-ratoff/) - Cockcroft Institute (CI) members past and present gathered in the Daresbury Laboratory atrium on the 19th of April for a special lunch to say goodbye to our long-standing retired Director Prof Peter Ratoff. Peter was one of the original founders of the Cockcroft Institute and has been with the Institute through thick and thin since
- [A unique CERN-inspired collaboration see Cockcroft Institute physicist team with science-fiction titans](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/05/26/a-unique-cern-inspired-collaboration-see-cockcroft-institute-physicist-team-with-science-fiction-titans/) - The recently launched book Collision: Stories from the science of CERN is the culmination of a unique, two-year-long collaboration between fiction writers and pioneering physicists. As part of Comma’s Science-into-Fiction series, the project paired award-winning UK writers with leading physicists and engineers working at CERN, to explore different aspects of CERN's research, as well as its
- [Particle Accelerators and Beams Annual Conference to be hosted by Strathclyde](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/05/29/particle-accelerators-and-beams-annual-conference-to-be-hosted-by-strathclyde/) - Following the success of last year’s inaugural Particle Accelerators and Beams Annual Conference in Liverpool, the organising committee has announced PAB 2023. The conference will take place on 29th and 30th June 2023 at the University of Strathclyde. This two-day conference is the UK’s premier national event in the field of particle accelerators. This year the conference will have a
- [Daresbury Laboratory opens its doors to the public](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/06/05/daresbury-laboratory-opens-its-doors-to-the-public/) - On 15 July 2023, the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Daresbury Laboratory opens its doors to the public will once again open its doors to visitors. Book your free tickets now! https://daresbury-openday.co.uk/ Daresbury Laboratory is one of three national laboratories and the only one in the north of England. The site recently celebrated
- [Opportunities for research fellowships in accelerator science & technology](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/05/22/opportunities-for-research-fellowships-in-accelerator-science-technology/) - STFC is about to launch a call for the next round of Ernest Rutherford Fellowships. It aims to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent research programme. The fellowships last for five years and are intended for early career researchers who do not have an academic position yet. The Cockcroft Institute has a
- [Permanent Magnets: a green alternative for accelerators?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/04/26/permanent-magnets-a-green-alternative-for-accelerators/) - Accelerators use a huge amount of electrical energy, both to create high-energy beams and to steer and focus those beams. In the vast majority of cases, the steering and focusing is carried out by electromagnets. If they were replaced by permanent magnets (PM), this electrical energy demand could be reduced to zero, vastly reducing the
- [Surfatron brings the physics of plasma accelerators to the classroom](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/04/28/surfatron-brings-the-physics-of-plasma-accelerators-to-the-classroom/) - The online game Surfatron, designed by CI member Ricardo Torres has proven a useful tool to convey the challenges of plasma wakefield acceleration to a broad range of audiences. The Surfatron has now been introduced to the international science teacher community with an article published in the journal Science in School. Science in School is
- [Liverpool expert takes the stage at Star Wars Celebration 2023](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/04/19/liverpool-expert-takes-the-stage-at-star-wars-celebration-2023/) - Prof Carsten P Welsch, Head of Liverpool’s Department of Physics and Head of Communications of the Cockcroft Institute, joined host James Floyd (Star Wars Insider regular contributor, Star Warsologies podcast) and experts from palaeontology to meteorology and history for a panel discussion at Star Wars Celebration (SWC) Europe 2023 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of
- [Liverpool’s Class of 1966 visits Daresbury](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/04/05/liverpools-class-of-1966-visits-daresbury/) - Hosted by Prof Carsten P Welsch (University of Liverpool) and Peter McIntosh (STFC/ASTeC), the University of Liverpool’s physics class of 1966 (!) were given a special VIP tour of Daresbury Laboratory on Thursday, 30 March 2023. Participants first learned about the Liverpool physics department from Prof Welsch before Dr Alex Bainbridge (STFC/ASTeC) spoke about the
- [Characterising photocathodes: the development of TESS](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/04/12/characterising-photocathodes-the-development-of-tess/) - A group of Cockcroft Institute scientists led by Lee Jones has published an article in the Review of Scientific Instruments summarising years of work in the development of the Transverse Energy Spread Spectrometer (TESS) apparatus at Daresbury Laboratory. The TESS measures the transverse energy distribution curve (TEDC) of photoelectrons emitted from a photocathode, and from
- [CI researcher awarded prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/03/31/ci-researcher-awarded-prestigious-ernest-rutherford-fellowship/) - STFC has awarded an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship to Cockcroft Institute researcher Dr Morgan Hibberd from the University of Manchester, the first to be given in the field of accelerator physics. The fellowships recognise the next generation of astronomy and physics leaders and provide funding to take on some of the biggest challenges in their fields.
- [AWAKE-UK Collaboration met in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/03/22/awake-uk-collaboration-met-in-liverpool/) - On 17 March 2023, the AWAKE UK collaboration held its bi-annual meeting at Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village to discuss the status of the project and progress made across the various work packages and tasks. The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) is an accelerator R&D project based at CERN and carried out by
- [Ice-cold electron beams for ultra-compact X-ray lasers ](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/03/06/ice-cold-electron-beams-for-ultra-compact-x-ray-lasers/) - Scientists worldwide search for novel approaches to miniaturize X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) which could make them cheaper, more accessible, and possibly enable novel capabilities and modalities. XFELs are utilized to create extreme matter conditions for hot-dense matter research, to study properties of materials for next-generation microchips, to resolve the structure of complex biomolecules for new
- [History of Free-Electron Lasers in the UK](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/03/01/history-of-free-electron-lasers-in-the-uk/) - Elaine Seddon of Cockcroft Institute / ASTeC and ex-Associate Director of SRD together with ex-ASTeC Director Michael Poole have published an article reviewing the history of free-electron laser projects in the UK. The article, published in Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, covers close to 45 years of FEL
- [Protecting Particle Accelerators with Optical Fibres](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/02/27/protecting-particle-accelerators-with-optical-fibres/) - Machine protection systems are critical to all particle accelerator infrastructure. Modern accelerators can store extreme energy densities within the particle beam. Anomalous behaviour of a beam can cause excessive radioactive activation of beamline areas, or even damage to accelerator components. Both of these produce additional strain on resources with increased maintenance, hardware turnover, and facility
- [New £30 million supercomputer centre at Daresbury Laboratory](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/02/17/new-30-million-supercomputer-centre-at-daresbury-laboratory/) - The new facility will host the latest in new supercomputing, artificial intelligence, and quantum technologies to support business and industry. A ground breaking ceremony has been held in celebration of a new £30 million supercomputer centre that is under construction at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory. The new centre is part
- [Beam Gas Curtain Installed in the Large Hadron Collider](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/02/13/beam-gas-curtain-installed-in-the-large-hadron-collider/) - The Cockcroft Institute’s ongoing collaboration with CERN and GSI reaches new heights as the Beam Gas Curtain (BGC) device is installed on the Large Hadron Collider during the year end technical stop. The Beam Gas Curtain device is a non-invasive beam profile monitor that uses supersonic gas jets and the phenomenon of beam induced fluorescence
- [TeV/m catapult acceleration of electrons in graphene layers](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/02/08/tev-m-catapult-acceleration-of-electrons-in-graphene-layers/) - Laser Wakefield Acceleration (LWFA) in plasma is a well-known technique to accelerate electron bunches using infra-red (IR) intense laser pulses. Gas droplets of Helium or Hydrogen are easily ionized driving high longitudinal electric fields due to the collective motion of the electrons. The acceleration gradients are quite high, in the order of hundreds of GeV/m,
- [Major boost to European plasma accelerator facility](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/11/23/major-boost-to-european-plasma-accelerator-facility-2/) - EuPRAXIA is the first European project that develops a dedicated particle accelerator research infrastructure based on novel plasma acceleration concepts and laser technology. The European plasma accelerator community has received a major impulse for the development of a user-ready plasma accelerator facility with the funding of several multi-million euro initiatives under the umbrella of the
- [Annual Postgraduate Conference held at CI](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/12/02/annual-postgraduate-conference-held-at-ci/) - The annual Cockroft Institute Postgraduate Conference (CIPGC) was held on the 15th of November 2022 in the Merrison Lecture Theatre of Daresbury Laboratory. The CIPGC is an important annual event for all CI postgraduates and it provides a platform for them to network and present research results to their peers and experienced academics. The conference
- [EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network starts in Brussels](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/01/27/eupraxia-doctoral-network-starts-in-brussels/) - The new 3.2M€ Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network EuPRAXIA-DN started with a kick-off meeting on 16/17 January 2023 in Brussels that brought together all the partners involved in the project for the first time. The EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network will support the wider EuPRAXIA project, which aims at the construction of an innovative electron accelerator using
- [CI Physicist Highlights Breakthrough in Energy Recovery Accelerators in Nature Physics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/02/06/ci-physicist-highlights-breakthrough-in-energy-recovery-accelerators-in-nature-physics/) - Cockcroft Institute and STFC Daresbury Lab Accelerator Physicist Peter Williams highlights a recent major advance in the February 2023 edition of Nature Physics News & Views. For the first time, a significant amount of RF power has been recovered from a relativistic electron beam accelerated in a multi-turn configuration. The demonstration, performed at the S-DALINAC
- [CI co-edits special edition in the European Physical Journal addressing high-energy accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/02/01/ci-co-edits-special-edition-in-the-european-physical-journal-addressing-high-energy-accelerators/) - Cockcroft Institute and University of Manchester Professor Rob Appleby, together with colleagues from INFN (Italy), CERN (Switzerland), and Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (Russia), have edited a special issue of the European Physical Journal focusing on high-energy accelerators. The special issue showcases a selection of topics related to advances, challenges, and applications of high-energy accelerator
- [Professor Claudio Paoloni appointed to two prestigious roles](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2023/01/30/professor-claudio-paoloni-appointed-to-two-prestigious-roles/) - Professor Claudio Paoloni, a member of the Cockcroft Institute from Lancaster University, is to become a Distinguished Lecturer at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electron Devices Society. Professor Paoloni, a Senior IEEE Member, is Professor of Electronics and Cockcroft Chair at the School of Engineering of Lancaster University. His lecture entitled “Renaissance of Travelling-Wave
- [Liverpool awarded £1M for CERN antimatter research](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/12/21/liverpool-awarded-1m-for-cern-antimatter-research/) - University of Liverpool physicists are leading a £1M antimatter research project as part of the AEgIs experiment at CERN. The project entitled `Slow Neutral Antimatter Atoms in Excited States for Inertial-type Precision Measurements’ (SNAP) is funded by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The University of Liverpool was the first UK university to
- [Lancaster University bestows honorary degree on eminent Daresbury alumnus Robert Rimmer](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/12/16/lancaster-university-bestows-honorary-degree-on-eminent-daresbury-alumnus-robert-rimmer/) - An internationally renowned scientist in the field of particle accelerators has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Science by Lancaster University at the December graduation ceremonies. Dr Robert A. Rimmer graduated from Lancaster University in 1985 where he studied Electronic Engineering, and did his PhD at Daresbury Laboratory working on the RF window failures in
- [PhDs successfully completed at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/11/18/phds-successfully-completed-at-the-cockcroft-institute-2/) - The last few months have seen a number of PhD students from the Cockcroft Institute completing their thesis and taking a step forward in their research careers. Dr Amelia Edwards from Lancaster University Engineering department passed her PhD defence on the 10th June 2022. Her supervisors were Dr Amor Dexter of Lancaster University and Dr
- [Major boost to UK participation in pioneering experiment at CERN](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/11/14/major-boost-to-uk-participation-in-pioneering-experiment-at-cern/) - The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has awarded a major grant to partners of the Cockcroft Institute to support the participation of the UK in the AWAKE experiment at CERN. The purpose of the AWAKE experiment is to demonstrate a new method to accelerate electrons to very high energies. The new technique, called proton-driven
- [CI welcomes new PhD students](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/11/09/ci-welcomes-new-phd-students/) - This October, 17 new PhD students started their academic journey at the Cockcroft Institute. Embarking on a PhD is both a rewarding and challenging experience. We wish the students happy and fruitful years ahead as they begin their PhD career! Several of our new students have taken the opportunity to introduce themselves: Andrea Fornara -
- [Empowering young people in the digital age](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/11/04/empowering-young-people-in-the-digital-age/) - Current Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) often does not consider the changing nature of many industrial sectors and how the associated future career opportunities for young people are being affected by these rapid developments. The UK charity 4wardfutures aims to disrupt, enrich and empower CEI, schools’ curriculum and post-16 training provision through collaborations
- [Supporting next generation radiotherapy for cancer treatment](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/10/24/supporting-next-generation-radiotherapy-for-cancer-treatment/) - The UK has driven important advances in cancer therapy and treats many patients successfully with radiotherapy, using both X-rays and protons. However, some tumours remain difficult to treat. Scientists believe that heavier particles, such as helium and carbon ions may offer therapeutic advantages in these situations, but further investigation is needed. UK Research and Innovation
- [New energy saving magnet gets first test run](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/10/26/new-energy-saving-magnet-gets-first-test-run/) - Testing has begun at Diamond Light Source for an energy-saving magnet, designed and built by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), including members of the Cockcroft Institute (CI), for our next generation of particle accelerator. Particle accelerators are responsible for some of our greatest scientific breakthroughs in history, such as the discovery of the
- [Accelerator science meets archaeology](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/10/05/accelerator-science-meets-archaeology/) - UKRI has awarded £225k to Project NoMAD: Non-destructive Mobile Analysis and imaging Device. The project, led by University of Liverpool’s accelerator physicist Dr Tessa Charles, draws on technology developed for particle accelerators to bring scientific analysis techniques to remote heritage sites. Ion beam accelerators have proven to be powerful tools for studying items of
- [First IoP Particle Accelerator and Beam Group conference held in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/09/28/first-iop-particle-accelerator-and-beam-group-conference-held-in-liverpool/) - The first Institute of Physics (IoP) Particle Accelerator and Beams Group (PABG) annual conference was held at the University of Liverpool on 25th and 26th July. The PABG had previously held an annual one day meeting but this was the first time the program had been expanded to a two day conference. Almost 100 delegates
- [Plasma accelerator research and training boosted by EU funding](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/09/21/plasma-accelerator-research-and-training-boosted-by-eu-funding/) - The EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network (EuPRAXIA-DN) is a new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) offering 12 high-level fellowships between universities, research centres and industry that will carry out an interdisciplinary and cross-sector plasma accelerator research and training program. The network will start on 1 January 2023 and benefit from more than 3.2 M€ of funding
- [CI supports high efficiency Klystron demonstrator at CERN and Canon ETD](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/09/26/ci-supports-high-efficiency-klystron-demonstrator-at-cern-and-canon-etd/) - Cockcroft staff at Lancaster University have been involved in the development of a high efficiency klystron demonstrator at Canon Electron Tubes and Devices (ETD) and CERN. Klystrons provide the high power RF used to power the acceleration of charged particles in most high power accelerators. However for modern high energy physics machines the energy required
- [FEL Prize 2022](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/09/20/fel-prize-2022/) - Dr Brian McNeil from the University of Strathclyde / Cockcroft Institute has been awarded the FEL Prize 2022 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Free Electron Laser science and technology. The prize was announced on 25 August, during the 40th FEL conference hosted by Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy) and it comes just weeks after
- [Daresbury Laboratory celebrates 60 years of inspirational science](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/07/18/daresbury-laboratory-celebrates-60-years-of-inspirational-science/) - As Daresbury Laboratory celebrates 60 years at the cutting edge of science and innovation, it looks towards a future of milestone breakthroughs, inspiration and job creation, benefitting our economy and society. Since 1962, Daresbury Laboratory has pushed the boundaries of modern science. Today, it is recognised worldwide for its excellence across a range of scientific
- [31st International Linear Accelerator Conference LINAC2022 delivered in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/09/07/31st-international-linear-accelerator-conference-linac2022-delivered-in-liverpool/) - LINAC2022, the first LINAC conference being held in-person since Beijing in 2018 was hosted by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the Cockcroft Institute (CI) and the John Adams Institute (JAI) at the Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) in Liverpool, over the period of 28th August to 2nd September 2022. This in fact being
- [The Cockcroft Institute is seeking a new Director to take it forward into the next phase of its evolution and development. ](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/06/30/the-cockcroft-institute-is-seeking-a-new-director-to-take-it-forward-into-the-next-phase-of-its-evolution-and-development/) - The Institute brings together the infrastructure and expertise of national laboratories, the blue-skies R&D skills and educational know-how of academia and the innovation and entrepreneurship of industry in a unique partnership which has grown and flourished since its inception nearly 20 years ago. It is a collaboration between the universities of Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and
- [£3.2m in Funding for UK XFEL Research and Development](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/08/19/3-2m-in-funding-for-uk-xfel-research-and-development/) - £3.2m in UKRI Infrastructure funding has been announced for a Conceptual Design and Options analysis for a UK XFEL (X-ray Free Electron Laser). This Conceptual Design Report will explore different options to provide access to a 2nd generation XFEL capability for UK science and innovation. The project scientific lead Prof Jon Marangos (Lockyer Chair in Physics,
- [2022 IoP Particle Accelerator & Beams Group Prize](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/08/03/2022-iop-particle-accelerator-beams-group-prize/) - We are delighted to announce that Dr Brian McNeil from the University of Strathclyde/Cockcroft Institute is the recipient of the 2022 Institute of Physics Particle Accelerator & Beams Group Prize for Outstanding Professional Contributions to Accelerator Science & Technology. Brian became a member of the Cockcroft Institute in 2016 but his involvement with Daresbury Lab
- [Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2022/23 - Call now open](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/06/27/ernest-rutherford-fellowships-2022-23-call-now-open/) - Opportunities for research fellowships in accelerator science & technology Cockcroft Institute EoI Deadline: 31st July 2022 STFC has recently launched a call for the next round of Ernest Rutherford Fellowships. It aims to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent research programme. The fellowships last for five years and are intended for early
- [Controlling the plasma waves in AWAKE](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/07/22/controlling-the-plasma-waves-in-awake/) - Scientists from the AWAKE collaboration have found a new way to control the waves that propel the electrons in a plasma accelerator. This is a crucial step in realizing AWAKE as the accelerator technology of the future. The results have been reported in the journal Physical Review Letters. The AWAKE experiment accelerates the electrons injected
- [The Star Wars universe takes over Lymm Festival 2022](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/07/15/the-star-wars-universe-takes-over-lymm-festival-2022/) - On 29 June 2022, the Star Wars universe came to Lymm Festival, a local summer festival, bringing families and friends together in a variety of organised events. In this sold-out evening event, Prof Carsten Welsch, Head of the Liverpool Physics Department and Head of Communications at The Cockcroft Institute, presented what is science and what
- [Strong delegation of CI experts at IPAC’22 in the “Land of Smile”](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/06/29/strong-delegation-of-ci-experts-at-ipac22-in-the-land-of-smile/) - The 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’22) was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 12-17 June 2022 at IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre, hosted by the Synchrotron Light Research Institute (SLRI). It was the first in-person IPAC after two years of interruption due to COVID-19 and attracted over 800 participants from academia, institutes, and industry from
- [Registration now open for the IOP PABG Annual Conference](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/06/20/registration-now-open-for-the-iop-pabg-annual-conference/) - The IOP Particle Accelerators and Beams Group (PABG) invite the community to a new, in person only, two-day Annual Conference, to take place on July 25 and 26, at the University of Liverpool. This will be the UK’s premier national event in the field of particle accelerators. The scientific programme will feature plenary and keynote talks, panel
- [Cockcroft researcher joins forces with WHPC for the return to international in-persons events at ISC'22](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/06/22/cockcroft-researcher-joins-forces-with-whpc-for-the-return-to-international-in-persons-events-at-isc22/) - Thanks to the efforts of Cockcroft Institute and Lancaster University researcher Elisabetta Boella, WHPC hosted attendee events and a half-day workshop focused on creating a diverse and inclusive community with High Performance Computing (HPC). After two years of digital events, WHPC came together in-person to Hamburg, Germany to bring together delegates from the HPC world
- [New data science CDT officially launched](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/06/06/new-data-science-cdt-officially-launched/) - More than 100 experts joined the kick-off meeting of the new STFC Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data Intensive Science (LIV.INNO) on Tuesday, 24 May 2022. The event was chaired by Prof Carsten Welsch, LIV.INNO Director and Head of Communications at the Cockcroft Institute. The meeting was held at the Spine, a stunning
- [Particle accelerator text book made open access](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/06/09/particle-accelerator-text-book-made-open-access/) - “The Science and Technology of Particle Accelerators", an introductory text book written by Rob Appleby, Graeme Burt, James Clarke and Hywel Owen who are all members of the Cockcroft Institute has been made open access. Reflecting the value of the textbook to the accelerator community, the availability of this accessible textbook in open access form
- [Beam Diagnostics Development](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/01/07/beam-diagnostics-development/) - Beam diagnostics systems are essential constituents of any particle accelerator; they reveal the properties of a beam and how it behaves in a machine. Without an appropriate set of diagnostic elements, it would simply be impossible to operate any accelerator let alone optimise its performance. The QUASAR Group at Liverpool University has pioneered innovative beam
- [Accelerating the development of proton beam therapy](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/06/08/accelerating-the-development-of-proton-beam-therapy/) - Challenge In December 2018 The Christie became the first NHS hospital to treat cancer patients with high energy proton beam therapy (PBT). PBT has significant advantages over traditional radiotherapy as protons can be made to ‘stop’ in the tumour. This helps to spare surrounding healthy tissue and thus reduce the risk of longterm side effects.
- [PhDs successfully completed at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/05/16/phds-successfully-completed-at-the-cockcroft-institute/) - The last few months have seen a number of PhD students from the Cockcroft Institute completing their thesis and taking a step forward in their research careers. Dr Jacob Kelly, affiliated to the University of Manchester, earned his doctorate on 17th November 2021 with a thesis entitled "A Superconducting Cyclotron for the Production of 70
- [CI Postgraduate Conference 2021](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/12/20/ci-postgraduate-conference-2021/) - After an online only event in 2020, the 10th annual Cockcroft Institute Postgraduate Conference (CIPGC) was held on 24th November 2021 in the Merrison Lecture Theatre of Daresbury Laboratory. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 concerns, the conference was held in hybrid format (in person and over Zoom) in order to allow for social distancing between the attendees.
- [Registration now open for the 5th FCC Physics workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/11/24/registration-now-open-for-the-5th-fcc-physics-workshop/) - For the first time since the launch of the FCC feasibility study, the FCC physics community will gather in hybrid format (in person and online) for the 5th FCC Physics workshop, which will take place at the University of Liverpool (UK) from 7 to 11 February 2022. The 5th FCC Physics, Experiments and Detectors (PED)
- [Women in Science 2022 – Challenges, Successes and Personal Stories](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/10/women-in-science-2022-challenges-successes-and-personal-stories/) - A significant gender gap has persisted throughout the years at all levels of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines all over the world. Even though women have made tremendous progress towards increasing their participation in higher education, they are still under-represented in these fields. The International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrates
- [Cockcroft Institute 2021 Early Career Excellence Awards winners announced](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/05/05/cockcroft-institute-2021-early-career-excellence-awards-winners-announced/) - The winners of the 2021 Cockcroft Institute Early Career Excellence Awards have been announced. The committee decided to award two prizes for Best Sustained Contribution and one prize for the Best Outstanding Single Output. The winners are: Best Sustained Contribution: Andrew May (ASTeC)Volodymyr Rodin (Liverpool) Best Outstanding Single Output: Thomas Heinemann (Strathclyde) The awards committee
- [Accelerator and Particle Physics Masterclass 2022](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/05/03/accelerator-and-particle-physics-masterclass-2022/) - On the 29th of March the Cockcroft Institute hosted its annual Accelerator and Particle Physics Masterclass (APPMC), one of our flagship annual outreach events. The purpose is to give a broad and entertaining yet educational overview of particle physics and accelerator science to GCSE and A-level science student. This year the event was hosted online
- [New Article Published on Terahertz Radiation](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/04/27/new-article-published-on-terahertz-radiation/) - The terahertz (THz) radiation domain spans between the microwave (MW) and the infrared (IR) regions on the electromagnetic spectrum. Previously, unexplored due to the lack of suitable electronic, various disciplines are nowadays exploring and making use of the of THz radiation. Examples are medical imaging, material research and communication. Recently electron acceleration by THz radiation
- [LINAC 2022 - Extended Abstract Submission and Early Registration Deadlines](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/04/25/linac-2022-extended-abstract-submission-and-early-registration-deadlines/) - The 31st Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC) is coming to Liverpool this summer. The conference, hosted jointly by UKRI-STFC, the John Adams Institute and the Cockcroft Institute, will take place at the Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) between 28 August and 2 September 2022. With the ongoing increased relaxation of Covid-19 international travel restrictions and
- [Novel Beam Monitor successfully delivered to CERN](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/04/07/novel-beam-monitor-successfully-delivered-to-cern/) - The QUASAR Group from the University of Liverpool, based at the Cockcroft Institute, has successfully delivered a gas jet-based beam monitor to CERN. This advanced monitor was developed as part of the Group's contribution to the High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) collaboration. The HL-LHC project, a large international collaboration, will upgrade the
- [Lectureship in Accelerator Physics at the University of Manchester](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/04/01/lectureship-in-accelerator-physics-at-the-university-of-manchester/) - The University of Manchester has opened a new lectureship in accelerator physics at the Cockcroft Institute (UK). The university is seeking to appoint a scientist with an established record of research excellence in the field of accelerator physics, particularly (but not limited to) developing medical applications of accelerators. The successful candidate will contribute to undergraduate
- [Liverpool Physics awarded £1.3M for new STFC data science training centre](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/04/04/liverpool-physics-awarded-1-3m-for-new-stfc-data-science-training-centre/) - The University of Liverpool, in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University, are to host a new £1.3 million Centre for Doctoral Training providing comprehensive postgraduate training in data intensive science. The new Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data Intensive Science (LIV.INNO) is funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and supported
- [Reconciling Energy Recovery and Longitudinal Beam Dynamics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/03/28/reconciling-energy-recovery-and-longitudinal-beam-dynamics/) - Energy Recovery Linacs (ERLs) reuse the kinetic energy of an accelerated electron bunch by transferring it to a freshly injected bunch. This mechanism enables a large reduction in the RF power required in comparison to linacs, without resorting to the lower quality inherent in stored beams. ERLs are therefore recognised as prime candidates for the
- [A New Process for Leather Tanning](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/03/16/a-new-process-for-leather-tanning/) - Lancaster University Investigators: Robert Apsimon (Lancaster University); Rebecca Seviour (University of Huddersfield) and Will Wise (University of Northampton) The RELIEF project is focused on the tanning of leather in a novel process using electron beams whilst drastically reducing the environmental impact of conventional processes by significantly reducing wastewater produced, which can have a long-term impact
- [Addressing the shortage of radiotherapy machines for low and middle income countries](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/16/addressing-the-shortage-of-radiotherapy-machines-for-low-and-middle-income-countries/) - The annual global incidence of cancer is expected to rise up to 25 million cases (13 million deaths) by 2035 with 70% of these new cases from Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Many LMICs lack the healthcare programmes required to effectively manage their cancer burden. Radiotherapy (RT) is a fundamental component of effective cancer treatment
- [Dr Ralph B Fiorito (1941 – 2021)](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/01/17/dr-ralph-b-fiorito-1941-2021/) - It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of my colleague and friend, Dr Ralph B Fiorito. Ralph was an internationally recognized expert in beam diagnostics and radiation sources. He has a very long and successful track record of innovation, independent thinking and educational activity. He held several patents for beam
- [Cockcroft Institute awarded more than £11 million to boost accelerator research](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/02/16/cockcroft-institute-awarded-more-than-11-million-to-boost-accelerator-research/) - The Cockcroft Institute (CI), a partnership between the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and Strathclyde, and the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), has been awarded more than £11 million for R&D into accelerator science and technology. The funding, awarded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), will enable the institute to continue using
- [Welcome to our new cohort of students](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/16/welcome-to-our-new-cohort-of-students/) - We are delighted to welcome 11 new PhD students to the Cockcroft Institute. Our new cohort joined us last autumn, and they have all been very busy settling into their research. This is an exciting time for you as you embark on your journey towards a doctoral degree and we wish you both a happy
- [LINAC 2022 Conference in Liverpool announced](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/08/linac-2022-conference-in-liverpool-announced/) - The 31st Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC) is coming to Liverpool this summer. The conference, hosted jointly by UKRI-STFC, the John Adams Institute and the Cockcroft Institute, will take place at the Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) between 28 August and 2 September 2022. LINAC is the main bi-yearly gathering for the worldwide community of
- [Women in Science 2022 - Monika Yadav](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/07/women-in-science-2022-monika-yadav/) - I come from a society (in India) where a girl’s education is not given importance. Over time, people are becoming aware of gender equality and rights. I feel blessed by the fact that my parents always encouraged me to be an independent woman (which is not common in India). For me, pursuing physics didn’t feel
- [Women in Science 2022 - Lily Berman](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/07/women-in-science-2022-lily-berman/) - My area of expertise is in a novel type of particle accelerator called a plasma wakefield accelerator, and how this may be used to power next generation x-ray free-electron lasers (XFEL), which are the brightest x-ray light sources available to researchers. XFELs can be used to study things on the atomic scale, and are used
- [Women in Science 2022 - Elisabetta Boella](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/07/women-in-science-2022-elisabetta-boella/) - Since a very early age, I have always had a preference for scientific subjects. I remember that already in High School I wanted to become a scientist, even though at that time I did not know exactly what it meant. Following my interest, after high school, I chose to enrol in a degree in nuclear
- [Women in Science 2022 - Sara Morales Vigo](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/07/women-in-science-2022-sara-morales-vigo/) - My interest in science started from a very young age. I used to drive my parents crazy asking questions about everything that surrounded me, trying to understand how every little thing works. I really enjoyed going to school and finding some of these answers to my questions, or even better, new questions I had never
- [Women in Science 2022 - Anna Shabalina](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/07/women-in-science-2022-anna-shabalina/) - "I am a nuclear physicist turned SRF engineer” says my social media profile and business cards. In practice, I make things happen – that’s my real job. I started my job at STFC in 2021. I am a senior Superconducting Radiofrequency Engineer at Daresbury Lab. I lead the cavity procurement and qualification program for the
- [Women in Science 2022 - Öznur Apsimon](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/07/women-in-science-2022-oznur-apsimon/) - Dr Apsimon is specialised in relativistic beam dynamics interfacing novel and conventional accelerator technologies. She studied Physics Engineering in Hacettepe University (Turkey) followed by an MSc in accelerator physics. She also took part in the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) project at CERN. Öznur gained her MSc degree after these initial engagements with the field of
- [Women in Science - Cinzia Chiappetta](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/07/women-in-science-cinzia-chiappetta/) - I have always been fascinated by how physics can explain the world where we live. Growing up I learnt that physics is present in all the processes that we unconsciously experience every day. The possibility to fully explain the reality we are constantly immersed in is the reason why I decided to pursue a degree
- [Women in Science 2022 - Hannah Norman](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/06/women-in-science-2022-hannah-norman/) - When I was in school, I never considered that science could be a career path for me. I thought I wasn’t smart enough, skilled enough, and I wanted to pursue a more creative career. That changed one day when I was around aged 15, when I learned about how physics could be applied in medicine
- [EuPRAXIA featured in Optics & Photonics News](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/04/eupraxia-featured-in-optics-photonics-news/) - The magazine Optics & Photonics News has published a report article about laser wakefield acceleration in its latest issue. The article features prominently the EuPRAXIA project as one of the world’s largest initiatives in the field, and cites Prof Carsten Welsch, CI expert and EuPRAXIA’s director of communication, explaining the various challenges facing the project
- [CI work on radiotherapy linacs for low-income countries featured in the CERN Courier](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/02/02/ci-work-on-radiotherapy-linacs-for-low-income-countries-featured-in-the-cern-courier/) - Two Cockcroft Institute experts have published an article in the February issue of CERN Courier on the use of linacs to level up the access to radiotherapy in low income countries. The authors Deepa Angal-Kalinin (Head of the Science Division in ASTeC) and Graeme Burt (Professor at the Engineering department of Lancaster University) lead an
- [CI partner announced as first UK university to join AEgIS experiment at CERN](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/01/31/ci-partner-announced-as-first-uk-university-to-join-aegis-experiment-at-cern/) - CI partner University of Liverpool has become the first UK university to join the AEgIS antimatter experiment at CERN. The AEgIS experiment (Antihydrogen Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy) aims to measure the gravitational fall of an antihydrogen pulsed beam. It is understood that matter and antimatter were created equally in the Big Bang, and when they meet, they annihilate
- [Susan Smith recognised in Queen’s New Year Honours](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2022/01/07/susan-smith-recognised-in-queens-new-year-honours/) - CI member Professor Susan Smith, ASTeC Director Emeritus and Honorary Professor at the University of Liverpool, has been recognised by The Queen in her New Year honours list for her services to science and technology. The honours system recognises people who have ‘made achievements in public life’ and ‘committed themselves to serving and helping Britain’.
- [ASHE helps pave the way for portable low cost, low dose 3D imaging](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/12/07/ashe-helps-pave-the-way-for-portable-low-cost-low-dose-3d-imaging/) - The state of the art in 3D X-ray imaging involves the use of an X-ray tube which is in some way translated and rotated in space relative to a patient. By doing so, X-ray images from 10s or 1000s of different projection angles are generated and then reconstructed in 3D. However, this mechanical movement puts
- [Liverpool academic recognised for ‘exceptional contribution to physics education’](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/12/03/liverpool-academic-recognised-for-exceptional-contribution-to-physics-education/) - Cockcroft member Dr Chris Edmonds, from the University of Liverpool, has been awarded the 2021 Institute of Physics Daphne Jackson Medal and Prize in recognition of his ‘exceptional contribution to physics education, by improving access for the visually impaired, enhancing teacher training and creating award-winning teaching materials’. A lecturer with a background in accelerator science and a passion
- [Introducing cutting-edge accelerator science to school children](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/12/01/introducing-cutting-edge-accelerator-science-to-school-children/) - Public engagement lies at the heart of the University of Liverpool’s Quantum Systems and advanced Accelerator Research (QUASAR) Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute. Their wide-ranging outreach activities take an imaginative approach to make the benefits of accelerator research fascinating and understandable. Accelerator research is of great value to science, society and industry, but this technology does
- [CI student wins Particle Accelerator Engineering network Early Career poster prize](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/11/26/7327/) - Cockcroft student Ruth Peacock has won this year’s Particle Accelerator Engineering network Early Career poster prize at the annual meeting. Ruth’s poster was on the effect of H- irradiation on the conditioning of high field copper surfaces using pulsed DC. Ruth is in the final year of her PhD in Lancaster University based at CERN.
- [Time boundaries, black holes and axions](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/11/01/time-boundaries-black-holes-and-axions/) - How modelling the next generation of electromagnetic materials for particle acceleration led to challenging a fundamental law of physics. A recently published paper co-authored by researchers from the Cockcroft Institute demonstrates how the laws of physics break down in a black hole or “singularity”. The challenge of creating cheaper, compact, high-energy particle accelerators is driving
- [New JetDose project set to optimise proton beam cancer therapy](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/10/25/new-jetdose-project-set-to-optimise-proton-beam-cancer-therapy/) - Experts from the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool have been awarded Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) funding to develop a novel monitoring system to help optimise proton beam cancer therapy. Proton beam cancer therapy is a complex procedure that relies upon knowledge of the detailed beam properties to ensure effective dose delivery to the patient.
- [Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Annual Meeting - Online - 9-10 November 2021](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/10/18/particle-accelerator-engineering-network-annual-meeting-online-9-10-november-2021/) - The Particle Accelerator Engineering Network is a collaboration between the IET, IMechE and IoP to support all types of engineers and technicians working in the accelerator field. The network is currently chaired by Prof Graeme Burt, Cockcroft Institute who co-founded the network with Dan Faircloth, ISIS. The annual meeting is an important way to keep
- [Cockcroft students successfully complete their PhDs](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/10/15/cockcroft-students-successfully-complete-their-phds/) - While some of us were enjoying a well-deserved summer break, Cockcroft Institute PhD students have been hard at work finishing their theses. Two of them, Lee Millar and Laurence Nix, have successfully passed their vivas over the summer, and can now proudly display the coveted “Dr” title before their family name. Lee, from Lancaster University,
- [Liverpool experts help shape the training of the next generation of researchers](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/10/11/liverpool-experts-help-shape-the-training-of-the-next-generation-of-researchers/) - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) target the development of excellent researchers through international and cross-sector mobility. MSCA networks support joint doctoral programmes, implemented by European partnerships of universities, research institutions, industry (incl. SMEs) and other non-academic organisations. An expert workshop on ‘MSCA Networks - Training the next generation through collaborative programmes’ was held on 29 September
- [Generating coherent light from laser-accelerator electrons](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/09/27/generating-coherent-light-from-laser-accelerator-electrons/) - Novel research points to developing table-top x-ray sources for future applications ​ ​A new way of producing coherent light in the ultra-violet spectral region, which points the way to developing brilliant table-top x-ray sources, has been produced in research led by researchers at the Cockcroft Institute and with ASTeC staff from STFC Daresbury Laboratory. In
- [Cockcroft student wins best Early Career Scientist’s submission prize at IOP meeting](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/08/11/cockcroft-student-wins-best-early-career-scientists-submission-prize-at-iop-meeting/) - The Annual Meeting of the IOP Particle Accelerators and Beams group was held on Friday the 9th April 2021. Along with a range of talks, a virtual poster session took place through the web-based platform Wonder, which recreated the feel of an in-person poster session. Attendees were able to move between different posters to have
- [Funding success for QuantumJet project](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/07/21/funding-success-for-quantumjet-project/) - CI experts from the University of Liverpool were awarded more than £100k by STFC as part of the Innovation Partnership Scheme for Follow-on Funding to carry out research into a novel QuantumJET which shall produce micrometer-focused beams of atoms and molecules for non-invasive, high resolution beam monitoring applications. As a beam monitor, this novel device is
- [£1.4m funding to look into a new world-class materials science centre at Daresbury Laboratory](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/07/07/1-4m-funding-to-look-into-a-new-world-class-materials-science-centre-at-daresbury-laboratory/) - A new project to look at creating a world-leading materials science centre at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory is underway thanks to more than £1million funding. If built, the new facility’s state-of-the-art capabilities would provide UK scientists insights in personalised medicine, energy storage, renewable energy and more. Thanks to the investment
- [Cockcroft Student wins best student poster prize at SRF 2021](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/07/05/cockcroft-student-wins-best-student-poster-prize-at-srf-2021/) - Daniel Turner, a 3rd year Cockcroft student at Lancaster University, co-supervised by ASTeC, has won the best student poster prize at the international conference on superconducting RF (SRF'21). The conference is attended by around 400 international researchers and the student competition had around 50 entrants. Dan’s poster described his work in developing a facility for
- [First demonstration of the use of crab cavities on hadron beams](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/06/30/first-demonstration-of-the-use-of-crab-cavities-on-hadron-beams/) - Particle colliders are important engines of discovery, and collisions between both protons and leptons have shone a light on the fundamental structure of our universe for decades. These colliders operate by the acceleration, subsequent manipulation and finally collision of charged particle beams. The beam manipulation at the interaction point (IP) of the beams is crucial to
- [Workshop on MSCA Networks - Training the next generation through collaborative programmes](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/06/28/workshop-on-msca-networks-training-the-next-generation-through-collaborative-programmes/) - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) target the development of excellent researchers through international and cross-sector mobility. MSCA networks support joint doctoral programmes, implemented by European partnerships of universities, research institutions, industry (incl. SMEs) and other non-academic organisations. The research training programmes are intended to provide doctoral students with excellent research skills, coupled with experience outside academia
- [CI Paper selected as "Editors Suggestion" in Physical Review – Accelerators and Beams](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/06/25/ci-paper-selected-as-editors-suggestion-in-physical-review-accelerators-and-beams/) - For the second time in a month, experts from the Cockcroft Institute have had a paper selected as an "Editor's Suggestion" in Physical Review – Accelerators and Beams. Drs Rob Apsimon and Sadiq Setiniyaz of Lancaster University Engineering Department, together with Peter Williams of the ASTeC Accelerator Physics Group have authored a ground-breaking paper that describes a
- [Paper on FLASH proton therapy receives prestigious award](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/06/24/paper-on-flash-proton-therapy-receives-prestigious-award/) - The Galileo Galilei Award in Medical Physics is given every year to the best paper published in the European Journal of Medical Physics in the previous year. The journal has just announced that this year the paper “Technical challenges for FLASH proton therapy” by Drs Simon Jolly and Marco Schippers, as well as CI experts Dr Hywel
- [qHAM - Commercialising Quantum Technologies](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/05/28/qham-commercializing-quantum-technologies/) - Earlier this year Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, announced that it will invest up to £1 million in innovation projects through a competition funded through the Commercialising Quantum Technologies programme of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), part of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. Innovate UK drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses
- [Plasma particle accelerators get a boost](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/05/26/plasma-particle-accelerators-get-a-boost/) - Particle accelerators are behind some of the most spectacular scientific discoveries, and the reason why we know that matter consists of atoms, and that in turn atoms consist of electrons surrounding positively charged ions. These electrons and ions are not only key building blocks of matter, but can themselves be used to realize powerful particle
- [Cockcroft Institute scientists play vital role in creating world’s most powerful neutrino beam](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/05/24/cockcroft-institute-scientists-play-vital-role-in-creating-worlds-most-powerful-neutrino-beam/) - 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, is an essential upgrade to the accelerator complex. Once complete, it will enable the world’s most powerful high-energy
- [Paul McKenna elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/05/21/paul-mckenna-elected-fellow-of-the-royal-society-of-edinburgh/) - The Cockcroft Institute is delighted to announce that one of its senior members has been elected this year to a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements. Professor Paul McKenna is a laser-plasma physicist at the University of Strathclyde. His research focuses on ultra-intense laser-plasma interactions and the
- [CI researchers awarded computing grant for large-scale simulations in Laser Wakefield Acceleration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/05/07/ci-researchers-awarded-computing-grant-for-large-scale-simulations-in-laser-wakefield-acceleration/) - Cockcroft Institute and Lancaster University Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dr John Scott, and co-investigators, Dr Elisabetta Boella (CI / Lancaster University), Dr Laura Corner (CI / University of Liverpool) and Dr Jorge Vieira (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal), have recently been awarded a large resource allocation on a UK-based supercomputer. Distributed Research utilising Advanced Computing (DiRAC) is
- [Cockcroft Early Career Excellence Awards 2019/20](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/04/23/cockcroft-early-career-excellence-awards-2019-20/) - The director of the Cockcroft Institute, Prof Peter Ratoff, announced the winners of the first Cockcroft Institute Early Career Excellence Awards as Dr Paul Scherkl (University of Strathclyde) and Dr Jinchi Cai (Lancaster University /CERN). The Cockcroft Institute Early Career Excellence Awards were established to recognise and encourage outstanding research in early career staff or
- [Rutherford Plasma Physics Communications Prize](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/04/21/rutherford-plasma-physics-communications-prize/) - Cockcroft lecturer Dr Laura Corner, together with University of Liverpool student Cara Hawkins, have been awarded the Rutherford Plasma Physics Communications Prize for their episode on the podcast The Liverpool Scientific. This podcast was started in October 2020 by Cara Hawkins, an MPhys student, and is based on the Radio 4 programme ‘The Life Scientific’.
- [ALPHA cools antimatter using laser light for the first time](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/04/15/alpha-cools-antimatter-using-laser-light-for-the-first-time/) - The ALPHA collaboration at CERN has succeeded in cooling down antihydrogen atoms – the simplest form of atomic antimatter – using laser light. The technique, known as laser cooling, was first demonstrated 40 years ago on normal matter and is a mainstay of many research fields. Its first application to antihydrogen by ALPHA, described in
- [Evidence of new physics in muon measurements](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/04/12/evidence-of-new-physics-in-muon-measurements/) - News media around the world have been inundated with reports of a recent discovery in Fermilab which could hint to a new revolution in physics. Much-anticipated data from the Muon g-2 experiment provides tantalising evidence that muons are not behaving in the way they are supposed to according to the Standard Model of particle
- [Energy efficiency of particle accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/03/29/energy-efficiency-of-particle-accelerators/) - Particle accelerators use up huge amounts of energy, with CERN currently using 10% of the electricity in the Geneva region. The next generation of particle accelerators for high energy physics would require their own power stations if changes are not made soon in the way we approach accelerator design. The next generation of machines need
- [Spotlight On...Ondrej Sedlacek](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/03/23/spotlight-on-ondrej-sedlacek/) - In this new series of 'Spotlight Interviews' we have asked our PhD students a few questions to give you a more personal insight into work, motivation and challenges of our students and PhD life at the Cockcroft Institute. Ondrej Sedlacek was born in Prostejov (Czech Republic). He studied Experimental Particle and Nuclear Physics at the
- [Cockcroft Institute book released as a broad introduction to particle accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/03/04/cockcroft-institute-book-released-as-a-broad-introduction-to-particle-accelerators/) - A new book written by four staff members at the Cockcroft institute has just been released last year by CRC press. The Science and Technology of Particle Accelerators provides an accessible introduction to the field, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and academics, as well as professionals in national laboratories and facilities, industry, and medicine, who
- [What would you do with a mini accelerator?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/03/01/what-would-you-do-with-a-mini-accelerator/) - EuPRAXIA marks centenary of Bruno Touschek, Father of Colliders, with a challenge to visionaries 100 years after the birth of the ‘father of colliders’ Bruno Touschek, and sixty years after his ground-breaking electron-positron e-e+collider accumulated its first electrons, plans for a ‘tabletop’ accelerator have been submitted to the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures by
- [Talking Science - Hollywood Physics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/02/05/talking-science-hollywood-physics/) - Public Engagement with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is a very important element in the QUASAR Group’s activities. We love to talk about our research, together with the impact science has on the world around us. Last week, QUASAR Group leader Professor Carsten P Welsch contributed a presentation about “Hollywood Physics” to the monthly
- [EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report published in the European Physical Journal](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/01/27/eupraxia-conceptual-design-report-published-in-the-european-physical-journal/) - In 2015 an international consortium of 41 laboratories was created with the objective of designing a new European plasma accelerator infrastructure. The project EuPRAXIA – funded by the EU – would become the world’s first electron accelerator for users based on plasma technology. The EuPRAXIA consortium culminated its work last year with the submission of
- [Register now: national particle accelerator open day](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/01/15/register-now-national-particle-accelerator-open-day/) - The Cockcroft Institute will organise a virtual national particle accelerator open day on Wednesday, 3rd February 2021 for undergraduates studying engineering or physics at UK universities. The national particle accelerator open day has been an annual feature where one of the UK facilities opens their doors to UK students, alongside talks on career opportunities and a recruitment event. This year the tours
- [New results from AWAKE: Manipulation of Proton Bunch Self Modulation using Plasma Density Gradient](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2021/01/05/new-results-from-awake-manipulation-of-proton-bunch-self-modulation-using-plasma-density-gradient/) - The Advanced WAKEfield Experiment (AWAKE) is a proton-driven plasma wakefield experiment at CERN. It uses 400 GeV protons from CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) to drive large accelerating fields (~GV/m) in a 10 m long Rubidium plasma target. For the production of such large fields, AWAKE also benefits from a phenomenon called ‘self-modulation-instability’. It was
- [FCC November workshop 2020 (FCC NoW)](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/12/01/fcc-november-workshop-2020-fcc-now/) - The 2020 FCC November meeting took place between Monday, 9 to Friday, 13 November. The event reviewed the most recent developments of the concepts for the next generation of colliders that were laid out in the 2019 Conceptual Design Report. The event combined the 4th FCC Physics Week with the kick-off meeting of the new 3M€
- [CI welcomes new cohort of students](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/11/27/ci-welcomes-new-cohort-of-students/) - 2020 has been a difficult year but that hasn't stopped our new cohort of PhD students beginning their studies with us this autumn. While they haven't been able to join us at Daresbury yet, they are all hard at work calling in to the online graduate lectures and settling into their research. We are delighted
- [The Economics of Big Science](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/11/16/the-economics-of-big-science/) - Investment in science – whether in education and training or through public funding for developing new research tools and technologies – is crucial for progress. In a book that was just published as part of Springer’s Science Policy Reports, authors from big research laboratories and organizations, funding agencies and academia discuss how investing in science
- [EIC Collaboration Workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/11/10/eic-collaboration-workshop/) - The Electron-Ion Collider will be a powerful new billion dollar scale facility in the United States, hosted at the Brookhaven National Lab, constructed with the aim of studying Gluons, particles which bind all the observable matter in the world around us. The EIC machine will consist of two intersecting accelerators, one producing an intense beam of electrons,
- [Physica Medica Focus Issue published](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/11/05/physica-medica-focus-issue-published/) - Physica Medica, European Journal of Medical Physics, provides an international forum for research and reviews in areas such as medical imaging, radiation therapy, as well as education and training in medical physics. The journal has just published a Focus Issue on the Optimization of Medical Accelerators. The Focus Issue presents research highlights from the International
- [Future Circular Collider film wins Silver in W3 Awards](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/10/30/future-circular-collider-film-wins-silver-in-w3-awards/) - On 6th October 2020 the Winners of the 15​th annual w3​ ​Awards have been announced by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. Receiving over 3,000 entries from across the globe, the w3​ ​Awards honour outstanding Websites, Marketing, Video, Mobile, Social, and Podcasts created by some of the best digital content creators across the industry.
- [New paper on pioneering new cancer radiotherapy](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/10/14/new-paper-on-pioneering-new-cancer-radiotherapy/) - FLASH radiotherapy is a promising new technique that uses high-energy particles to treat tumours; a high dose of radiation is administered almost instantaneously - in milliseconds rather than around a minute. Here, the tumour tissue is damaged in the same manner as with conventional radiotherapy; however it is believed that healthy tissue is less affected,
- [New collaboration to boost quantum beam profile monitors](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/10/12/new-collaboration-to-boost-quantum-beam-profile-monitors/) - The QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool, and UHV Design Ltd (UHVD), a leading specialist in UHV motion and heating products, have formed a new partnership that is advancing the world’s next generation of charged particle beam profile diagnostic methods for accelerators and light sources. Through the agreement UHVD will gain access
- [EuPRAXIA application for European roadmap submitted](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/10/07/eupraxia-application-for-european-roadmap-submitted/) - On 9th September 2020, the Italian government submitted an application to include the European Plasma Research Accelerator with Excellence in Applications (EuPRAXIA) in the European roadmap for large research infrastructures. The governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Portugal and the United Kingdom have provided strong letters of support for this ESFRI application. Becoming part of
- [CI industry project on adaptive optics successfully completed](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/10/05/ci-industry-project-on-adaptive-optics-successfully-completed/) - The EU-funded ARIES proof of concept project Innovative Adaptive Optics has recently drawn to a close. This project saw a collaboration between the QUASAR Group from the University of Liverpool/Cockcroft Institute and the beam instrumentation company D-Beam Ltd develop strands of beam instrumentation research to proof of concept level. The work focused on applications of
- [Funding award for Optical Fibre Analysis System](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/10/02/funding-award-for-optical-fibre-analysis-system/) - A new STFC-funded project for developing an advanced machine protection system based on optical fibre technology was started this month by the QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute. Research into an Optical Fibre Analysis System (OASYS) targets a novel diagnostic for beam loss, RF breakdown and quench detection within particle accelerators. The sensor shall
- [New method to guide high intensity laser pulses in plasma channels](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/09/30/new-method-to-guide-high-intensity-laser-pulses-in-plasma-channels/) - CI researchers work on particle accelerators which are some of the largest structures in the world – the LHC at CERN is 27 km around and there are plans for an even larger 100 km successor. But CI researchers also work on making accelerators as small as possible, which would have a huge impact on
- [Post-Doctoral Position at DESY for Pavel Juarez-Lopez](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/09/21/post-doctoral-position-at-desy-for-pavel-juarez-lopez/) - Pavel Juarez-Lopez joined the Cockcroft Institute in October 2016 as a Ph.D. student jointly appointed by the University of Liverpool and ASTeC to research the performance of photocathode electron sources for high-brightness beams. He is now coming to the end of his studies having used the TESS (Transverse Energy Spread Spectrometer) to characterise photoemission from
- [Cockcroft Institute Member takes over as chair of the Particle Accelerator Engineering Community in the IET](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/09/16/cockcroft-institute-member-takes-over-as-chair-of-the-particle-accelerator-engineering-community-in-the-iet/) - Prof Graeme Burt has taken over from Dan Faircloth as the chair of the Particle Accelerator Engineering Network. The network is jointly supported by IET, IMechE, IoP and STFC but is officially located within the IET as a particle accelerator engineering community. The group was co-founded by Graeme and Dan in 2014 in response to
- [Phase II of UK project to upgrade the Large Hadron Collider now underway](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/09/11/phase-ii-of-uk-project-to-upgrade-the-large-hadron-collider-now-underway/) - Scientists, engineers and technicians from the UK have embarked on a £26M project to help upgrade the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, on the French/Swiss border near Geneva. The collaboration is between the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), CERN, the Cockcroft Institute (CI), the John Adams Institute (JAI), and eight UK Universities including
- [Cockcroft Institute scientists create compact particle accelerators which drive electrons to near the speed of light at 100 times higher frequency](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/08/12/cockcroft-institute-scientists-create-compact-particle-accelerators-which-drive-electrons-to-near-the-speed-of-light-at-100-times-higher-frequency/) - Scientists from the Cockcroft Institute have successfully developed a pocket-sized particle accelerator capable of projecting ultra-short electron beams with laser light at more than 99.99% of the speed of light. To achieve this result, the researchers, led by Lancaster and Manchester Universities, have had to slow down light to match the speed of the electrons
- [New monitor type installed in the Large Hadron Collider](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/08/12/new-monitor-type-installed-in-the-large-hadron-collider/) - A beam gas curtain monitor that has been developed between experts from the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool, CERN and GSI within the STFC-funded HLLHC-UK project has been successfully installed in the world’s largest and highest energy particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Colllider (LHC). This discovery machine is due an important update over the next few
- [IOP Award – Professor Susan Smith](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/08/06/iop-award-professor-susan-smith/) - The Cockcroft Institute is delighted to announce the award of the 2020 IOP Particle Accelerator and Beams Group Prize for Outstanding Professional Contribution to Professor Susan Smith of STFC Daresbury Laboratory. The award citation is for Professor Smith’s major contributions, innovation and leadership in accelerator and light source science, including in operations and upgrades of
- [Efficiency frontiers for high RF power L-band Multi-Beam Klystrons](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/08/06/efficiency-frontiers-for-high-rf-power-l-band-multi-beam-klystrons/) - Cockcroft Institute researchers in collaboration with CERN have been exploring novel technologies for major savings in the energy consumption and cost of future accelerators, as an article that has just been published in Accelerating News highlights. The original idea to use a DC post acceleration of a pre-bunched beam in a single beam klystron was
- [X-Ray Facilities Enabling COVID-19-Related Research](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/07/06/x-ray-facilities-enabling-covid-19-related-research/) - As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, many countries have gone into lockdown. Schools, restaurants, and other non-essential businesses were instructed to temporarily closed their doors. Light source facilities, however, have not been quiet. Dr Tessa Charles, who will join the Cockcroft Institute as a lecturer at the University of Liverpool this summer, says: “Light
- [Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2020/21 – Call now open](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/07/03/ernest-rutherford-fellowships-2020-21-call-now-open/) - STFC has launched a call for the next round of Ernest Rutherford Fellowships. Its aim is to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent research programme. The fellowships will last for five years and are intended for early career researchers who do not have an academic position yet. The Cockcroft Institute has a
- [European Strategy for Particle Physics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/07/03/european-strategy-for-particle-physics/) - The core objective of the Cockcroft Institute (CI) is to design and develop powerful instruments of discovery, particle accelerators, that enable scientists from many disciplines to elucidate the structure of matter and its underlying dynamics at sub-microscopic distance scales from the molecular to the quark level. Particle physics probes the smallest of these scales, which
- [Meeting of the PERLE Collaboration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/06/24/meeting-of-the-perle-collaboration/) - From the 3-5 June 2020 the PERLE collaboration held a virtual meeting with about 50 participants. The goal of the PERLE Collaboration is to work towards the design and eventual construction of PERLE an ERL (Energy Recovery Linac) test facility in a new range of 10 MW power. PERLE is designed as a test facility for a potential ERL-based
- [Advancements in the Optimization of Medical Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/06/22/advancements-in-the-optimization-of-medical-accelerators/) - The online magazine News Medical has recently published an interview with CI expert Professor Carsten P. Welsch. In the interview, Prof Welsch explains the basic principles of proton beam therapy and the benefits of medical accelerator research to improve radiotherapy for patients. In particular, he reviews the success of the EU-funded Optimization of Medical Accelerators
- [Designing new radiotherapy technologies to treat cancer in low and middle-income countries](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/06/17/designing-new-radiotherapy-technologies-to-treat-cancer-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/) - The Cockcroft Institute is taking part in a new project to design and develop new radiotherapy technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa, giving more cancer patients access to radiotherapy, and saving lives. Bringing together international experts in accelerator design, medical physics and oncology, alongside IT experts and health system researchers, the project will design and develop a
- [New ASTeC director appointment announced](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/06/03/new-astec-director-appointment-announced/) - Congratulations to Professor Jim Clarke, who has been confirmed by STFC executive board as the new director of the Accelerator Science and Technology Centre at Daresbury. Jim will take over some activities immediately and will formally take over the role from Professor Susan Smith on 07/09/2020. Peter McIntosh remains ASTeC deputy director. Jim has over
- [ASTeC welcomes new Application Engineer](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/05/27/astec-welcomes-new-application-engineer/) - ASTeC is pleased to welcome Roland Schnuerer as the new Application Engineer. He joined RF & Cryogenics group on the 6th April from the Cockcroft Institute, where he was previously studying for a PhD through the University of Liverpool. After obtaining his Masters’ degree in Medical Physics in Germany, he joined the Cockcroft Institute in
- [Promotional videos of Cockcroft Institute now online](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/05/22/promotional-videos-of-cockcroft-institute-now-online/) - The Cockcroft Institute has launched three new promotional videos on its YouTube channel as part of its campaign to attract the best PhD candidates from throughout the world. In the video Welcome to Cockcroft, senior members of the Institute describe the nature of the institute and its activities, as well as the importance of accelerator
- [Remote access optical synchrotron radiation imaging at Diamond Light Source](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/05/06/remote-access-optical-synchrotron-radiation-imaging-at-diamond-light-source/) - In this global lockdown period most experimental physics has understandably been put on hold. With most of the world’s scientists unable to reach or access their experiments, efforts have shifted to simulations and planning for the future. And so, a group of physicists spread across the University of Liverpool and Diamond (UK), who had installed
- [“A Tale of Two Tunnels” at the British Science Week](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/04/22/a-tale-of-two-tunnels-at-the-british-science-week/) - Just before the COVID19 shutdown, British Science Week was in full force and delivered on giving young people and families a final fix of science festival fun (at least for the time being). A team of undergraduates from Liverpool’s physics Department joined Cockcroft academic Dr Chris Edmonds at the Victoria Gallery & Museum in Liverpool
- [Plasma-based electron beam sources get €2 million funding from ERC](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/04/06/plasma-based-electron-beam-sources-get-e2-million-funding-from-erc/) - Professor Bernhard Hidding, from the Cockcroft Institute and University of Strathclyde, has been awarded more than €2 million by the European Research Council (ERC), for a project aiming to develop next-generation plasma-based electron beam sources for photon science and high-energy physics. The project, named NeXource, led by Professor Hidding, is one of around 300 successful
- [Accelerators for Security, Healthcare and the Environment (ASHE) Newsletter, Issue 1](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/04/01/accelerators-for-security-healthcare-and-the-environment-ashe-newsletter-issue-1/) - The Cockcroft Institute has released the inaugural issue of our new Accelerators for Security, Healthcare and the Environment (ASHE) newsletter where we hope to update stakeholders on industrially relevant work going on within the Cockcroft Institute. Each issue we will update on some of the students working within ASHE, as well as news items from
- [2020 Particle Physics Masterclass](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/03/13/2020-particle-physics-masterclass/) - On the 3rd, 4th and 5th of March the Cockcroft Institute hosted its annual Particle Physics Masterclass (PPMC) at Daresbury Laboratory. This event is designed to give a broad and entertaining overview of particle physics and accelerator science to GCSE and A-level science students and is always a hit with local schools. The masterclass was
- [A better place? Fostering inclusion in academia and industry](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/02/18/a-better-place-fostering-inclusion-in-academia-and-industry/) - Lancaster University 4th March 2020 A one-day event to discuss best practice for supporting the career progression of underrepresented groups in STEM, with the aim of sharing best practice between academia and industry. Following on from Lancaster University’s 2014 event A woman’s place? that explored the place of women in STEM careers, we now take another look
- [LINAC2020 – Registration is now open](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/01/30/linac2020-registration-is-now-open/) - The 30th Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC) will come to England, the birthplace of accelerator science and take place at the Arena and Convention Centre in beautiful Liverpool, UK from 30 August - 4 September 2020. LINAC is the main bi-yearly gathering for the worldwide community of linear accelerator experts. The conference will provide a unique
- [GAME-CHANGING PLASMA ACCELERATOR](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2020/01/20/game-changing-plasma-accelerator/) - EuPRAXIA project concludes its conceptual design for a powerful, small-footprint accelerator Progress towards ultra-compact, powerful particle accelerators for medicine, science, and industry has come a step closer with the completion of the EuPRAXIA design study, showing that plasma acceleration provides a viable alternative to established accelerator technologies. Currently, the size and cost of accelerator facilities
- [Europe’s next big particle collider?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/12/10/europes-next-big-particle-collider/) - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Europe’s particle physics centre CERN is the largest and one of the most successful scientific instruments ever built. The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 at the LHC resulted in the award of a Nobel Prize to the British theoretical physicist Peter Higgs and in the ensuing years
- [Tactile Collider wins RNIB See Differently award](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/12/02/tactile-collider-wins-rnib-see-differently-award/) - Tactile Collider, led by the Cockcroft Institute and funded by the Science and Technologies Facilities Council won the Innovator of the Year Award in the RNIB See Differently awards 2019. This award is presented to an individual or organisation that has demonstrated and applied a new product, technology, or service which has significantly benefited people
- [CI Postgraduate Conference 2019](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/11/06/ci-postgraduate-conference-2019/) - The 8th annual Cockcroft Institute Postgraduate Conference (CIPGC) was held on 30th October 2019 at the Merrison Lecture Theatre of Daresbury Laboratory. It attracted 45 postgraduates and academics from all four CI Universities (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and Strathclyde) and ASTeC. CI Director, Prof. Peter Ratoff gave an opening speech. He welcomed the participants for this
- [Challenges in experiment-machine interfacing takes AVA Fellows to Slovenia](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/10/30/challenges-in-experiment-machine-interfacing-takes-ava-fellows-to-slovenia/) - Antimatter experiments address some of the most fundamental questions in science by studying the building bricks of nature. Measurements are currently carried out at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland and include laser spectroscopy on antihydrogen as well as gravity measurements. These aim at finding differences in the fundamental properties of an antimatter particle and its matter
- [OMA careers workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/09/27/oma-careers-workshop/) - The CI-led OMA network organized a Researcher Careers Workshop in the beautiful city of Seville, Spain on 2–3 September 2019. This event was held exclusively for the OMA Fellows and researchers from the National Accelerator Centre (CNA) in Seville. As the OMA Fellows’ training within the European network is coming to an end, they are
- [International Conference on Medical Accelerators and Particle Therapy held in Seville](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/09/25/international-conference-on-medical-accelerators-and-particle-therapy-held-in-seville/) - The Marie Curie Innovative Training Network OMA – Optimization of Medical Accelerators - coordinated by CI/University of Liverpool, has held its final official event in the form of an International Conference on Medical Accelerators and Particle Therapy. The conference took place from 4-6 September 2019 at the headquarters of one of the project partners, the
- [Trojan horse paves the way to brighter, more compact electron accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/09/13/trojan-horse-paves-the-way-to-brighter-more-compact-electron-accelerators/) - A team of researchers led by the Cockcroft Institute’s Professor Bernard Hidding (University of Strathclyde) has developed a ground breaking technique that could produce an electron beam up to 10,000 times brighter than the most powerful beams today. Known as the ‘E-210: Trojan Horse’, the technique involves releasing electrons from neutral atoms inside plasma, to
- [New Vertical Test Facility installed in Daresbury](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/09/11/new-vertical-test-facility-installed-in-daresbury/) - A new Vertical Test Facility (VTF) developed by a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the Cockcroft Institute has been commissioned at Daresbury Laboratory for the testing of superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities at 2K. Starting next year, the VTF will support an intensive testing schedule as part of the UK’s in-kind contribution to the European
- [Optimization of Medical Accelerators consortium welcomes TRIUMF as newest adjunct partner](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/31/optimization-of-medical-accelerators-consortium-welcomes-triumf-as-newest-adjunct-partner/) - The Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) consortium is pleased to announce its newest adjunct partner: TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre. Established in 1968 in Vancouver, TRIUMF is Canada’s particle accelerator centre. Powered by a diverse community of nearly 600 researchers, engineers, staff, and students, the lab is pushing frontiers in isotope science and innovation, as well
- [A Roadmap for Plasma Wakefield Acceleration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/29/a-roadmap-for-plasma-wakefield-acceleration/) - Plasma wakefield accelerators rely on laser- or particle beam-driven intense plasma waves as accelerating medium, with electric fields 1000 times stronger than in conventional accelerators. This opens pathways to reduce the size of accelerators from the km-scale to the metre-scale, and to realize and explore previously inaccessible output beam parameter regimes. A quickly growing worldwide
- [Advanced Researcher Career Skills School held in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/24/advanced-researcher-career-skills-school-held-in-liverpool/) - The transition to the next job from a Marie Curie Fellowship is a challenging prospect in an ever more competitive job market. The European innovative training networks OMA and AVA that are both coordinated by the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool have held a joint 4-day Advanced Researcher Career Skills School on the main campus of
- [CLARA holds its first User Meeting](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/22/clara-holds-its-first-user-meeting/) - From September 2018 to March 2019 CLARA has been delivering high-brightness electrons to a number of user experiments following a competitive beam application process and covering a wide range of disciplines. Results from these first experiments as well as plans for the next exploitation periods were presented at the first CLARA User Meeting, held at
- [Tactile Collider wins European outreach award](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/19/tactile-collider-wins-european-outreach-award/) - The communication of the science and engineering we do in our field has never been more important, with the aim of explaining our scientific progress and involving as many people as possible in our scientific debates. Tactile Collider is an STFC-funded project led by Cockcroft Institute scientists which has tackled the communication to underrepresented audiences
- [Ernest Rutherford Fellowships – Call now open](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/17/ernest-rutherford-fellowships-call-now-open/) - STFC has launched a call for the next round of Ernest Rutherford Fellowships. Its aim is to support future scientific leaders to establish a strong, independent research programme. The fellowships will last for five years and are intended for early career researchers who do not have an academic position yet. The Cockcroft Institute has a
- [First UK ESS Cavity Tested](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/15/first-uk-ess-cavity-tested/) - The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a multi-disciplinary research centre currently under construction in Lund, Sweden. When complete, the ESS will be the brightest neutron source in the world, enabling new opportunities for researchers across a broad range of scientific areas. The project is being funded by Sweden and multiple other European nations, including the
- [ASTeC hosts Fermilab Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/10/astec-hosts-fermilab-chief-strategic-partnerships-officer/) - Fermilab’s Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer, Alison Markovitz, visited Daresbury on 6 June as part of a UK stakeholder visit, where she was shown the ASTeC Superconducting RF Laboratory (SuRFLab) and the vast hall formerly occupied by the Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS). Building on AsTEC’s experience in delivering superconducting cavities for the European Spallation Source project,
- [Accelerator science showcased at international Symposium](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/08/accelerator-science-showcased-at-international-symposium/) - Particle accelerators have numerous applications across many fields including fundamental research, healthcare, electronics, environment and energy, but despite the vast benefits of accelerators for our everyday life the whole research area is still pretty much unknown to the majority of people. An international Symposium 'Accelerators for Science and Society' that took place at the Liverpool
- [PRL on new sensor application published](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/07/05/prl-on-new-sensor-application-published/) - A truly bold idea was proposed in April 2018. In order to improve existing simulation models of electrostatic beam transfer lines that find application in low energy antiproton and ion beam facilities around the world, a method should be established to measure the three-dimensional electrostatic field distribution. However, no analogon to the commonly used Hall
- [Advanced school on particle cancer therapy held at TU Vienna](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/04/08/advanced-school-on-particle-cancer-therapy-held-at-tu-vienna/) - Members of the Cockcroft Institute, together with medical experts, research Fellows and PhD students from across Europe and beyond, took part in the Advanced School on Medical Accelerators and Particle Therapy at TU Vienna in Vienna, Austria between 1-5 April 2019. The school was organised by the OMA network, which is coordinated by experts of
- [How fundamental science is changing our world](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/03/28/how-fundamental-science-is-changing-our-world/) - Fundamental science benefits society in many ways, from generating knowledge about how our universe works, to enabling unexpected and often transformative applications. Particle accelerators have been at the centre of many of the most advanced research infrastructures for decades. They have enabled many discoveries, such as the Higgs boson, and also led to the development
- [Former CI Director elected corresponding Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/03/27/former-ci-director-elected-corresponding-fellow-of-royal-society-of-edinburgh/) - The Royal Society of Edinburgh has named Fermilab Distinguished Scientist Swapan Chattopadhyay an RSE Fellow. In May, he will be one of 62 fellows elected this year who will be inducted into the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland’s National Academy. Chattopadhyay was elected a “corresponding fellow” of the RSE, one of the four selected internationally,
- [Accelerating the future: Designing a robust and affordable radiation therapy treatment system for challenging environments](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/03/25/accelerating-the-future-designing-a-robust-and-affordable-radiation-therapy-treatment-system-for-challenging-environments/) - Three members of The Cockcroft Institute, Prof Graeme Burt (Lancaster University), Prof Peter McIntosh (ASTeC/STFC) and Dr Deepa Angal-Kalinin (ASTeC/STFC) recently attended a workshop organised by the International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), CERN and STFC to address the global shortage of radiotherapy facilities in low-middle income countries. The workshop was held in Gaborone, Botswana from
- [PhD student scoops a summer intern post](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/03/01/phd-student-scoops-a-summer-intern-post/) - PhD student Pavel Juarez-Lopez has been selected for a 3 month summer intern position at the HZB facility in Berlin, joining their photocathode team to work on the production and characterisation of multi-alkali metal CsKSb (caesium potassium antimonide) thin film photocathodes. The summer intern post was offered by Dr Julius Kühn at HZB through the
- [News of breakthroughs from the AWAKE Experiment at CERN](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/02/17/news-of-breakthroughs-from-the-awake-experiment-at-cern/) - Breakthrough results from the AWAKE project have just been published in the prestigious scientific journal ‘Physical Review Letters’, both of them at "editor's suggestion". The first paper describes experimental evidence for seeded self-modulation of long bunches of protons in a rubidium plasma, using time-resolved Optical Transition Radiation (OTR) images taken with a streak camera, supported
- [Accelerator designers met at GSI to discuss facility optimization](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/02/15/accelerator-designers-met-at-gsi-to-discuss-facility-optimization/) - The Antiproton Decelerator (AD) and the Extra Low ENergy Antiproton (ELENA) rings are unique facilities at CERN designed to trap, store and facilitate antimatter research. They help scientists understand fundamental properties of antimatter and to advance fundamental scientific knowledge. ELENA is currently being commissioned and will improve the conditions for antimatter experiments dramatically by lowering
- [Working together for a future without cancer](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/02/03/working-together-for-a-future-without-cancer/) - World Cancer Day is recognised on February 4th this year and is used to raise awareness of one of the world’s most deadly diseases. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death worldwide and up to 3.7 million lives could be saved each year by implementing resource appropriate strategies for prevention, early detection and treatment .
- [The Christie treats first patients with high energy protons](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/01/25/the-christie-treats-first-patients-with-high-energy-protons/) - The first patients have been treated at the newly opened proton therapy centre at the Christie hospital in Manchester, UK. It has been reported by the BBC that fifteen-year-old Mason Kettley, who has a rare brain cancer, will be amongst the first treated. This facility is the first of its kind to treat cancer patients
- [International collaboration publishes design for a post-LHC future circular collider](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/01/16/international-collaboration-publishes-design-for-a-post-lhc-future-circular-collider/) - The Future Circular Collider (FCC) collaboration submitted its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) for publication, a four-volume document that presents the different options for a large circular collider of the future, an electron-positron (ee) collider and a hadron-hadron (hh) collider with an integrated hadron-electron (he) collider. It showcases the physics opportunities offered by machines of unprecedented
- [3rd OMA Topical Workshop held at GSI](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2019/01/11/3rd-oma-topical-workshop-held-at-at-gsi/) - A workshop on Medical Accelerator Design and Diagnostics was held at GSI in Darmstadt, Germany, on 10th - 12th December, 2018. Speakers discussed the latest developments in technology for beam monitoring in medical accelerators. The scientific discussions were lead by invited plenary speakers, OMA Fellows and external participants and included over 30 delegates. The workshop linked OMA work package 2, Beam Imaging
- [EuPRAXIA holds its third yearly meeting in Frascati](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/12/10/eupraxia-holds-its-third-yearly-meeting-in-frascati/) - The EuPRAXIA consortium, of which the University of Liverpool is one of the main partners, held its third Yearly Meeting, followed by two and a half days of collaboration meetings, at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, in Frascati (Italy) from 19 to 23 November. The event included the participation, for the second time, of
- [7th annual Postgraduate Conference held at CI](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/12/03/7th-annual-postgraduate-conference-held-at-ci/) - 24th October 2018 saw the 7th annual CI Postgraduate Conference, which was held in our own Merrison Lecture Theatre on the Daresbury Science and Technology Campus. 36 of our postgraduates and academics attended from all four of the Cockcroft universities (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and Strathclyde) and from the Accelerator Science and Technology Centre (ASTeC). Peter
- [Liverpool to host international symposium on Future Circular Collider technologies](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/11/28/liverpool-to-host-international-symposium-on-future-circular-collider-technologies/) - Liverpool Convention Centre, 22 March 2019 Being the largest machine in the World, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been an unparalleled source of technological development and innovation as well as a major contributor to our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the Universe. Now, scientists from all over the World are collaborating to
- [Cockcroft Institute at Linac18 in Beijing](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/11/13/cockcroft-institute-at-linac18-in-beijing/) - The 29th International Linear Accelerator Conference (Linac18) was hosted by the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) at the Friendship Hotel in Beijing over 16th – 21st September 2018. During the conference, the Cockcroft Institute and ASTeC have made significant contributions to the scientific programme, organisationally convening sessions
- [Successful measurement program at the MAX IV synchrotron](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/11/12/successful-measurement-program-at-the-max-iv-synchrotron/) - A group of PhD students from the Cockcroft Institute have recently returned from an extremely successful measurement program at the MAX IV synchrotron in Lund, Sweden. Joe Wolfenden (University of Liverpool), Bill Kyle (University of Manchester), and Tom Pacey (University of Manchester) have been working at the centre of a new collaboration with MAX IV
- [AWAKE Collaboration prepares for Run 2](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/11/09/awake-collaboration-prepares-for-run-2/) - The AWAKE project — the world’s first proton-driven plasma wakefield accelerator experiment — will soon end Phase 2 of its first experimental Run at the end of 2018, when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) begin their Long Shutdown 2. Success in the world’s first acceleration of electrons in a proton-driven
- [Interactive Grant Writing workshop held at Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/11/07/interactive-grant-writing-workshop-held-at-cockcroft-institute/) - PhD and Post Docs from the Cockcroft Institute took part in two workshops designed to introduce early career researchers to apply for funding as independent scientists. The first workshop consisted of talks delivered by four experienced researchers introducing concepts related to grant writing through describing their experiences of applying and successfully gaining grants. Funding schemes
- [How to characterize antimatter beams?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/10/31/how-to-characterize-antimatter-beams/) - Antimatter particles, such as positrons, antiprotons and antihydrogen open unique insight into some of the most fundamental questions in modern physics. However, they are not only very difficult to produce – they also pose numerous challenges when it comes to measuring their properties in detail. Around 30 experts from all over the world came together
- [If you invented a giant machine - what would it do?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/10/25/if-you-invented-a-giant-machine-what-would-it-do/) - Treat cancer? Generate energy? Make food last longer? The people of Liverpool are being invited to participate in a community-designed art installation more than 20 metres beneath the city’s streets. It will showcase the city’s acclaimed artists and ground breaking scientific discoveries made possible by particle accelerators. It is a result of an exciting partnership between The University
- [Science knows no borders](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/10/23/science-knows-no-borders/) - International collaboration has probably never been more important than it is today. With human society facing a number of wide-ranging ‘global challenges’ such as food security, climate change, energy security and diseases, international collaboration in research is essential to find solutions to these problems. International collaboration is also increasingly synonymous with excellent research. Collaborating internationally
- [The Force is strong at CI](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/10/19/the-force-is-strong-at-ci/) - On 11th October 2018, the Star Wars universe came to Daresbury Laboratory. Professor Carsten Welsch, Head of the Liverpool Accelerator Science group, gave a special staff seminar on the Physics of Star Wars. This followed on from a highly successful event he organised for Liverpool staff and students last year. The special event included hands-on
- [World's first crabbing of a proton beam](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/10/11/worlds-first-crabbing-of-a-proton-beam-2/) - Crab cavities are special electromagnetic cavities that use electric and magnetic fields to rotate the bunch prior to collision in a particle collider so that the beams collide head-on rather than at an angle. This is one of the most critical elements of the LHC luminosity upgrade. While the concept has been proven on electron
- [Cockcroft aviation cargo screening linac achieves 3.5 MeV](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/09/07/cockcroft-aviation-cargo-screening-linac-achieves-3-5-mev/) - A small scale particle accelerator for security X-ray scanning designed, and commissioned at STFC Daresbury Laboratory and the Cockcroft Institute has successfully accelerated an electron beam to 3.5 MeV. The linac, designed by Lancaster University and STFC Accelerator Science and Technology Centre (ASTeC) and Technology Departments, is optimised for X-ray screening of aviation cargo. These
- [Institute of Engineering and Technology make videos at Cockcroft on the role on Engineers working on accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/08/31/institute-of-engineering-and-technology-make-videos-at-cockcroft-on-the-role-on-engineers-working-on-accelerators/) - The IET has made a series of videos to promote the Particle Accelerator Engineering Network community within the IET (co-sponsored by the IMechE Mechatronics group). The videos were shot at Daresbury and The Christie Hospital and cover 4 themes, international accelerator projects, medical accelerators, industrial linacs and future particle accelerators. Several Cockcroft engineers and applied
- [AWAKE achieves first ever acceleration of electrons in a proton-driven plasma wave](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/08/29/awake-achieves-first-ever-acceleration-of-electrons-in-a-proton-driven-plasma-wave/) - Novel scheme paves way for entirely new range of particle physics experiments In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the AWAKE collaboration reports the first ever successful acceleration of electrons at CERN, using a wave generated by protons zipping through a plasma. The acceleration obtained over a given distance is already several times
- [Observe. Explore. Experiment - CI contributions to BlueDot](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/08/15/observe-explore-experiment-ci-contributions-to-bluedot/) - Members of the Cockcroft Institute have once again discovered the intergalactic festival of music, science, arts and exploration of space that is Bluedot. Returning for a third year, the team from the Cockcroft Institute involving staff and students from the CI universities Manchester and Liverpool, as well as from STFC's ASTeC introduced their new Sensing the Invisible
- [CI invites expressions of interest for prestigious Fellowships](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/07/25/ci-invites-expressions-of-interest-for-prestigious-fellowships/) - The Cockcroft Institute offers a vibrant environment for cutting edge R&D into the science and technology of particle accelerators. For many years the institute has helped researchers to secure prestigious Fellowships that enable them to realise ambitious research programmes with one of our stakeholder universities or STFC/ASTeC. We currently invite expressions of interest for two prestigious Fellowships: STFC Ernest Rutherford
- [Antimatter School held at CERN](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/07/16/antimatter-school-held-at-cern/) - The Cockcroft Institute has a unique track record in the coordination of pan-European training networks and has coordinated no less than 5 such initiatives over the past decade. Defining new training standards in antimatter research is the declared goal of AVA (Accelerators Validating Antimatter physics) The project aims to enable world-class research with low energy
- [Cockcroft Institute hosts major events on plasma accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/07/11/cockcroft-institute-hosts-major-events-on-plasma-accelerators/) - Scientists from across Europe gathered in Liverpool last week to discuss the future of plasma accelerators, advanced laser technology, and industry opportunities alongside a discussion of research progress made within the EuPRAXIA Design Study, supported by the European Union within the Horizon2020 Framework Programme. The EuPRAXIA collaboration, which involves the CI Universities Liverpool, Manchester and
- [CI research selected as 2017 Research Highlight](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/07/02/ci-research-selected-as-2017-research-highlight/) - Superconductor Science and Technology (SUST) is an international multidisciplinary journal for papers on all aspects of superconductivity. It covers theories of superconductivity, the relation of microstructure and growth to superconducting properties, as well as R&D into the fabrication and properties of thin films and devices. The journal has just published a collection of some of the
- [Postgraduates at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/06/18/postgraduates-at-the-cockcroft-institute/) - Well, it’s been a busy few months in our Institute’s postgraduate programme, so here’s a roundup of what’s been going on. As some of you know - if you’ve been watching for our PhD positions being advertised on www.FindAPhd.com - we are currently recruiting for a number of postgraduate positions within our Institute, aiming to have
- [Official Ground-Breaking Ceremony for LHC Upgrade](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/06/15/official-ground-breaking-ceremony-for-lhc-upgrade/) - Today marks the official ground-breaking ceremony and hence the beginning of the works to upgrade the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). This important upgrade will help improve the performance of the world’s largest accelerator to bring out its full potential. The HL-LHC project is an international endeavour that began in
- [IPAC 18 – A PhD student’s experience](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/06/15/ipac-18-a-phd-students-experience/) - Between the 29 April and 4 May this year, physicists and engineers from around the world gathered in Vancouver, Canada for the 9th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 18). I was fortunate enough to be able to join them, thanks to student grants from the Institute of Physics and the organisers of IPAC 18. As
- [First Accelerators for Security, Healthcare and the Environment Summer School held at CI](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/06/05/first-accelerators-for-security-healthcare-and-the-environment-summer-school-held-at-ci/) - The Cockcroft Institute hosted the first of hopefully many summer schools as part of the Accelerators for Security, Healthcare and the Environment (ASHE) centre for doctoral training starting on Tuesday 22nd May. Dr Graeme Burt, Head of the ASHE programme said "Particle accelerators are a vital part of UK industry and we hope this school
- [World’s first crabbing of a proton beam](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/05/26/worlds-first-crabbing-of-a-proton-beam/) - Experts from across the Cockcroft Institute, working closely with colleagues at CERN, have contributed to a technology breakthrough that promises to revolutionise the world of high energy particle physics and is a crucial step along the path to the future development of the Large Hadron Collider and the further unlocking of the secrets of the universe. The CI team has
- [Symposium: Quantum Leap Towards the Next Generation of Particle Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/05/25/symposium-quantum-leap-towards-the-next-generation-of-particle-accelerators/) - Accelerator science has made possible the digital revolution, now scientists across Europe are collaborating to design the world’s first high-energy plasma-based accelerator facility, which will be stronger and more compact than the current accelerators used by industry today. The future of accelerators, advanced laser technology, and the industry opportunities will be discussed at a one-day
- [Accelerators for Security, Healthcare and the Environment Summer School](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/05/21/accelerators-for-security-healthcare-and-the-environment-summer-school/) - Cockcroft will be hosting the first of hopefully many summer schools as part of the Accelerators for Security, Healthcare and the Environment doctoral training centre starting on Tuesday 22nd May and running for two weeks. The school focuses on smaller industrial accelerators used in radiotherapy, medical imaging, cargo scanning, irradiation of wastewater, mass spectrometry and
- [Cockcroft researchers make major contributions to IPAC18](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/05/16/cockcroft-researchers-make-major-contributions-to-ipac18/) - This year the 9th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC18) was held in Vancouver, Canada, from April 29 to May 4. IPACis the world’s largest accelerator conference, attracting more than one thousand delegates to present and discuss the latest R&D results in accelerator science. Researchers and students from all CI institutions joined this year's conference and made major contributions to the scientific
- [FCC Week 2018](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/04/23/fcc-week-2018/) - More than 450 participants in the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Study met last week in Amsterdam for its annual collaboration week. The Cockcroft Institute had an important representation in the FCC Week 2018 with Oleg Malyshev, Reza Valizadeh, Ruta Sirvinskaite, and Taaj Sian presenting six posters about their work on surface engineering and coatings for
- [Spring 2018 AWAKE Collaboration meeting held at CI](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/04/04/spring-2018-awake-collaboration-meeting-held-at-ci/) - The AWAKE project -- the world’s first proton-driven plasma wakefield accelerator experiment – has just entered Phase 2 of its first Run, due to be completed by the end of 2018. Results from the first year have been overwhelmingly positive. On the 12th, 13th and 14th of March, the Cockcroft Institute was host to the
- [OMA Topical Workshop on Facility Design Optimization for Treatment](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/03/27/oma-topical-workshop-on-facility-design-optimization-for-treatment/) - The Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) project, coordinated by Prof Carsten Welsch, member of the Cockcroft Institute and Head of the Liverpool Physics Department, held its 1st OMA Topical Workshop on 12th – 13th March 2018 at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. Approximately thirty delegates attended this event, amongst them several OMA fellows,
- [Annual Particle Physics Masterclass at Daresbury](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/03/26/annual-particle-physics-masterclass-at-daresbury/) - Between the 6th and 8th of March the Cockcroft Institute hosted its annual Particle Physics Masterclass (PPMC) at Daresbury Laboratory. The PPMC programme, which gives a broad overview of particle physics and accelerator science, is targeted at GCSE and A-level science students and has grown to become popular with schools in the north-west and beyond.
- [High Performance Computing School at Daresbury](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/03/21/high-performance-computing-school-at-daresbury/) - From 12th March, LIV.DAT students attended a High Performance Computing (HPC) School partially hosted at the Cockcroft Institute and organized by the University of Liverpool and LJMU. The four-day programme introduced fellows to the cutting edge facilities available and the techniques they would be expected to use throughout their projects, focusing on HPC, visualisation, machine
- [Tactile Collider is now award winning](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/02/28/tactile-collider-is-now-award-winning/) - The Cockcroft Institute’s major outreach project Tactile Collider, which brings the science and engineering of the Large Hadron Collider and the Higgs boson to visually impaired audiences has won two awards in the University of Manchester’s Better World Showcase 2018. The project won the People’s Vote for 'their fantastic work making some of the most
- [Cockcroft PhD student appears on Blue Peter](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/02/22/cockcroft-phd-student-appears-on-blue-peter/) - Sam Pitman, PhD student at Lancaster University/ The Cockcroft Institute recently appeared on a recent Blue Peter special on “Epic Science”. As part of the special episode Blue Peter presenter Radzi visited CERN to learn about the Large Hadron Collider, in which Cockcroft is playing a key role in the high luminosity upgrade. The show
- [Meeting of the PERLE Collaboration at Daresbury](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/02/14/meeting-of-the-perle-collaboration-at-daresbury/) - January 15th and 16th saw the evolving Collaboration on the PERLE project discussing its status and plans towards building a new class of energy recovery linac (ERL) at Orsay, at a meeting jointly organised by Daresbury (Deepa Angal-Kalinin and colleagues) and Liverpool (Max Klein). The salient features of PERLE are its high current and energy,
- [First 'Intelligent Controls for Particle Accelerators Workshop' Hosted at Daresbury](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/02/09/first-intelligent-controls-for-particle-accelerators-workshop-hosted-at-daresbury/) - The first Intelligent Controls for Particle Accelerators workshop was held at Daresbury Laboratory, Tuesday-Wednesday 30th-31st January 2018. The goal of the workshop was to ferment cooperation and discuss future developments in this growing field of AI application to Particle Accelerators. A welcome address was given by Lab Director Professor Susan Smith, who made a convincing
- [CI paper amongst 2017 Physics of Plasma Highlights](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/02/09/ci-paper-amongst-2017-physics-of-plasma-highlights/) - ‘Beam quality study for a grating-based dielectric laser-driven accelerator’, authored by CI researcher Yelong Wei et al, has been selected as one of the 20 most impactful articles by the journal Physics of Plasma in 2017. Specifically, it was one of the journal's most downloaded articles last year. This open source article numerically investigates the
- [CI pioneers novel media training for researchers](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/01/28/ci-pioneers-novel-media-training-for-researchers/) - From 15th-19th January 2018, Fellows from the Cockcroft Institute-led AVA network attended a Media Training at one of the UK’s premium creative hubs, MediaCityUK. AVA is a new European Union-funded network between universities, research centres such as CERN, and industry. It enables ground-breaking research with low energy antimatter. Professor Carsten Welsch, coordinator of AVA said,
- [CI-led Researcher Skills School links two major training initiatives](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/01/24/ci-led-researcher-skills-school-links-two-major-training-initiatives/) - From 8th – 12th January 2018, LIVDAT students and fellows from the EU funded Horizon 2020 Initial Training Network (ITN) AVA attended a Complementary Skills School at the University of Liverpool. The school focused on developing the skills essential for early stage researchers including presentation skills, project management, peer review and IPR. Workshops were delivered
- [PhD project opportunities](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2018/01/08/phd-project-opportunities/) - Exciting PhD project opportunities covering a range of research areas are now available at the Cockcroft Institute. Detailed information about all projects can be found here.
- [Fermilab Director visits Daresbury Laboratory](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/12/20/fermilab-director-visits-daresbury-laboratory/) - The first project to be approved under a new bilateral UK-USA science and technology agreement is the DUNE-LBNF long baseline neutrino oscillations experiment at Fermilab in Chicago. £65m has been earmarked by STFC to support the construction of three major contributions to the programme, including superconducting RF cryo-modules for the 800 MeV PIP-II proton linear
- [Implementing CERN Technology on X-ray FELs](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/12/14/implementing-cern-technology-on-x-ray-fels/) - The Cockcroft Institute is helping to apply advanced linac technology developed at CERN to design a new generation of compact X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs), thanks to a €3 million project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. Beginning in January 2018, “CompactLight” aims to design the first hard XFEL based on 12 GHz X-band technology,
- [OMA School on Monte Carlo Simulations](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/12/05/oma-school-on-monte-carlo-simulations/) - The Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) project, coordinated by Prof Carsten Welsch, member of the Cockcroft Institute and Head of the Liverpool Physics Department, held an international school on Monte Carlo simulations at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, between 6 - 10 November 2017. The School programme was delivered by international experts from institutions including CERN, LMU Munich
- [EuPRAXIA celebrates its second yearly meeting in Lisbon](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/12/04/eupraxia-celebrates-its-second-yearly-meeting-in-lisbon/) - The EuPRAXIA consortium, of which the University of Liverpool is one of the main partners, has held its second Yearly Meeting at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon from 20 to 24 November. EuPRAXIA is preparing a conceptual design for the world’s first multi-GeV plasma-based accelerator with industrial beam quality, and the project has just
- [Postgraduate Conference 2017](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/27/postgraduate-conference-2017/) - The 6th annual CI Postgraduate Conference was held on 3rd November 2017 at the Merrison Lecture Theatre of Daresbury Lab. It attracted 40 postgraduates and academics from all four CI Universities (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester and Strathclyde) and ASTeC. CI Director, Prof. Peter Ratoff gave an opening speech. He welcomed all the participants and introduced the
- [Physics of Star Wars - Fact or Fiction?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/27/physics-of-star-wars-fact-or-fiction/) - CI Experts at Liverpool University bring the Force to life Light sabres, hyper speed and droids – will they be made possible with the latest accelerator research? With the imminent launch of “The Last Jedi”, Professor Carsten Welsch, Head of Physics at the University of Liverpool and Head of Communication for the Cockcroft Institute, has
- [Marie Curie Celebrations join institutions across Europe](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/22/marie-curie-celebrations-join-institutions-across-europe/) - 7th November was the 150th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie Skłodowska Curie. In order to celebrate her life and achievements, as well as the EU funding program that bears her name, researchers from the Cockcroft Institute organised a simultaneous event at the University of Liverpool, CERN in Geneva, and Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. Prof Carsten
- [First Accelerated Beam Through Linac 1](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/22/first-accelerated-beam-through-linac-1/) - On 16th November CLARA reached another significant milestone – accelerating electron beam with Linac 1 for the first time. At the first attempt a beam energy of 48 MeV was reached, far exceeding the minimum facility requirement of 40 MeV. Before attempting acceleration the electron gun and linac both had to go through an intense
- [HL-LHC prototype cryomodule completed](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/17/hl-lhc-prototype-cryomodule-completed/) - The HL-LHC project to increase the luminosity of the LHC met a key milestone this week when the first prototype crab cavity cryomodule for SPS was completed. The cavities included HOM couplers, thermal shields, supports and magnetic shield designed with Cockcroft engineers, and a cold magnetic shield manufactured by the Cockcroft Institute. Cockcroft Engineers were
- [New doctoral training centre ASHE launched at CI](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/13/new-doctoral-training-centre-ashe-launched-at-ci/) - The Cockcroft Institute has recently been awarded funding for a new doctoral training centre from STFC which had its first kick-off meeting on the 8th November. The Accelerators for Security, Healthcare and Environment (ASHE) project has a number of PhD students in 2017 who will undertake research projects on the application of particle accelerators to
- [150 years on Marie Curie is still inspiring young scientists](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/06/150-years-on-marie-curie-is-still-inspiring-young-scientists/) - Twice Nobel Prize winner celebrated on Marie Curie Day 7th November 2017 “I think Marie Skłodowska-Curie represents courage; she was able to overcome all these challenges and to pursue something fearlessly. It's because of her legacy that people like me are able to come overseas and pursue our own dreams,” says Jacinta Yap, a Marie
- [Physicists take their science to the visually impaired](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/03/physicists-take-their-science-to-the-visually-impaired/) - The Cockcroft Institute is delivering a brand-new exhibit to give blind and partially sighted people throughout the UK the opportunity to experience the amazing science of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. Tactile Collider is a first-of-its kind project and includes specially designed activities, tactile objects and soundscapes inspired by the Large Hadron Collider and the Higgs boson with
- [New Big Data Science training initiative led by Cockcroft expert](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/11/03/new-big-data-science-training-initiative-led-by-cockcroft-expert/) - The University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University have been awarded £1million for a new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in data intensive science (LIVDAT). The award is part of £10million investment from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to support eight new data intensive science CDTs across the UK. The constant advancement of
- [Cockcroft Member awarded Fellowship of The American Physical Society](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/10/25/cockcroft-member-awarded-fellowship-of-the-american-physical-society/) - Dr William Bertsche, lecturer with the Accelerator Physics group of the University of Manchester School of Physics and Astronomy and the Cockcroft Institute, has just been awarded a Fellowship of The American Physical Society (APS) for seminal contributions to the trapping of antihydrogen atoms and subsequent spectroscopic measurements on them; in particular for the development,
- [Cockcroft 120 Challenge](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/10/16/cockcroft-120-challenge/) - Earlier in the year we announced the Cockcroft 120 Challenge – a science communication competition to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth of Sir John Cockcroft. We asked schools to conduct their own high voltage experiment and to create a video of up to 30 seconds in length that demonstrates a high voltage experiment and
- [Cockcroft Student wins best student prize at European Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/10/09/cockcroft-student-wins-best-student-prize-at-european-advanced-accelerator-concepts-workshop/) - Alisa Healy, a 3rd year PhD student from Lancaster University/Cockcroft recently won one of three prizes for best student poster at the 3rd European Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop in Elba (EAAC 2017). The poster on Using THz to accelerate electrons in dielectric lined waveguide was judged to be one of three best posters out of 92 entrants.
- [Revealed: How to build a particle accelerator in a salad bowl](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/10/06/revealed-how-to-build-a-particle-accelerator-in-a-salad-bowl/) - One of the most popular experiments performed during the Workshops on Accelerator Science for teenagers organised by the Quasar Group in Daresbury last year was the “salad bowl accelerator”. This easy-to-build device employs the electrostatic potential created by a Van de Graaff generator to impulse a metal-coated ping pong ball around the walls of a
- [Erasmus students visit Daresbury Laboratory](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/09/22/erasmus-students-visit-daresbury-laboratory/) - A delegation of 40 sixth-form international students and teachers visited Daresbury Laboratory on Tuesday 19th September. The children were participating in an Erasmus project titled “Moving forward in Hi Tech” organised between schools in Turkey, Spain, UK, Italy and Holland. Alex Bainbridge, Lee Jones and Ricardo Torres put together a programme of activities designed to
- [CI at INTERACT Symposium](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/09/18/ci-at-interact-symposium/) - QUASAR Group members Dr Chris Edmonds and Dr Ricardo Torres, of the Cockcroft Institute and University of Liverpool, went to Birmingham on 14th September to participate in the INTERACT Symposium. INTERACT is a physics outreach symposium organised by STFC, the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the South East Physics Network Outreach (SEPnet). Chris and Ricardo presented
- [Demonstration of sub-luminal propagation of single-cycle terahertz pulses for particle acceleration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/09/06/demonstration-of-sub-luminal-propagation-of-single-cycle-terahertz-pulses-for-particle-acceleration/) - The demonstration of the slowing of single-cycle terahertz frequency (1012Hz) electromagnetic pulses to subluminal speeds has been published in Nature Communications. The work proves a new concept for velocity matching ultrashort, sub-picosecond, electromagnetic pulses with relativistic particle beams, opening up novel approaches for manipulating and accelerating femtosecond duration particle beams. The ASTeC and Manchester University
- [Cockcroft contributions to IBIC](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/09/04/cockcroft-contributions-to-ibic/) - The annual International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC) took place in Grand Rapids, USA between 20-24 August 2017. IBIC is a fruitful gathering of the world's beam instrumentation community and encourages international collaboration in the field of beam instrumentation for accelerators. The conference is dedicated to exploring the physics and engineering challenges of beam diagnostic and
- [Putting accelerators in the hands of students](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/09/01/putting-accelerators-in-the-hands-of-students/) - How using multimedia can explain reality in physical science outreach Using multimedia to engage students in accelerator science is one of the methods that the Cockcroft Institute has used to make the subject exciting and accessible to young people. The outreach team will be discussing their experiences at Interact, an engagement symposium for the physical
- [UK XFEL Accelerator Technology Programme Kicks Off](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/07/14/uk-xfel-accelerator-technology-programme-kicks-off/) - More than 60 members of the UK accelerator community gathered at Daresbury Laboratory on 4th July 2017 to officially launch the UK XFEL Underpinning Accelerator and FEL Technology Programme. Members of ASTeC, Cockcroft Institute, Diamond Light Source and John Adams Institute have generated the programme in response to the STFC 2016 FEL Strategic Review. The
- [Non-invasive beam profile monitor based on supersonic gas jet](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/07/03/non-invasive-beam-profile-monitor-based-on-supersonic-gas-jet/) - Dr. Hao Zhang of the University of Liverpool Non-interceptive beam profile monitors are of great importance for many particle accelerators worldwide. Extra challenges are posed by high-energy, high-intensity machines and low energy low-intensity accelerators. For these applications, existing diagnostics are no longer suitable due to the high power of the beam or the very low
- [High power laser-driven dense GeV e-e+ pairs production](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/07/03/high-power-laser-driven-dense-gev-e-e-pairs-production/) - Prof. Tongpu Yu Visiting Professor at University of Strathclyde The Breit-Wheeler (BW) process can be triggered by high power lasers. However, the straightforward laser-laser colliding for copious numbers of pair creation requires light intensities several orders of magnitude higher than possible with the ongoing laser facilities. Despite the numerous proposed approaches, creating high-energy-density pair plasmas
- [EuPRAXIA 1st Collaboration Week in Hamburg](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/07/03/eupraxia-1st-collaboration-week-in-hamburg/) - As the EuPRAXIA design study advances, it becomes increasingly complicated to have a complete overview of the project. The different work packages are closely interconnected and their common issues need to be clear to all involved. For that reason a series of EuPRAXIA Collaboration Weeks were foreseen as a means to meet and discuss the
- [Cockcroft start-up accelerates business with CERN technology](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/06/28/cockcroft-start-up-accelerates-business-with-cern-technology/) - A step change in precision for particle accelerators and light sources worldwide is one step nearer, thanks to pioneering start up, D-Beam – the newest member of the STFC CERN Business Incubation Centre (STFC CERN BIC). A spin out of the Cockcroft Institute for accelerator technology, D-Beam’s first commercial device is a sensor that is
- [State of the art cancer-treating cyclotron arrives at UK’s first high energy proton beam centre at The Christie](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/06/28/state-of-the-art-cancer-treating-cyclotron-arrives-at-uks-first-high-energy-proton-beam-centre-at-the-christie/) - A state of the art proton beam therapy machine, the ‘cyclotron’, was installed at the specialist cancer hospital The Christie in Manchester last week, marking a major milestone in a national NHS plan to provide high energy proton beam therapy in the UK from next year. Proton beam therapy has been offered overseas to NHS
- [3rd HiLumi Industry Day held in Warrington](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/06/23/3rd-hilumi-industry-day-held-in-warrington/) - The 3rd HiLumi Industry Day was held in Warrington on the 22nd - 23rd May, organized by CERN in connection with the major CERN project for the next decade, the High Luminosity LHC project (HL-LHC). This event followed the 2nd HiLumi Industry Day held in Lisbon in October 2016. Around 200 leading companies in the
- [International School on Medical Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/06/21/international-school-on-medical-accelerators/) - Researchers from the Cockcroft Institute organised the first scientific school of the OMA Project coordinated by CI/University of Liverpool at CNAO in Pavia, Italy between 4th - 9th June. The event gathered 75 delegates from across Europe. Along the OMA School, CNAO also hosted a School of the Medicis-Promed Innovative Training Network which provided excellent
- [Non-invasive Beam Profile Monitor – An Accelerator Physicists’ Dream](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/06/20/non-invasive-beam-profile-monitor-an-accelerator-physicists-dream/) - Beam profile measurement is very important for any particle accelerator to monitor how the beam moves and optimise the experimental output. Measuring the beam profile with high precision without affecting the primary beam’s motion has always been the dream of beam diagnostics experts from around the world. Beams with ever high intensity and high power
- [The Cockcroft Institute celebrates three major milestones](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/04/18/the-cockcroft-institute-celebrates-three-major-milestones/) - This week, the Cockcroft Institute for Accelerator Science and Technology has celebrated its partnership, new funding and new laboratories and office space as it relocated to its new building in the heart of STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory. With the accession of the University of Strathclyde to full membership of the CI, the institute has grown very
- [Accelerator Outreach kicks up a Notch](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/04/04/quasar-outreach-kicks-up-a-notch/) - Last Saturday was a hot day for our QUASAR Group’s effort to promote accelerator science among the public and attract youngsters to this exciting field of science and technology. The first highlight was a live radio interview involving Prof Carsten Welsch and Lina Hoummi in BBC Manchester’s breakfast show. The interview focused on the societal
- [Cockcroft Institute Triple Celebration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/03/29/cockcroft-institute-triple-celebration/) - Monday 10th April 2017, 11am to 3pm, Daresbury Laboratory The Cockcroft Institute (CI), a national centre for particle accelerator R&D in the UK, is probably the largest of its kind in the world, delivering world class R&D in RF based systems and novel methods of particle acceleration with major contributions to the realization of national
- [New £35m proton therapy centre will offer advanced life-saving cancer therapy in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/03/15/new-35m-proton-therapy-centre-will-offer-advanced-life-saving-cancer-therapy-in-liverpool/) - Cancer is a major social problem and it is the main cause of death between the ages 45-65 years. In the treatment of cancer, radio therapy (RT) plays an essential role. RT with protons, due to their unique physical and radiobiological properties, offers several advantages over photons for specific cancer types. In particular, they penetrate
- [British Science Week accelerates Cockcroft outreach activities](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/03/13/british-science-week-accelerates-cockcroft-outreach-activities/) - British Science Week is back to dazzle and enlighten children with the wonders of exploring what makes our Universe tick To celebrate it this year, the Cockcroft Institute has partnered up with Beamont Collegiate Academy (BCA) and will deliver hands-on activities on particle physics for the young and the young at heart to enjoy. The
- [Sharing the Fascination for Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/03/10/sharing-the-fascination-for-accelerators/) - After the success of the interactive accelerator workshops for teenagers organised by the Quasar group, the STFC has featured an article about the events in its latest issue of the magazine ‘Fascination’, including instructions on how to perform the experiments at home as well as links to the videos. The events, funded by the STFC
- [The PM Visits VELA and CLARA](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/02/06/the-pm-visits-vela-and-clara/) - As part of her recent visit to Daresbury Laboratory, the Prime Minister Theresa May was shown the VELA and CLARA accelerator R&D facilities by senior members of the Cockcroft Institute, highlighting the key technological and scientific developments being undertaken with industrial and academic collaborators. The Daresbury Sci-Tech campus was chosen as the location for her first
- [Accelerators – Size Matters](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/02/03/accelerators-size-matters/) - A beam of electrons was first observed to be accelerated with a ‘gradient’ – or energy transfer rate - of 300 MV/m, which is very high for present-day accelerators, in a device rather like a microchip. This was made of silica glass and powered by a commercial laser beam, at the SLAC laboratory in the
- [Accelerator experience days for teenagers at Daresbury Laboratory](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/01/25/accelerators-experience-days-for-teenagers-at-daresbury-laboratory/) - Building up on the great success of the interactive accelerator workshops for teenagers held last summer at the Cockcroft Institute located at Daresbury Laboratory, the QUASAR Group invited two further schools to join them for workshops in January. This gave even more children the opportunity to become a real accelerator scientists for a day. The
- [European Antimatter R&D network launched](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2017/01/16/european-antimatter-rd-network-launched/) - The Accelerators Validating Antimatter physics (AVA) project started officially on the 1 January 2017. AVA is an international collaboration of currently 25 institutions. Benefiting from almost 4 M€ of funding from the European Union, AVA will train no less than 15 early stage researchers over the next 4 years to carry out research into facility
- [AWAKE Experiment reaches important milestone](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/12/14/awake-experiment-reaches-important-milestone/) - AWAKE is a unique experiment at CERN using the high power SPS proton beam to drive large electric fields in a plasma in order to accelerate an externally injected electron beam. The Cockcroft Institute through the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester has contributed to AWAKE since the very beginning of the project. The collaboration
- [20 years of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/11/29/20-years-of-marie-sklodowska-curie-actions/) - The European Union is celebrating 20 years of its Research Fellowship Programme. Since 1996, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) have provided grants to train excellent researchers at all stages of their careers - be they doctoral candidates or highly experienced researchers – while encouraging transnational, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. The programme is named after the
- [Lancaster PhD student wins IET award](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/11/23/lancaster-phd-student-wins-iet-award/) - Samantha Pitman a 4th year PhD student at Lancaster University Engineering department and the Cockcroft Institute has won the IET best student poster prize at the joint IET/IMechE/IoP Particle Accelerator Engineering Network meeting at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on the 9th October. Sam also gave an invited talk at the meeting on her research into using an
- [Non-invasive intensity measurements of low energy beams demonstrated for the first time](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/11/23/non-invasive-intensity-measurements-of-low-energy-beams-demonstrated-for-the-first-time/) - A precise measurement of absolute beam intensity is essential for many experiments. It is a key parameter to monitor losses in a beam and to calibrate the absolute number of particles delivered to the experiments. However, this type of measurement is very challenging with traditional beam current diagnostics when it comes to low energy, low
- [Multi-million pound Large Hadron Collider upgrade project launched](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/11/21/multi-million-pound-large-hadron-collider-upgrade-project-launched/) - A new multi-million pound international project led by researchers from the Cockcroft Institute has been launched to contribute to the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva. The collider will be upgraded to the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) in the 2020s through a large international collaboration and the UK will make
- [Work on LHC published in European Physical Journal C](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/11/14/work-on-lhc-published-in-european-physical-journal-c/) - Understanding how particles such as protons scatter in matter is crucial to the design and operation of beam collimation systems in accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider. These collimation systems remove stray particles that would otherwise cause damage to the accelerator or the particle collision detectors. Stray protons collide with the material of the collimator
- [CI Postgraduate Conference 2016](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/11/09/the-5th-annual-postgraduate-conference/) - The 5th annual Postgraduate Conference was held on 31st October 2015 at the Cockcroft Institute (CI). This conference is an important event for all CI postgraduates and it provides a platform for them to networking, sharing information and practising their presentation skills. More than 40 postgraduates and academics including 9 students from the University of
- [Accelerating discoveries](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/11/02/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 Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, saw close to 1000 members of the public being
- [LA³NET Topical Workshops in Paris organized by Quasar Group](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/11/02/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 et Marie Curie Campus de Cordeliers and gathered more than 70 experts from all over
- [Hot News: Cockcroft Institute hosts Linac2020](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/09/30/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 opportunity to hear about the latest advances of projects and developments concerning hadron and lepton
- [Public lecture: Accelerating to the speed of light](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/09/27/public-lecture-accelerating-to-the-speed-of-light/) - The movement of atoms, the uncurling of proteins, are just two examples of ultra-fast phenomenon that can be detected with laser-light flashes of radiation generated by accelerators. Accelerators are currently used for medical diagnostics, cancer treatment, semiconductor research, materials development and particle physics – but the potential for industry is even greater. Prof. Carsten P.
- [Quasar Group showcased at IBIC 2016](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/09/23/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, held in conjunction with the Conference, featured once more the University of Liverpool/The Cockcroft Institute.
- [QUASAR Group leads session at Europe's largest higher education conference](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/09/16/quasar-group-leads-session-at-europes-largest-higher-education-conference/) - More than 5000 higher education professionals from all corners of the world have participated in the 28th European Association for International Education's (EAIE) annual conference held in Liverpool, 13th - 16th September. Magda Klimontowska and James Hunt from the QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool, led the 'Accelerator Researcher Career'
- [Multimillion Pound Project on Antimatter Research announced](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/09/07/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 be employed to carry out cutting edge research and follow a highly innovative training program.
- [QUASAR Group Research Coordinator](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/09/05/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 as advanced diagnostics for charged particle beams. The group is now looking for an outstanding
- [“A Cool Investigation into Antiproton Beam Dynamics”](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/08/31/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. Resta-López et.al) presents simulation studies undertaken to investigate the effects of beam heating phenomena present
- [OMA Steering Committee meets at GSI](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/08/05/oma-steering-committee-meets-at-gsi/) - The Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) is an international collaboration of 33 institutions which during the four year project duration will train 15 early stage researchers in the field of particle beam therapy for cancer treatment. The project started in February 2016 and is funded under Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network scheme. The
- [No slowing down of Cockcroft Outreach Activities](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/07/22/no-slowing-down-of-cockcroft-outreach-activities/) - Following on from the highly successful Daresbury Open Week, last Thursday, 14th July, saw even more outreach events attended by members of the Cockcroft Institute. The first event involved children from the Chernobyl children’s project, a charity which aims to support children and families affected by the 1986 nuclear disaster, visiting Daresbury Laboratory. Quasar group
- [Accelerators for Science and Society](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/07/13/accelerators-for-science-and-society/) - Daresbury Laboratory and the Cockcroft Institute have opened their doors to the general public. Last weekend saw more than 7,500 visitors come to Daresbury Laboratory for the conclusion of the Daresbury Open Week 2016 (#DOW16). Following on from a week of events for school children and industrial partners, those who braved a very British summer’s
- [Researcher Careers Workshop in Krakow](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/07/06/researcher-careers-workshop-in-krakow/) - The QUASAR Group, located at the Cockcroft Institute, organised a Researcher's Career Workshop hosted in the beautifully preserved city of Krakow, Poland, June 26 - 27, 2016. Expertly executed by Project Manager Magdalena Klimontowska, the event simultaneously acted as an important opportunity for researchers to explore career options and as a reunion for LA³NET and
- [Acceleration re-defined once again in Pisa](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/07/06/acceleration-re-defined-once-again-in-pisa/) - In 1589 the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei performed in Pisa his ground-breaking acceleration experiments, observing balls accelerating down a ramp. He timed the rolling balls by counting his heart beat, finding that the “the spaces traversed were to each other as the squares of the times”. Galileo’s results violated the ancient theory from Aristotles and
- [School Children Invade Cockcroft!](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/07/01/school-children-invade-cockcroft/) - The Cockcroft Institute located at Daresbury Laboratory has proven it excels, not only in academic prowess, but also in their commitment to the communication of their work to wider audiences, and this June has been no different. The Institute was overrun by 80+ school children (or future scientists) for an outreach day on the
- [Research Highlight: How to (better) model beam transport](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/07/01/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 necessity to optimise the performance of devices such as these. Researchers at the Cockcroft Institute
- [Cockcroft Academic to lead Liverpool Physics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/06/28/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 for a 5-year term later this year. Professor Welsch’s research covers the development and experimental
- [Job Vacancies for Beam Diagnostics Experts](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/06/24/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 experienced researcher who will lead and coordinate our research into optical diagnostics for conventional and
- [Cockcroft Innovation at Physics Innovate](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/06/24/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. One of the Cockcroft Institute stakeholders, the Department of Physics at the University of Liverpool
- [There has been an AWAKEning](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/06/22/there-has-been-an-awakening/) - First beam enters the AWAKE experiment at CERN The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) aims at studying plasma wakefield generation and electron acceleration driven by proton bunches. It is a proof-of-principle R&D experiment at CERN and the world׳s first proton driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment. It aims at demonstrating that very high
- [CLARA: From ideas to reality](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/06/20/clara-from-ideas-to-reality/) - Prof. Brian McNeil of the University of Strathclyde Short wavelength FELs are in their infancy. Current XFEL facilities are the equivalent of the first conventional ruby and early gas lasers. If built today, the proposed CLARA FEL test facility would be a unique resource able to test many of the new ideas being proposed for
- [Laser-driven ion acceleration from ultra thin foil targets](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/06/13/laser-driven-ion-acceleration-from-ultra-thin-foil-targets/) - Prof. Paul McKenna of the University of Strathclyde Recent progress in high power laser technology enables laser intensities up to 10^21 W/cm^2 to be achieved. Such lasers are now available in a number of laboratories worldwide. Typical pulses have durations from tens to hundreds of femtoseconds and carry electric fields in the order of TV/m.
- [Get to see science up close – Daresbury Open Week](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/05/27/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 spectacular and powerful science experiments. Researchers and students from the Cockcroft Institute will contribute to
- [CI Research presented in the Land of the Morning Calm](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/05/20/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 Asia/Oceania, Europe, and the Americas. Since 2010, IPAC has been the premier event in the
- [Quantum Sensors for Fundamental and Information Science](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/05/19/quantum-sensors-for-fundamental-and-information-science/) - Prof. Swapan Chattopadhyay Distinguished Scientist and Director’s Senior Leadership Team, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA and Presidential Chair of Research, Scholarship and Artistry, Director of Accelerator Research Northern Illinois University, USA Tremendous advances have been made in the last two decades in precision ‘Quantum’ technologies and techniques in multiple disciplines e.g. cavity electrodynamics, atomic beam interferometry,
- [Microwave suppression of surface resistance and dissipation limits in superconducting resonator cavities at strong RF fields.](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/05/19/microwave-suppression-of-surface-resistance-and-dissipation-limits-in-superconducting-resonator-cavities-at-strong-rf-fields-4/) - Prof. Alexander Gurevich Old Dominion University, Department of Physics, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA Microwave suppression of surface resistance Rs(w,Ha) in the Meissner state of superconductors under strong electromagnetic fields H(t) = Hacos(wt) at low temperatures T
- [How would a laser plasma accelerator with industry beam quality look like?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/04/29/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 Cockcroft Institute is a partner in the EuPRAXIA consortium and is making contributions to the development
- [Terahertz Acceleration and Sub-Femtosecond X-ray Production](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/04/25/terahertz-acceleration-and-sub-femtosecond-x-ray-production/) - Prof. Franz X Kartner Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, and Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany We report on experimental advances towards the development of a compact high-brilliance sub-femtosecond relativistic electron source based entirely on optical and terahertz (THz) technology. Employing accelerating frequencies two orders of magnitude higher, i.e. in the THz
- [Springer Thesis Award](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/03/30/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 of the work in Springer's collection of outstanding dissertations. Now in its sixth year this
- [2016 – a LEAP Year](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/03/16/2016-a-leap-year/) - Since 1990 the LEAP (Low Energy Antiproton Physics) conference is held every two or three years to discuss the latest findings and exchange information about research with low energy antiprotons. There has been some remarkable progress recently in experiments with low energy antiproton physics and new facilities such as the Extra Low Energy Antiproton Ring
- [New High Brightness High Repetition Rate RF Photocathode Source for CLARA test facility](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/03/15/new-high-brightness-high-repetition-rate-rf-photocathode-source-for-clara-test-facility/) - The CLARA Free Electron Laser test facility currently under construction at Daresbury Laboratory requires a high brightness electron photoinjector: an RF photocathode source, capable of operating at a 400 Hz repetition rate with a field in the cavity of 100 MV/m, and with up to 120 MV/m fields in lower repetition rate modes. The photoinjector will produce
- [The Daresbury Laboratory Particle Physics Masterclass 2016](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/03/08/the-daresbury-laboratory-particle-physics-masterclass-2016/) - Daresbury Laboratory recently held its Particle Physics Masterclass over the 3 days between March 1st and 3rd. The event was organised and publicised by the Daresbury public engagement team, and hosted by the Cockcroft Institute (CI), with scientists from ASTeC and the Cockcroft Universities ably-supported by CI Ph.D. students delivering the Masterclass activities. This year,
- [Lasers and Accelerators meet in Rome](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/03/07/lasers-and-accelerators-meet-in-rome/) - Alexandra Alexandrova, from the University of Liverpool and the Cockcroft Institute, participated in the 4th International Conference on Photoptics, Optics and Laser Technology, Photoptics 2016. The conference took place in Rome, Italy, between 27th-29th February. The event featured the latest trends in optics, photonics and lasers and their use and impact on modern society. This
- [CI researchers help improve cancer treatments with new proton imaging technology](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/03/04/ci-researchers-help-improve-cancer-treatments-with-new-proton-imaging-technology/) - Cockcroft Institute researchers are part of a major collaborative project to develop more powerful proton imaging technology that could provide more accurate cancer treatments. Cockcroft Institute researchers from Lancaster University and the University of Manchester are collaborating with clinicians at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and CERN to develop imaging technology that can be retro-fitted
- [£3 Million European Training Network for Particle Beam Cancer Therapy Launched](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/02/26/3-million-european-training-network-for-particle-beam-cancer-therapy-launched/) - The Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) started officially on 1 February 2016. OMA is an international collaboration of 31 institutions which during the four year project duration will train 15 early stage researchers in the field of particle beam therapy for cancer treatment. All project partners gathered for the Kick-off Meeting organized on 24th
- [The Cockcroft Institute develops novel accelerator for cancer therapy and imaging using protons](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/02/24/the-cockcroft-institute-develops-novel-accelerator-for-cancer-therapy-and-imaging-using-protons/) - Radiotherapy, most commonly with x-rays, is a widely used and effective form of cancer treatment. Using protons instead of x-rays allows better localisation of the radiation dose to the tumour and therefore less damage the surrounding healthy tissue. New imaging techniques such as proton Computed Tomography (pCT) can improve further this targeting. Fixed-Field Alternating-Gradient accelerators
- [New Study confirms Antihydrogen Charge is Neutral](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/02/12/new-study-confirms-antihydrogen-charge-is-neutral/) - A recent experimental result published in Nature by the ALPHA collaboration, improves upon the direct measurement of antihydrogen charge neutrality. This is a precision test conducted in pursuit of answers to the question of why the universe today is predominantly made of matter. According to the Standard Model, that predicts a universe composed of half
- [Future Circular Collider Meeting in Rome](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/02/08/future-circular-collider-meeting-in-rome/) - The second Annual Meeting of the Future Circular Collider study will take place from 11 to 15 April 2016 in Rome. The meeting brings together the world’s leading scientists and engineers and relevant industry representatives to set the goals for the coming year and further develop this globally coordinated strategy of converging activities. The preliminary
- [A versatile optical sensor for the characterization of fluids](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/02/03/a-versatile-optical-sensor-for-the-characterization-of-fluids/) - Laser self-mixing is a technique usually used for the measurement of low velocities and vibrations. In a paper that has just been published in the journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, CI researchers present how these measurements can be extended to velocities of fluids using additional seeding particles. Parameters of fluids such as velocity and
- [Plasma Accelerator Research Station taking Shape](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/01/29/plasma-accelerator-research-station-taking-shape/) - Particle accelerators find many applications in fundamental research, as well as in health, energy and security applications. They range from relatively compact, sometimes even table top devices to km-size particle colliders to unravel the secrets of the universe. In order to reduce the size, costs and complexity of these facilities, particle-driven plasma wakefield acceleration is
- [Commercialisation of projects developed at Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/01/25/commercialisation-of-projects-developed-at-cockcroft-institute/) - Based on the work developed within QUASAR group at the Cockcroft Institute a new ltd company D-Beam has been established to commercialise some of the results. D-Beam ltd provides optical diagnostics which have been developed as reliable and cost-efficient techniques for use at accelerator and clinical facilities, light sources, and reactors, i.e. for application in
- [A Pathway to New Physics and Numerous Applications](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/01/18/a-pathway-to-new-physics-and-numerous-applications/) - High energy particle beams with extreme luminosities and ultra-bright beams of energetic radiation are ubiquitous tools for studying the structure of matter in a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Last century saw huge progress in the development of very efficient radio-frequency based accelerators. However, these require large scale research infrastructures in order to
- [Academic Training Programme 2015-2016](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2016/01/06/academic-training-programme-2015-2016/) - Winter Term Lecture Poster 2015-2016
- [LA³NET and oPAC Fellows use Lightsaber to Diagnose Particle Beam](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/12/16/la³net-fellow-uses-lightsaber-to-diagnose-particle-beam/) - In time for the global launch of the latest Star Wars movie “The Force Awakens” LA3NET Fellow Thomas Hoffmann (CERN) and oPAC Fellow Konstantin Kruchinin (Royal Holloway University of London) have published their research results on the use of a laserwire scanner for the CERN Linac4 beam in the journal Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators
- [Shortage of accelerator scientists highlighted in New Statesman](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/12/07/shortage-of-accelerator-scientists-highlighted-in-new-statesman/) - The weekly political and cultural magazine New Statesman has just published an article by Prof. Carsten P. Welsch highlighting the risks that a shortage of trained accelerator scientists poses on the advancement of key technologies. This article echoes similar calls to action from related fields such as radiotherapy. A recent article in BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34359107)
- [Annual Meeting takes the pulse of EuroCirCol](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/12/04/annual-meeting-takes-the-pulse-of-eurocircol/) - Last June saw the start of the EU-funded EuroCirCol project, a design study for a post-LHC hadron collider in which the Cockcroft Institute is playing an important role. The study has received 3 M€ within the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Program to produce a conceptual design of a 100 TeV hadron collider
- [National Particle Accelerator Open Day](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/12/02/national-particle-accelerator-open-day/) - Daresbury laboratories played host to the 3rd annual national particle accelerator open day. The national event, sponsored by the IoP Particles and Beams group, opens up the doors of one particle accelerator laboratory each year to undergraduate engineering and physics students in the UK. This year saw over 70 attendees from a number of UK
- [Cockcroft Institute Particle Accelerator School](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/11/30/cockcroft-institute-particle-accelerator-school-4/) - The Cockcroft Institute recently held its second particle accelerator school at the start of November. The school was attended by 23 students from 5 different Universities and ASTeC. The two week school was split into two parts with the mornings dedicated to lectures, including a talk on the new proton therapy centres from Ranald MacKay
- [Designing the Future of the LHC](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/11/23/designing-the-future-of-the-lhc/) - The Large Hadron Collider has been providing proton-proton, nucleon-proton and nucleon nucleon collisions since it started operations in 2009. Thanks to the data collected by the experiments several contributions have been made to particle physics. Most importantly, a Higgs-like boson was discovered in 2012, reaching a milestone in the understanding of nature. Several upgrade options
- [How to characterize exotic ion beams?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/11/20/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 instrument is a Faraday cup. This is a device that can be placed in front
- [Cockcroft members celebrate the HL-LHC project moving to the prototyping phase](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/11/13/cockcroft-members-celebrate-the-hl-lhc-project-moving-to-the-prototyping-phase/) - 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 Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that will increase the accelerator's discovery potential from 2025. After a four year long design study the project is
- [A Look into the Crystal Ball: Plasma Wakefield Experiments on Daresbury Campus](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/11/12/a-look-into-the-crystal-ball-plasma-wakefield-experiments-on-daresbury-campus/) - Following the success of Large Hadron Collider's (LHC) proton collisions such as the Nobel Prize winning discovery of Higgs boson, the next generation colliders are vital for complementing the LHC results for precision measurements. Historically, a tripodal scheme has been followed for discovery, precision measurements and studies for inner structure of a proton. Generally each
- [Antihydrogen – A Comprehensive Review](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/11/09/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 that the universe should have been created equal parts matter and antimatter, however the apparent
- [EU funds Design Study for European Plasma Accelerator](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/11/02/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 Research Accelerator with eXcellence In Applications) will produce a design study for a European plasma
- [Activities on Beam Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/11/02/activities-on-beam-driven-plasma-wakefield-acceleration/) - Dr Oznur Mete of the University of Manchester The particle accelerator community is in pursuit of advanced technologies that will allow more efficient, compact and cost-effective accelerators. Developing such technologies will open a new era for particle colliders as well as for medical and industrial applications. Plasma wakefield acceleration has been one of the most
- [Join the most exciting physics experiments](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/10/28/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, Postdocs and academics from the CI partner universities, as well as researchers from ASTeC. There
- [Accelerators take us 'Back to the Future' to discover new Materials](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/10/20/accelerators-take-us-back-to-the-future-to-discover-new-materials/) - European Circular Energy-Frontier Collider takes us deep into space-time The world is gearing up for the biggest physics experiment ever and it will take us ‘back to the future’ according to Professor Carsten P. Welsch of the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool and partner in the European Circular Energy-Frontier Collider (EuroCirCol) project, which is designing a
- [Cockcroft Institute awarded 4 M€ in EU Funding to Battle Cancer](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/10/16/cockcroft-institute-awarded-4-me-in-eu-funding-to-battle-cancer/) - Cancer is a major health problem and it is the main cause of death between the ages of 45 - 65. Although significant progress has been made in the use of particle beams for cancer treatment, extensive research is still needed to maximize healthcare benefits. Improving ion beam therapy for enhanced cancer treatment is the
- [CI-led oPAC network holds accelerator conference in Seville](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/10/14/ci-led-opac-network-holds-accelerator-conference-in-seville/) - The Marie Curie Initial Training Network oPAC – Optimization of Particle Accelerators, coordinated by Prof. Carsten P. Welsch and his EU Project T.E.A.M. from the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool, has recently held its final official event in the form of an International Conference on Accelerator Optimization. The conference took place from 7 to 9 October
- [Academic Training Programme 2015-2016](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/10/04/academic-training-programme-2015-2016-2/) - Autumn Term Lecture Poster 2015-2016.pdf
- [Beam Diagnostics – Down Under](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/09/25/beam-diagnostics-down-under/) - Between 13-17 September 2015 beam diagnostics experts from around the world gathered i n Melbourne, Australia for the International Beam Instrumentation Conference IBIC. IBIC is an established annual conference series that gathers the world's beam instrumentation community. The event is dedicated to exploring the physics and engineering challenges of beam diagnostic and measurement techniques for
- [Cockcroft Institute Particle Accelerator School](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/09/25/cockcroft-institute-particle-accelerator-school-3/) - On the 9th of November Cockcroft will host the 2nd CI particle accelerator school (CIPAS). CIPAS is a two week residential postgraduate course for UK PhD students, on the design of particle accelerators with a strong computational design emphasis. CIPAS starts at an introductory level (prerequisite UG electromagnetism and relativity) and covers beam dynamics, radio
- [CI Researchers Presented at EAAC15](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/09/25/ci-researchers-presented-at-eaac15/) - The 2nd European Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (EAAC15) was held between 13th -19th September 2015 on the island of Elba in Italy. Cockcroft researchers Yuri Saveliev, Kieran Hanahoe and Guoxing Xia attended the workshop and presented results on novel acceleration schemes based at Daresbury laboratory’s VELA/CLARA facilities. The EAAC has the mission to discuss and foster
- [Rutherford International Fellowship Programme - deadline 31 October 2015](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/09/24/rutherford-international-fellowship-programme-deadline-31-october-2015/) - Apply now for a Rutherford International Fellowship CI partner ASTeC is pleased to be part of the Rutherford International Fellowship Programme and encourages eligible researchers to participate. Individuals with at least 4 years of research experience or a PhD can apply by outlining a programme of work they wish to perform within ASTeC. Fellowships will
- [POSIPOL 2015 Conference](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/09/09/posipol-2015-conference/) - Between September 2-4 2015 the Cockcroft Institute hosted the tenth international 'POSIPOL' workshop on polarised postitron sources. Researchers from Europe, Asia and America met to discuss the latest developments in intense positron and gamma-ray sources for future linear colliders and related projects. There were new results presented for all the major designs under investigation, and much discussion
- [First UK In-Kind Contribution to ESS Successfully Installed and Commissioned](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/09/07/first-uk-in-kind-contribution-to-ess-successfully-installed-and-commissioned/) - The European Spallation Source (ESS) will be the brightest neutron source in the world and will be built in Lund, Sweden. The project will be funded by Sweden and multiple other European nations. The UK as part of its commitment to ESS is providing £165 million and STFC is responsible for the management of that
- [How to measure ultra-small beam sizes?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/09/02/how-to-measure-ultra-small-beam-sizes/) - Some of the smallest particle beams used in accelerators now have diameters in the nanometer range. It is extremely challenging to reliably characterize these beams. Light generated by the beam itself as it passes through a screen, referred to as Optical Transition Radiation (OTR), is now routinely used as a powerful beam diagnostics tool at
- [Cockcroft Scientist elected as IEEE Senior Member](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/07/27/cockcroft-scientist-elected-as-ieee-senior-member/) - We are delighted to announce that Dr. Sergey Vinogradov, a senior Marie Curie Fellow at the Cockcroft Institute from the QUASAR Group, was elected as IEEE Senior Member. Based on strong support by his collaboration partners and existing IEEE Fellows from the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, his outstanding achievements in research, development, characterization,
- [Analytical Fringe Fields](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/07/23/analytical-fringe-fields/) - A problem which has been around for some time is the full description of fringe fields as a bunch goes into or out of a multipole magnet. A complete description of fringe fields for dipoles has been around for quite some time. In the dipole case, the magnetic field is confined to one dimension (vertical
- [First Transverse Phase Space Tomography Results on VELA](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/07/15/first-transverse-phase-space-tomography-results-on-vela/) - ASTeC and the University of Liverpool have completed the first tomographic reconstructions of the VELA transverse phase space, allowing us to characterise the full 4- dimensional beam distribution. The images show the normalised phase space determined from data collected on 23 June (our first attempt!), with 4.5 MeV/c beam momentum and 10 pC bunch charge.
- [International Conference on Accelerator Optimization](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/07/13/international-conference-on-accelerator-optimization/) - The Cockcroft Institute has teamed up with the University of Seville’s Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA) to organize the first International Conference on Accelerator Optimization. The conference, funded by the oPAC Marie Curie Initial Training Network and coordinated by Prof. Carsten Welsch, will take place from 7 to 9 October 2015 in Seville (Spain), at
- [Cockcroft Researcher awarded RSE/STFC Fellowship](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/07/08/cockcroft-researcher-awarded-rsestfc-fellowship/) - We are delighted to announce that physicist Alexandra Alexandrova, a Fellow within the LA³NET project, was awarded a Royal Society of Edinburgh/STFC Enterprise Fellowship. RSE Enterprise Fellowships enable promising science and technology researchers to grow into successful entrepreneurs. This prestigious award will allow Ms Alexandrova to focus solely on refining her business ideas, whilst gaining
- [Audience inspired at Laser and Accelerator Showcase](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/07/02/audience-inspired-at-laser-and-accelerator-showcase/) - An international Symposium on Lasers and Accelerators for Science & Society took place on the 26th of June in the Liverpool Arena Convention Centre. The Symposium was coordinated by Prof. Carsten P. Welsch of the University of Liverpool and the Cockcroft Institute in Daresbury, an internationally renowned centre for accelerator science and technology. The event
- [Particle Accelerators for Medicine - a UK Perspective](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/07/02/particle-accelerators-for-medicine-a-uk-perspective/) - Particle accelerators have been used for medicine since the earliest days after their invention, and already in 1896 Herbert Jackson realised that the greater energies and superior directionality afforded by accelerated particles could be advantageous over decay radiation for the treatment of cancer. Since then the field of accelerator-based radiotherapy has blossomed, and today the
- [Advanced Researcher Career Skills Workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/07/02/advanced-researcher-career-skills-workshop/) - The transition to permanent employment from postgraduate research is a challenging prospect in an ever more competitive job market. The European networks oPAC and LA3NET, both coordinated by the University of Liverpool from the Cockcroft Institute, have held a joint 4-day Advanced Researcher Career Skills Workshop in the CPD training suite on the main campus
- [Successful First Run with New Deflecting Cavity on VELA](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/07/01/successful-first-run-with-new-deflecting-cavity-on-vela/) - The first commissioning with beam has been made with the new Transverse Deflecting Cavity on VELA. Use of this cavity allows the longitudinal properties of the electron beam to be resolved, thus it forms a key component in the suite of diagnostics tools on VELA to enable full 6-dimensional phase space characterization of the electron
- [EuroCirCol - A Vital Project to Strengthen Europe’s Pole Position in Particle Physics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/06/10/eurocircol-a-vital-project-to-strengthen-europes-pole-position-in-particle-physics/) - The European Circular Energy-Frontier Collider (EuroCirCol) project started on 1 June 2015. EuroCirCol is a conceptual design study for a post-LHC research infrastructure based on an energy-frontier 100 TeV circular hadron collider. It was selected for funding within the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme. With a total score of 15 out of a
- [Lasers & Accelerators for Science and Society](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/05/17/lasers-accelerators-for-science-and-society/) - Particle accelerators have numerous applications across many fields including fundamental research, medicine, electronics, environment and energy. As the limits of performance are reached new methods for particle acceleration and beam optimisation are needed. Lasers will play a key role in the development of accelerators by improving the generation of particle beams, increasing the maximum acceleration gradient, and advanced beam diagnostics
- [CI Contributions to the World’s Largest Accelerator Conference](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/05/15/ci-contributions-to-the-worlds-largest-accelerator-conference/) - IPAC'15, the sixth International Particle Accelerator Conference, was held in historic Richmond, Virginia, USA from May 3-8, 2015 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. With more than 1,000 contributed papers, IPAC is the largest annual event in the field of particle accelerators, joining experts from all around the world. All CI partner institutions contributed to
- [Accelerator experts discuss best training schemes](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/04/24/accelerator-experts-discuss-best-training-schemes/) - The annual meeting of the Joint Universities Accelerator School (JUAS) took place on 23 and 24 April 2015. It was hosted by Prof. Carsten P. Welsch and joined scholars and researchers from across Europe to review the 2015 edition of this highly successful school that took place between January – March this year. Founded in
- [PhD studentship:Ultrafast relativistic electron diffraction](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/04/24/phd-studentshipultrafast-relativistic-electron-diffraction/) - Institution: University College London Dept/School/Faculty: Department of Physics and Astronomy PhD Supervisor: Dr J Underwood Ultrafast electron diffraction (ED) involves observing the changes in the electron diffraction pattern when the time delay between a pump laser pulse and a probing electron bunch is varied. Such experiments yield information about structural changes on the atomic scale
- [Worrying Skills Shortage in Accelerator R&D](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/04/22/worrying-skills-shortage-in-accelerator-rd/) - There are more than thirty thousand particle accelerators in the world, ranging from the linear accelerators used for cancer therapy in modern hospitals to the giant 'atom-smashers' at international particle physics laboratories used to unlock the secrets of creation. The vast majority of these machines are used for medical and industry applications and their advancement
- [Cockcroft Scientist elected as FLAIR Spokesperson](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/04/02/cockcroft-scientist-elected-as-flair-spokesperson/) - Antiprotons, stored and cooled at low energies in a storage ring or at rest in traps, are highly desirable for the investigation of a large number of basic questions on fundamental interactions, on the static structure of exotic antiprotonic atomic systems or of (radioactive) nuclei as well as on the time-dependent quantum dynamics of correlated systems.
- [Postdoc Vacancy in Beam Diagnostics R&D](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/04/02/postdoc-vacancy-in-beam-diagnostics-rd/) - Beam diagnostics systems are essential constituents of any particle accelerator; they reveal the properties of a beam and how it behaves in a machine. Without an appropriate set of diagnostic elements, it would simply be impossible to operate any accelerator complex let alone optimise its performance. The QUASAR Group carries out a broad R&D program in beam
- [The Daresbury Laboratory Particle Physics Masterclass 2015](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/04/02/the-daresbury-laboratory-particle-physics-masterclass-2015/) - Daresbury Laboratory held its Particle Physics Masterclass over 3 days at the end March, with a record-breaking attendance of more than 278 students and 29 teachers from schools as far away as Conway and Wakefield. The event was organised and publicised by the Daresbury public engagement team, and hosted by the Cockcroft Institute (CI), with
- [Workshop and International Conference organized by the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/04/01/beam-diagnostics-workshop-and-conference-on-laser-applications-at-accelerators/) - The Cockcroft Institute-coordinated project LA3NET delivered a workshop on Beam Diagnostics and an International Conference on Laser Applications at Accelerators between 23-27 March on Mallorca, Spain. The workshop discussed the current state-of-the-art and future trends in optical diagnostics for charged particle beams, whilst the conference featured invited talks by research leaders, mixed with presentations on
- [Computer-aided Optimization of Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/03/18/computer-aided-optimization-of-accelerators/) - The oPAC network, coordinated by the Cockcroft Institute, has organised a three-day long workshop on Computer-Aided optimisation of Accelerators (CAoPAC) at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany from 10 – 13 March 2015. oPAC is an EU-funded Marie Curie research and training network that focuses on R&D into the optimization
- [And the Oscar goes to...](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/03/03/and-the-oscar-goes-to/) - Particle accelerators are a key technology for many different research areas: they enable scientific discoveries through ‘particle smashers’ such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, new ways to beat cancer through ion beam cancer therapy, and are the basis for the most advanced light sources in the world, namely Free Electron Lasers. The oPAC
- [Micromanaging laser-plasma interactions for fast accelerator science](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/03/03/micromanaging-laser-plasma-interactions-for-fast-accelerator-science/) - Dr Nicholas Matlis Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- [VIP tour of CERN](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/02/18/vip-tour-of-cern/) - Lancaster's Vice-Chancellor, Mark E. Smith, was given a VIP tour of CERN last December, in order to see some of the exciting research being done by Lancaster and Cockcroft staff at CERN. The visit included a tour of CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) by Sir Tejinder Virdee (Imperial College), a previous spokesperson of the CMS Collaboration,
- [PhD Vacancies at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/02/04/phd-vacancies-at-the-cockcroft-institute/) - The Cockcroft Institute is delighted to announce several PhD project opportunities for start in October 2015. Candidates have the possibility to work on experimental or theoretical topics in one or several of the following fields: Development of innovative beam diagnostic techniques for future particle accelerators Investigations into charged particle beam dynamics and optimization of accelerators
- [AWAKE-UK Collaboration met at the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/01/29/awake-uk-collaboration-met-at-the-cockcroft-institute/) - The annual meeting of the AWAKE-UK collaboration was hosted by Prof. Carsten Welsch at the Cockcroft Institute on Wednesday, 28 January 2015. Prof. Matthew Wing from UCL, spokesman of the collaboration, opened the meeting with an update on the status of the AWAKE project at CERN. He presented new institutions that have recently joined AWAKE
- [A new type of Optical Transition Radiation beam size diagnostics with sub micrometer resolution](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2015/01/22/a-new-type-of-optical-transition-radiation-beam-size-diagnostics-with-sub-micrometer-resolution/) - Dr Pavel Karataev John Adams Institute at Royal Holloway University of London - Department of Physics
- [Molecular Structure Determination by combining Free-electron Laser Diffraction with Synchrotron X-Ray Imaging: A case study on using an X-ray FEL and storage ring](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/12/11/molecular-structure-determination-by-combining-free-electron-laser-diffraction-with-synchrotron-x-ray-imaging-a-case-study-on-using-an-x-ray-fel-and-storage-ring/) - Dr. Marcus Gallagher-Jones Molecular Biophysics Group at Liverpool University
- [The EU Project TEAM Training Day](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/12/09/the-eu-project-team-training-day/) - The EU Project TEAM from the QUASAR Group at the University of Liverpool, based at the Cockcroft Institute, organized a full day training event on European-funded project administration for institutions from across Europe last Friday. The work of the TEAM had been recognized as European ‘success story’ by the European Commission and had been showcased
- [CI GradFest 2014](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/12/01/ci-gradfest-2014/) - The Cockcroft Institute held it's annual GradFest on November 27th where many of the Cockcroft Institute's PhD students presented their work to each other and the rest of the institute.The talks spanned activities as diverse as the developmentof photocathodes, RF cavities and instrumentation, the optimisation of accelerator lattices and light sources, and the application of
- [Career paths for next generation researchers](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/11/21/career-paths-for-next-generation-researchers/) - Scientists Go Industry workshop The brainchild of the early stage researcher fellows from the LA³NET project, the Scientists Go Industry workshop was designed to explore the career options for post-doctoral level researchers. The event was the culmination of over one year’s preparatory work with the initial idea hammered out by the fellows’ representatives with
- [Cryo-Ops 2014 6th International Workshop on Cryogenic Operations](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/11/18/cryo-ops-2014-6th-international-workshop-on-cryogenic-operations/) - From discovering Higgs Bosons at the LHC or providing ultralow temperature environment for the experiments with ISIS neutrons, one of the key technologies that must be employed reliably is CRYOGENICS. A major fraction of the construction and operational budget, particularly for the large scientific experiments is allocated to Cryogenics. Several new large projects like XFEL
- [Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Meeting](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/10/15/particle-accelerator-engineering-network-meeting/) - Lancaster recently played a lead role in the kick-off meeting for a new engineering network linking the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institute of Physics (IoP). The group brings together all types of engineers working on particle accelerators in the UK. The first meeting was held
- [Travels with a Cyclotron](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/10/12/travels-with-a-cyclotron/) - Professor David Parker University of Birmingham
- [Combining Lasers and Accelerators to Train the next Generation of Researchers](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/10/07/combining-lasers-and-accelerators-to-train-the-next-generation-of-researchers/) - The LA³NET consortium held an Advanced School on Laser Applications at Accelerators between 29 September and 3 October 2014. The event was hosted by the Spanish Pulsed Lasers Centre (CLPU) in Salamanca, Spain and attracted over 70 participants from all over the world. The school was opened by Director Prof. Luis Roso and Dr. Enrique Conejero Jarque from
- [Powering Cutting Edge Research](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/09/27/powering-cutting-edge-research/) - "What are the practical benefits of particle accelerators? Look out for a brand new brochure, due out this September, which will help accelerator scientists explain the benefits of their work to the general public." The new look AcceleratingNews - latest issue out now.
- [Challenges and Trends in Charged Particle Beam Diagnostics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/09/24/challenges-and-trends-in-charged-particle-beam-diagnostics/) - Almost 50 participants gathered at the Technical University of Vienna between 7 – 9 May 2014 to participate to the 3rd oPAC Topic Workshop on Beam Diagnostics. The workshop was opened with a welcome address of CIVIDEC’s CEO, Prof. Erich Griesmayer, and Ms Luisa Griesmayer who was in charge of local organization together with the
- [Multiphysics simulations of onset of vacuum electrical breakdowns: High electric field effects on conducting surfaces](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/09/02/multiphysics-simulations-of-onset-of-vacuum-electrical-breakdowns-high-electric-field-effects-on-conducting-surfaces/) - Dr_Flyura_Djurabekova Physics Department and Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki
- [Advanced methods for modelling laser-driven acceleration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/08/28/advanced-methods-for-modelling-laser-driven-acceleration/) - Ben_Cowen Senior Research Scientist, Tech-X Corporation, Boulder Colorado
- [Farewell to CI Inaugural Director,  Professor Swapan Chattopadhyay](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/07/24/farewell-to-ci-inaugural-director-professor-swapan-chattopadhyay/) - Colleagues from near and far gathered in the Walton Rooms at the Cockcroft Institute (CI) on the afternoon of 15th July to wish Swapan Chattopadhyay a fond farewell at the end of his 7 year tenure as the Director of the Cockcroft Institute. Besides CI members from the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool & Manchester and
- [Accelerator Experts go to School](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/07/14/accelerator-experts-go-to-school/) - A week-long oPAC advanced School on Accelerator Optimization took place from 7th to 11th July 2014. The event was hosted by Royal Holloway University of London (UK) and was joined by around 80 delegates from across Europe. The School covered accelerator optimization through beam physics studies, instrumentation R&D and charged particle beam simulations at an advanced level. It was opened
- [Director of Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/07/06/director-of-cockcroft-institute/) - We are seeking to appoint a Director of the Institute who will grow its reputation as a world-leading centre for accelerator science. Reporting to the Institute Board, the Director will work with the partners to develop strategy for the Institute and manage all aspects of its implementation. You will have a successful track record in
- [The Development of High Power RF Cavities at INR](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/07/01/the-development-of-high-power-rf-cavities-at-inr/) - Prof. Valentin Paramonov Institute for Nuclear Research Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
- [The Development of High Power RF Cavities at INR](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/07/01/the-development-of-high-power-rf-cavities-at-inr-2/) - Prof. Valentin Paramonov Institute for Nuclear Research Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
- [Particle Physics Master Class](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/06/18/particle-physics-master-class/) - More than 100 students from 7 schools attended the annual Particle Physics Master Class at Daresbury Laboratory, one group having travelled from Leeds to attend! This year saw a significant expansion of the annual master class, with direct support from the Cockcroft Institute, and an enhanced range of activities intended to draw attention to the link between
- [Training the trainers: complementary skills workshop at the Cockcroft](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/06/12/training-the-trainers-complementary-skills-workshop-at-the-cockcroft-2/) - During the delivery of European projects DITANET, LA3NET and oPAC which were all coordinated from the Cockcroft Institute a novel complementary skills training programme was developed by Prof. Carsten Welsch. Training in transferable skills that complement the technical research activities of post graduate researchers improves their professionalism and is essential for enhancing their employability. Following
- [Swapan Chattopadhyay & the Cockcroft Institute: 7 Years On](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/06/12/swapan-chattopadhyay-the-cockcroft-institute-7-years-on/) - After more than seven years at the helm of the Cockcroft Institute as its Inaugural Director and as Sir John Douglas Cockcroft Chair of Physics (jointly with the Universities of Liverpool, Manchester and Lancaster), Professor Swapan Chaterji (aka Chattopadhyay) will be leaving the University of Liverpool on 15 July, 2014 . Professor Chattopadhyay will be
- [First EnEfficient RF Sources Workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/06/11/first-enefficient-rf-sources-workshop/) - The first EnEfficient RF Sources workshop took place at the Cockcroft Institute on the 3-4th June. Over 40 delegates took part in the 2 day workshop including 18 speakers presenting the state of the art (and beyond) of RF sources for accelerators. In the past the achievement of performance goals such as beam energy, beam
- [How to measure a beam – without touching it ?](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/05/28/how-to-measure-a-beam-without-touching-it/) - Non-interceptive beam profile monitors are highly desirable in almost all particle accelerators. Such techniques are especially valuable in applications where real time monitoring of the beam properties is required while beam preservation and minimal influence on the vacuum are of the greatest importance. This applies to many kinds of accelerators such as high energy machines
- [CI Strategy 2014 - 2020 'Beaming Matter Into Life'](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/05/14/ci-strategy-2014-2020-beaming-matter-into-life/) - The Cockcroft Strategy CI_Card and Strategy_Map are both available as pdfs. Read the CI vision, research goals, key performance indicators and more.
- [Advanced High Frequency Acceleration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/05/13/advanced-high-frequency-acceleration/) - Prof. Sami Tantawi Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics At Stanford University
- [Challenges and Trends in Charged Particle Beam Diagnostics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/05/12/challenges-and-trends-in-charged-particle-beam-diagnostics-2/) - Almost 50 participants gathered at the Technical University of Vienna between 7 – 9 May 2014 to participate to the 3rd oPAC Topic Workshop on Beam Diagnostics. The workshop was opened with a welcome address of CIVIDEC’s CEO, Prof. Erich Griesmayer, and Ms Luisa Griesmayer who was in charge of local organization together with the EU
- [Cockcroft paper accepted for PRST "Editors' Suggestion"](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/04/22/cockcroft-paper-accepted-for-prst-editors-suggestion/) - The article entitled "Reconstruction of lattice parameters and beam momentum distribution from turn-by-turn beam position monitor readings in circular accelerators" by Chris Edmonds (Liverpool, Physics) has been selected by the Physical Review Special Topics for "Editors' Suggestion". Congratulations to the author and co-authors K. Hock, A. Wolski, B. Muratori, S. Machida, J. Gratus.
- [The Daresbury Laboratory Particle Physics Masterclass 2014](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/04/03/the-daresbury-laboratory-particle-physics-masterclass-2014/) - Daresbury Laboratory held its Particle Physics Masterclass over 3 days at the end March, with a record-breaking attendance of more than 330 students and 20 teachers from schools as far away as Conway and Wakefield. The event was organised and publicised by the Daresbury public engagement team, and hosted by the Cockcroft Institute (CI), with
- [EIC14 - An International Workshop on Accelerator Acience and Technology for Electron-ion Colliders](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/03/27/eic14-an-international-workshop-on-accelerator-acience-and-technology-for-electron-ion-colliders/) - On 17th -21st March, Peter Williams, senior physicist in ASTeC’s accelerator physics group attended EIC14, an international workshop on accelerator science and technology for electron-ion colliders, at Jefferson Lab, Virginia, USA. http://www.jlab.org/conferences/eic2014/index.html An electron-ion collider is likely to be one of the future large accelerator facilities for high energy and nuclear physics. Presently, there are five
- [The Big Bang 2014](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/03/15/the-big-bang-2014/) - Over 4 days in March, the National Exhibition Centre at Birmingham played host to the 'Big BangFair', the UK's largest science, engineering and technology fair. The fair was visited by more than 75,000 people, with predominantly school groups visiting on the first two days, and family groups on the last two days which fell
- [VELA: A Not-Too-Technical Review or 10 months an Accelerator Physicist](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/03/06/vela-a-not-too-technical-review-or-10-months-an-accelerator-physicist/) - Duncan Scott ASTeC Accelerator Physics Group
- [Accelerator Timing Monitor with Femtosecond Precision. “LA3NET” Marie Curie PhD Fellowship (Salary £30k + allowances)](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/03/03/accelerator-timing-monitor-with-femtosecond-precision-la3net-marie-curie-phd-fellowship-salary-30k-allowances/) - The next generation of accelerators require unprecedented stability and precision in the synchronization of free-electron lasers, laser wakefields and time-resolved spectroscopy. Leading technological techniques to providing such precision is based on laser optical clocks and actively stabilised optical fibre distribution systems. These deliver better than 5 femtosecond stability and are advancing rapidly towards the attosecond
- [EU awards more than 600 k€ to support Cockcroft Research](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/02/28/eu-awards-more-than-600-ke-to-support-cockcroft-research/) - Low energy antimatter experiments and the development of new beam diagnostics techniques for charged particle beams and are two of the main research areas in the pan-European QUASAR Group at the Cockcroft Institute. The EU has just announced that it will support the activities in these areas via two grants. Antimatter experiments are at the cutting edge of
- [Cockcroft paper selected by the Journal of Physics G](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/02/04/cockcroft-paper-selected-by-the-journal-of-physics-g/) - A Cockcroft Institute paper has been selected by the Journal of Physics G : Nuclear and Particle Physics has one of the journal’s highlights for 2013. This paper, with CI authors Rob Appleby and Luke Thompson, has shown the possibility of high energy electron-proton collisions at a future ring–ring Large Hadron Electron Collider with a
- [ASTeC Hosts Final Annual TIARA Preparation Phase Review](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/01/20/astec-hosts-final-annual-tiara-preparation-phase-review/) - TIARA Group Photo From November 25 -28th, ASTeC was host to the final annual review meeting of the EC-funded TIARA Preparation Phase, whose remit has been to substantiate integration of national and international accelerator R&D infrastructures into a single distributed European accelerator R&D facility with the goal of developing and strengthening state-of-the-art research, competitiveness and
- [Accelerator Community Calls for CLARA](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2014/01/20/accelerator-community-calls-for-clara/) - Group photograph The Institute of Physics Particle Accelerator and Beams Group sponsored a meeting of UK accelerator professionals on 13th January 2014 at the Cockcroft Institute to discuss the accelerator science and technology opportunities that would be afforded by the proposed CLARA Test Facility. Over sixty people attended the event, chaired by Jim Clarke (ASTeC),
- [The 2nd annual meeting of the HiLumi LHC-LARP collaboration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/11/28/the-2nd-annual-meeting-of-the-hilumi-lhc-larp-collaboration/) - The joint HiLumi LHC-LARP collaboration held its 2nd annual meeting between 11-15 November 2013, hosted by the Cockcroft Institute and Daresbury Laboratory. The international meeting brought together 180 physicists and engineers from as far as Japan and America to address the luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, which will provide an unprecedented
- [Cockcroft Institute Particle Accelerator School](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/11/18/cockcroft-institute-particle-accelerator-school/) - The Cockcroft Institute recently held its first accelerator school at the end of October. The school was attended by 22 students from 6 different Universities and ASTeC. The school was split into two weeks with the first week dedicated to lectures, including a talk on light sources from Gerhard Materlik, and the 2nd week dedicated
- [Cockcroft Institute Postgraduate Conference](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/11/18/cockcroft-institute-postgraduate-conference/) - The Cockcroft held its 3rd annual postgraduate conference on the 3rd September. Students from all three Universities and ASTeC presented their research to a group of their peers plus a judging panel made up of lecturers and senior ASTeC staff. This year the best overall student went to Chris Edmonds, for his work on ALICE,
- [Highly successful 2nd LA³NET Workshop hosted by Fraunhofer ILT](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/11/08/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 addressed the key aspects of optics design relevant for particle accelerators within a mainly training-based
- [Cockcroft Institute led oPAC project found to be a 'great success'](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/10/17/cockcroft-institute-led-opac-project-found-to-be-a-great-success/) - The mid-term review meeting of the oPAC project took place this Monday 14th October 2013 in Barcelona, Spain and was hosted by project partner ALBA light source. All aspects of the project were critically reviewed by a representative of the European Commission and an expert reviewer. This included Fellow progress in their R&D activities, training
- [Nobel Prize in Physics 2013](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/10/11/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 of its close collaboration with CERN, in particular its continuing contributions to the operation and
- [Cockcroft Institute  Particle Accelerator School](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/10/03/cockcroft-institute-particle-accelerator-school-2/) - 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 UK labs or companies. …more information and registration »
- [Cockcroft Institute Contributions to IBIC 2013](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/09/27/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 addition there was also a stand from STFC/ASTeC presenting the new VELA facility on Daresbury Campus. In total
- [IoP HEPP Half-Day meeting: Low-Energy Frontier of High Energy Particle Physics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/09/24/iop-hepp-half-day-meeting-low-energy-frontier-of-high-energy-particle-physics/) - Approximately 25 delegates attended a meeting dedicated to precision measurements and new particle searches at low-energy. Both theoretical and experimental topics were discussed providing a timely overview of developments in the field, and their interplay with the latest results in collider physics and astrophysics. The subjects discussed included theoretical motivations for axions and axion-like particles,
- [Three PhD Studentships (3 year full time) in Surface Science and Engineering for Particle Accelerator Applications.](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/07/16/three-phd-studentships-3-year-full-time-in-surface-science-and-engineering-for-particle-accelerator-applications/) - Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship to work in surface science and engineering for particle accelerator applications at the Accelerator Science and Technology Centre (ASTeC)
- [CLARA - Conceptual Design Report](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/07/16/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 and ambitious new accelerator test facility for the UK which will be capable of testing
- [HEPTech Academia meets Industry: Environmental Applications of Accelerators, 8th -9th July 2013](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/07/15/heptech-academia-meets-industry-environmental-applications-of-accelerators-8th-9th-july-2013/) - With an increasing industrial focus on resource savings, and the adoption of good environmental practises backed by ever-tightening regulatory requirements, accelerator-based solutions for environmental clean-up and production efficiencies are now transferring from the high energy physics laboratory to the industrial workplace. This HEPTech event brought together industry experts, scientists, application engineers, supply-chain manufacturers and a
- [Accelerating Training](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/06/10/accelerating-training/) - 18 fellows from one of the largest research and training networks ever funded by the EU, the Liverpool-coordinated oPAC (‘Optimization of Particle Accelerators’) gathered in Liverpool for a week-long researcher skills school, which was held at the University’s graduate training suite between June 3rd – 7th 2013. Gaining of complementary skills is considered highly important
- [The Big Bang regional event St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, June 26th, 2013](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/06/05/the-big-bang-regional-event-st-georges-hall-liverpool-june-26th-2013/) - The Cockcroft Institute staff have been demonstrating to the public how particle accelerators work at ‘The Big Bang’ science fair in Manchester on the 11th-13th March this year. The Cockcroft Institute staff created and manned a stand called ‘Particle Accelerators’ which demonstrated the major components of accelerators: electric and magnetic fields, charged particle beams and
- [ALPHA-X Topical Workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/05/11/alpha-x-topical-workshop/) - Approximately 30 delegates enjoyed a wealth of enlightening presentations on contemporary topics in laser-plasma physics, FELs and related areas of interest to the ALPHA-X partnership at an open research meeting held on 2-3 May 2013 at the Cockcroft Institute. The meeting was hosted by the Lancaster Mathematical Physics Group and featured several invited talks from members of
- [Institute of Physics Particle Accelerators and Beams Group Annual Meeting held at Cockcroft Institute on 10th April](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/04/18/institute-of-physics-particle-accelerators-and-beams-group-annual-meeting-held-at-cockcroft-institute-on-10th-april/) - The 2013 annual meeting of the IoP’s Particle Accelerators and Beams group was held in the Cockcroft Institute on 10th April. The meeting was the most successful yet with over 120 participants. The day’s proceedings commenced with a Town Meeting address by STFC Chief Executive John Womersley. This was followed by the presentation of the
- [Punching Holes for the Highest Energy Ever Lancaster Student brings Engineering Solutions to the LHC Consolidation](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/04/12/punching-holes-for-the-highest-energy-ever-lancaster-student-brings-engineering-solutions-to-the-lhc-consolidation/) - The LHC has been busy generating data for the past couple of years in order to find the Higgs boson. But now it has it is taking a well earned rest and in the meantime a Lancaster student is helping to increase its energy reach for when it returns. Up to now LHC has not
- [Cockcroft Institute offers advanced researcher skills training for EU network](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/03/25/cockcroft-institute-offers-advanced-researcher-skills-training-for-eu-network/) - The gaining of complementary skills is one of the aims of the European Higher Education Area as it promotes training to ensure that all graduates have the skills necessary to enter the global job market. The Marie Curie Initial Training Network LA³NET, coordinated by Prof. Carsten P. Welschfrom the Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool, aims to improve the
- [EU Grant awarded to develop next generation sensor technology](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/03/03/eu-grant-awarded-to-develop-next-generation-sensor-technology/) - Sensors capable of detecting single photons are of critical importance for a very wide range of scientific and technical applications in such areas as medical imaging, biotechnology, high energy physics, scientific instrumentation, communication, and homeland security, including, in particular, positron emission tomography, flow cytometry, Cherenkov cosmic ray telescopy, laser ranging, optical time domain reflectometry or
- [STFC publicise Cockcroft Institute activity in Europe](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/02/14/stfc-publicise-cockcroft-institute-activity-in-europe/) - The role of the Cockcroft Institute and the University of Liverpool in coordinating the LA3NET project and hosting researchers feature in the latest edition of the ‘UK news from CERN’ bulletin. This publication is issued by STFC to showcase UK research activity at CERN to policy makers and the general public. The article ‘Focusing lasers
- [Cockcroft academics join forces to train the next generation of researchers](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/01/31/cockcroft-academics-join-forces-to-train-the-next-generation-of-researchers/) - In order to guarantee international competitiveness, researchers must be provided with a very broad skills set for a future career in the academic sector or in industry. For that purpose, an interdisciplinary 4-day training program, designed for the particular needs of early stage researchers, was held at the University of Liverpool for postgraduate students from
- [Advanced Computing for Accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/01/29/advanced-computing-for-accelerators/) - Expertise from the fields of high performance computing and particle accelerators was brought together for a workshop at Daresbury Laboratory and the Cockcroft Institute last week, aimed at harnessing the power of new parallel computing facilities for particle accelerators. The three-day 'Advanced Computing for Accelerators' workshop, which ran from 15th-17th January 2013, attracted a high level
- [Cockcroft develops first high gradient compact SRF deflector](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2013/01/04/cockcroft-develops-first-high-gradient-compact-srf-deflector/) - A team led by Lancaster University and STFC have developed the world's first compact SRF deflector to achieve deflecting voltages over 1 MV. The structure uses a TEM type cavity mode to reduce the size of the deflector. A prototype cavity has been manufactured by Niowave Inc and was recently tested at SM18 at CERN.
- [Inspiring the scientists&  engineers of the future The Big Bang UK Young Scientists &  Engineers Fair. The NEC, Birmingham. 15 - 17 March 2012](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/12/21/inspiring-the-scientists-engineers-of-the-future-the-big-bang-uk-young-scientists-engineers-fair-the-nec-birmingham-15-17-march-2012/) - The biggest single event of its kind in the country, The Big Bang Fair moves to Birmingham for 2012. An award-winning combination of exciting theatre shows, interactive workshops and exhibits delivered by household names, together with careers information provided by a wide range of people already working in the field, The Big Bang Fair enables
- [Medical isotopes: accelerator-based solutions to meet Europe’s future needs](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/12/14/medical-isotopes-accelerator-based-solutions-to-meet-europes-future-needs/) - The Cockcroft Institute recently co-hosted, in conjunction with CERN, a workshop on the “Accelerator-driven Production of Medical Isotopes” on the 8th and 9th of December 2011. This unique event brought together some 60 attendees including world–leading scientists and engineers, specialist clinicians and key global technology suppliers in an open forum to discuss some of the
- [6 M€ EU Project on Accelerator R&D will be coordinated by the Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/12/11/6-me-eu-project-on-accelerator-rd-will-be-coordinated-by-the-cockcroft-institute-university-of-liverpool/) - The optimization of the performance of any particle accelerator critically depends on an in-depth understanding of the beam dynamics in the machine and the availability of simulation tools to study and continuously improve all accelerator components. It also requires a complete set of beam diagnostics methods to monitor all important machine and beam parameters with
- [Symposium in celebration of five years of the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/12/05/symposium-in-celebration-of-five-years-of-the-cockcroft-institute/)
- [First scanning of near field optical images of oesophageal cancer using the InfraRed Free Electron Laser (IRFEL)](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/11/25/first-scanning-of-near-field-optical-images-of-oesophageal-cancer-using-the-infrared-free-electron-laser-irfel/) - A research collaboration between the Cockcroft Institute (including its stake holding partners: University of Liverpool Physics department and STFC Daresbury Laboratory’s ASTeC department), the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, the National Research Council ISM of Rome Tor Vergata and the Institute of Translational Medicine have recently collected the first scanning near field
- [DITANET Conference held in Seville, Spain](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/11/14/ditanet-conference-held-in-seville-spain/) - The DITANET Consortium held a three day international conference on diagnostic techniques for particle accelerators and beam instrumentation in Seville, Spain between 9th and 11th November 2011. The conference was hosted by DITANET partner University of Seville/Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA) and brought together all beneficiary, associated and adjunct partners from the consortium. It was
- [Fifth DITANET Topical Workshop on Technology Transfer](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/10/21/fifth-ditanet-topical-workshop-on-technology-transfer/) - The fifth DITANET Topical Workshop on Technology Transfer was held on 29th and 30th September 2011. It was hosted by Instrumentation Technologies in Solkan, Slovenia and co-organised with Instrumentation Technologies’ annual Libera Workshop which discusses beam stability issues from the injection point to the end station. The workshop attracted 29 participants from 22 different machines
- [Fourth DITANET Topical Workshop on High Intensity Proton Beam Diagnostics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/10/21/fourth-ditanet-topical-workshop-on-high-intensity-proton-beam-diagnostics/) - The DITANET Topical Workshop on High intensity Proton Beam Diagnostics took place on 26th and 27th September, 2011 at Massy close to Paris. In all there were 35 participants from 10 countries who contributed to the workshop and made it a truly international event. The first day of the workshop was dedicated to the presentation
- [£4M EU Project on Laser R&D will be coordinated by the Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/10/17/4m-eu-project-on-laser-rd-will-be-coordinated-by-the-cockcroft-institute-university-of-liverpool/) - The advancement of science and engineering in the past decades is inherently linked to the development of lasers. Ever higher laser beam powers, brightness and shorter pulse lengths have helped establish them as an invaluable tool for both a wide range of industry and medical applications, such as for example material treatment, precision measurements, laser
- [CI Postgraduate Conference](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/10/06/ci-postgraduate-conference/) - The Cockcroft Institute held its first Postgraduate Conference on the 5th October. Several presentations were given by PhD students from each of the universities on a wide range of topics from advanced electromagnetic theory, simulations of the LHC and other accelerators, and designs of novel types of beam diagnostics. This gave the students the chance
- [CERN's Large Hadron Collider](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/10/04/cerns-large-hadron-collider/) - "The crab cavities present an even bigger challenge because they have never been used to kick a beam of protons in the transverse direction, not least at a steady rate of 40 MHz. Much of the R&D for crab cavities, which must be compact and have acute phase accuracy, is taking place at the Cockcroft Institute
- [COCKCROFT INSTITUTE student Pei Zhang receives IPAC Ph.D. Student Prize at the International Particle Accelerator Conference, 2011](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/09/14/cockcroft-institute-student-pei-zhang-receives-ipac-ph-d-student-prize-at-the-international-particle-accelerator-conference-2011/) - Pei Zhang, a Cockcroft Institute Ph. D. student at the University of Manchester and working at DESY, has been selected for Ph.D. thesis prize at the IPAC 2011 in San Sebastian, Spain. This prize is awarded to a student registered for a PhD or diploma in accelerator physics or engineering or to a trainee accelerator
- [Cockcroft Institute project FELIS achieves a major milestone!](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/09/07/cockcroft-institute-project-felis-achieves-a-major-milestone/) - On Friday, 2nd September 2011, the first infra-red SNOM image was collected using radiation from the ALICE IR-FEL at Daresbury Laboratory by a Cockcroft Institute team comprising of partners from Daresbury Laboratory and University of Liverpool. SNOM, an abbreviation for Scanning Near-field Microscopy, is a technique utilising small aperture fibre-optics to probe a sample surface
- [Four Rod LHC Crab Cavity workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/08/19/four-rod-lhc-crab-cavity-workshop/) - The Cockcroft Institute hosted a special workshop on a novel new type of crab cavity for the LHC high luminosity upgrade on the 16th and 17th August. The "Four Rod LHC Crab Cavity workshop" organised by the Cockcroft Institute had speakers from CERN, JLab, TechX as well as speakers from the Cockcroft Institute. Talks covered EM
- [First acceleration for the Compact electron linac](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/07/27/first-acceleration-for-the-compact-electron-linac/) - On the 25th July the compact electron linac achieved first acceleration. The current was measured to be around 10 mA at the Faraday Cup at the end of the linac (see attached image). A dipole magnet used to deflect the beam to the FC suggests the beam had an energy of around 430 keV. This
- [Director General of CERN Prof. Rolf Heuer visits the Cockcroft Institute](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/07/21/director-general-of-cern-prof-rolf-heuer-visits-the-cockcroft-institute/) - The University of Liverpool, the lead partner in the Cockcroft Institute collaborative partnership of universities, research councils and industry, honoured Prof. Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN, on July 19, 2011 with a honorary Doctor of Science Degree ( Honoris Causa) in a graduation ceremony in the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall followed by a gala dinner
- [The Big Bang in Liverpool](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/07/13/the-big-bang-in-liverpool/) - The Northwest regional Big Bang event was held on 05 July at the World Museum in Liverpool. A team from the Cockcroft Institute attended with an eye-catching array of material and demonstrations which certainly proved to be very popular with visitors. The ASTeC vacuum science group entertained groups of children throughout the day with vacuum demonstrations
- [Ultra High Bright Electron Sources Workshop](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/07/07/ultra-high-bright-electron-sources-workshop/) - "Ultra-High Brightness Electron Sources" was held at the Cockcroft Institute, Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus from 29th June to 1st July 2011. The workshop was jointly organised by the Cockcroft Institute, Diamond Light Source Ltd., John Adams Institute, Institute of Physics, DITANET and STFC Accelerator Science and Technology Centre. The workshop was attended by 47
- [Daresbury Dash](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/06/21/daresbury-dash/) - The 20th Daresbury Dash took place on Friday 17 June 2011. A number of Cockcroft Institute staff took part, with congratulations going to Christian Naran who came third in the race, completing the course in 12 minutes 10 seconds.
- [ALPHA-X Workshop: Theoretical and Experimental Aspects](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/06/13/alpha-x-workshop-theoretical-and-experimental-aspects/) - The ALPHA-X (Advanced Laser-Plasma High-energy Accelerators towards X-rays) project develops laser-plasma accelerators and applies these to producing coherent short-wavelength radiation in conventional and plasma wiggler sources. Members of the ALPHA-X project gave talks at an open meeting on a range of experimental and theoretical topics including measurement of ultrashort electron bunch temporal profiles, properties of
- [SPring 8 - New FEL machine makes first Lasing](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/06/10/spring-8-new-fel-machine-makes-first-lasing/) - "Some of you already know, our new FEL machine made first lasing at 1.2 Angstrom on June 7 evening time. We had so many troubles during beam commissioning, while 64 C-band klystrons were running nicely. After three month fight we came to this result. Reality is always hard, but we can make it if we
- [Roger Jones - Referee acknowledgment for 2010, Review of Scientific Instruments](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/06/10/roger-jones-referee-acknowledgment-for-2010-review-of-scientific-instruments/) - Roger Jones has acted as an outstanding and exceptional referee for papers submitted to and/or published in Review of Scientific Instruments during 2010.
- [ASTeC Work Experience](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/06/03/astec-work-experience/) - Alex Mason, who spent two weeks at ASTeC to gain work experience, successfully completed a project ‘Two weeks near Absolute Zero’ where he records his experience with Cryogenics and Superconductivity. …read the .pdf booklet »
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- [Congratulations to Mike Poole who has been elected a Fellow of the European Physical Society](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/04/27/congratulations-to-mike-poole-who-has-been-elected-a-fellow-of-the-european-physical-society/) - “Distinction as a Fellow of the European Physical Society is awarded to EPS Members whose contribution to physics, education, industry, or the society itself warrants recognition.” Mike Poole has been awarded a fellowship for key early contributions to novel synchrotron operation leading to new photonuclear investigations, lasting contributions to the ealisation of second, third and
- [First Acceleration In EMMA!](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/04/01/first-acceleration-in-emma/) - During the last three to four days, the EMMA accelerator physics team have been tuning the accelerator settings as part of the systematic studies towards first acceleration within EMMA. The team have studied the interaction of the RF field with the beam, on more than one occasion, with different accelerator settings in order to tune
- [Particle and accelerator physics Master Class](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/03/29/particle-and-accelerator-physics-master-class/) - Students from schools across the North West joined scientists from the Cockcroft Institute (CI) at Daresbury Laboratory on March 14th and 15th for the annual particle physics master class. Building on the successes of previous years, and acknowledging the unique opportunities available in running a master class at a national laboratory, the CI outreach group
- [DITANET Beam Diagnostics School](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/03/17/ditanet-beam-diagnostics-school/) - Poster From March, 7th – 11th 2011 an advanced DITANET School on Beam Diagnostics took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The School was combined with the network’s annual meeting and brought together around 100 researchers from major research centres, universities and private industry from all over the world. The School started with a recap of some
- [1st extraction of the electron beam from the EMMA accelerator](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/03/14/1st-extraction-of-the-electron-beam-from-the-emma-accelerator/) - We are delighted to announce the 1st extraction of the electron beam from the EMMA accelerator, the world’s first non-scaling FFAG. This was first achieved at 23:07 on the 7th of March by the ASTeC team. This achievement required a very good injection (many turns) and the synchronisation of both extraction kickers and septum to
- [Congratulations to Susan Smith](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/03/01/congratulations-to-susan-smith/) - Susan, who is ASTeC director and a member of the Cockcroft Institute management team, has recently been award a visiting Professorship from Liverpool University Physics Department. This appointment recognises the unique strengths of the Institute, which promotes seamless interactions between both the academic and national laboratory aspects.
- [FLAIR Collaboration Meeting at the Cockcroft Institute, UK](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2011/02/25/flair-collaboration-meeting-at-the-cockcroft-institute-uk/) - Delegates from the international partner institutions of the FLAIR collaboration joined for a collaboration meeting at the Cockcroft Institute on February, 21./22. 2011. The meeting was chaired by the spokesman of the collaboration, E. Widmann, and hosted by C.P. Welsch (Cockcroft). The meeting started with a talk about the recent foundation of the Facility for
- [News Items December 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/12/14/news-items-december-2010/) - 14 December 2010 PhD Student of the year First year Accelerator Science PhD student Cherry Canovan has won the Lancaster University Faculty Prize for best PhD Student of the year. 14 December 2010 XB10 Workshop ASTeC and the Cockcroft Institute hosted XB-10, an International Workshop on X-Band RF structures, Beam Dynamics and Sources from November
- [News Item November 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/11/01/news-item-november-2010/) - 1 November 2010 We are pleased to announce that Chris Lingwood has just passed his PhD and completed all corrections to examiners satisfaction. Chris's thesis was on "High Power, High Efficiency Multiple-Beam Klystron Design" in which he investigated the design of the RF amplifier for the drive beam of the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC). His
- [News Items October 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/10/06/news-items-october-2010/) - 23 October 2010 FIRST LASING IN ALICE FREE ELECTRON LASER I am delighted to announce that the Infra Red Free Electron Laser installed on the ALICE accelerator at STFC Daresbury Laboratory lased for the first time on Saturday 23rd October 2010 at 16:35. Present in the Control Room were Neil Thompson, Peter Williams, Stephen Hill,
- [News Items August 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/08/16/news-items-august-2010/) - 31 August 2010 Nuffield Students Demonstrate the Phenomenon of Superconductivity Two AS level summer students, Adam McAteer (Carmel College, St. Helens) and Keir Pearson (King’s College Macclesfield), spent 4 weeks in August at the Daresbury Laboratory to get an insight into conducting real life physics experiments. ...read more below [toggle_box] [toggle_item title="Nuffield Students Demonstrate the
- [News Item July 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/07/13/news-item-july-2010/) - Topical Workshop on ‘Longitudinal Beam Profile Measurements’ The exact determination of the time structure of ever shorter bunches in accelerators and light sources like the X-FEL, the ILC or CLIC is of high importance for the successful operation of these next-generation machines. It is also a key to the optimization of existing scientific infrastructures. The
- [News Items June 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/06/18/news-items-june-2010/) - The 29th June 2010 saw the Cockcroft Institute host the ‘Mike Poole Fest’, being attended by more than 150 people, which included Mike’s past and present colleagues, family members and senior STFC staff. The event was organised to celebrate Mike’s achievements on the occasion of his retirement, following a career that spanned more than 43
- [News Items May 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/05/10/news-items-may-2010/) - 24 May 2010 EMMA Injection Magnet Module Installation A key milestone for the construction of EMMA was successfully achieved on Saturday 15th May, when the EMMA injection magnet module was craned into position in the EMMA ring. Watch construction movie » ...read more below [toggle_box] [toggle_item title="EMMA Injection Magnet Module Installation"]A key milestone
- [News Item April 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/04/12/news-item-april-2010/) - 12 April 2010 1st EUCARD Superconducting RF (SRF) Annual Review The 1st EuCARD Superconducting RF (SRF) Annual Review was hosted at the Cockcroft Institute from 7th – 9th April 2010. During which, a total of 15 leading European institutes participated in reviewing progress in many different fields of SRF technology as part of a collaborative
- [News Items March 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/03/10/news-items-march-2010/) - 30 March The LHC has 7TeV CM collisions The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has now achieved proton-on-proton collisions at a 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy and physics data is being collected at the present moment. We at the Cockcroft Institute, having many joint collaborative projects with CERN including the LHC and its upgrades, congratulate
- [News Items February 2010](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2010/02/10/news-items-february-2010/) - 12 February The newly appointed Cockcroft Institute Board Chair Sir John Pendry FRS visiting the experimental facilities on February 12, 2010 on the occassion of his first institute board meeting. 10 February High-Tech US Company to Make Daresbury Campus its UK Base The US-based advanced computing applications and software company Tech-X Corporation is
- [News Item December 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/12/17/news-item-december-2009/)
- [News Items November 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/11/03/news-items-november-2009/) - 28 November [toggle_box] [toggle_item title="1st DITANET Topical Workshop" active="false"] Low Energy, Low Intensity Beam Diagnostics The first DITANET topical workshop took place on November, 24th and 25th in Hirschberg-Großsachsen near Heidelberg in Germany. It focused on the diagnostics of low energy and low intensity ion beams and brought together around 40 scientists and engineers from
- [News Items October 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/10/02/934/) - 14 October 2009 England's Northwest press release 12 October 2009 interactions.org press release 11 October 2009 Eminent early accelerator physicist, Prof. A.V. Crewe, Director Emeritus of Argonne National Laboratory, USA and graduate from Univ. of Liverpool dies at 82 years [toggle_box] [toggle_item title="Prof. A.V. Crewe, Director Emeritus of Argonne National Laboratory, USA and graduate from
- [New Items September 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/09/06/new-items-september-2009/) - 22 -23 September Meeting of the DITANET Steering Committee The third meeting of the DITANET Steering Committee was hosted by the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology on September 22nd and 23rd. The delegates from Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Spain, and the UK critically reviewed the network's recent activities, such as the first DITANET School
- [News Item August 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/08/29/news-item-august-2009/) - 29 August download the conference poster download the programme FEL09 Photos Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday
- [News Items July 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/07/11/news-items-july-2009/) - 4 July Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition “The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition has just closed, and I feel absolutely shattered, hoarse from talking, and yet strangely sad to see the end of such a fabulous week”, said Lee Jones as the public reluctantly began to leave the exhibition hall. The Royal Society held their
- [News Items June 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/06/09/news-items-june-2009/) - 30 June Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition On Tuesday June 30th, the annual Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition opens at the Royal Society in London. BBC News Link [toggle_box] [toggle_item title="Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition" active="false"] In a wide-ranging collaboration, STFC staff will be present at the exhibition as part of an exhibit entitled "Accelerators Everywhere
- [News Items May 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/05/04/news-items-may-2009/) - 15 May Lord Drayson of Kensington visit Lord Drayson of Kensington, Minister of State for Science and Innovation visited the ALICE facility. 4 May University of Lancaster and the Cockcroft Institute The University of Lancaster and the Cockcroft Institute are delighted to announce that Professor Richard Carter was presented with the IVEC 2009
- [News Items April 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/04/06/news-items-april-2009/) - New Record for GaAs Quantum Efficiency at Daresbury! This week a team of scientists and engineers from Daresbury (Ian Burrows, Ryan Cash, Barry Fell, Adrian Hannah, Lee Jones, Keith Middleman, Boris Militsyn and Mark Pendleton) in collaboration with scientists from Novosibirsk (Sergei Kosolobov, Heinrich Scheibler and Alex Terekhov) have achieved a major milestone
- [News Items January 2009](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2009/01/06/news-items-january-2009/) - 27th January The Chief Executive Officer Robert Kirby-Harris of the Institute of Physics and Director General of Research Councils, Professor Adrian Smith visited the Cockcroft institute and took a tour of ALICE. on February 12, 2009. The Chief Executive Officer Robert Kirby-Harris of the Institute of Physics, had an in-depth one-on-one discussion with the institutedirector
- [News Item December 2008](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/12/13/news-item-december-2008/) - 13 December At 02:00 on 13/12/08, the commissioning team successfully demonstrated energy recovery in the ALICE R&D facility. The team are now looking forward to exploiting this facility to further our understanding of the challenges of next generation light sources and energy recovery based acceleration.
- [News Item November 2008](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/11/14/news-items-november-2008/) - 14 November ALICE Accelerates to 4 million Volt Milestone! A major milestone has been achieved in the completion of the UK's next-generation particle accelerator, ALICE, which is set to produce an intense beam of light that will revolutionise the way in which accelerator based light source research facilities will be designed in the future. To
- [News Items October 2008](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/10/24/news-items-october-2008/) - 24 October ALICE - first acceleration through the Booster. Around 4 MeV acceleration was achieved in Booster cavity 2 at 00:54 24/10/08. The success heralds a first for UK: a high quality electron beam from a photoinjector being boosted halfway to relativistic energies by UK's first linear superconducting microwave accelerator. The injection is the critical
- [News Items September 2008](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/09/04/news-items-september-2008/) - 10 September Big Bang Day on BBC Radio 4 a special day of programmes planned to coincide with the official switch-on of the LHC at CERN on September 10th. Radio 4 04 September Agreement of Collaboration between CERN and the Cockcroft Institute At CERN on the 29th August 2008 Prof. Swapan Chattopadhyay and CERN Director
- [News Items August 2008](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/08/04/news-items-august-2008/) - 12 August The Big Bang in Liverpool Liverpool is currently hosting the 'Big Bang' exhibit which is aimed at making the physics and engineering of the Large Hadron Collider (http://www.lhc.ac.uk/) accessible to the general public. From now until 22nd September this free exhibit will be based at the World Museum in Liverpool. Over the Summer, members of
- [News Items June 2008](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/06/06/news-items-june-2008/) - 30 June Roger Jones (Physics and Astronomy, Manchester) has been awarded the honour of Fellow of the Institute of Physics. 26 June The 17th Daresbury Dash, 25 June, 2 miles round the laboratory site. Conditions were warm and breezy, damp underfoot. The winner in 10 minutes 50 seconds was Keith Middleman of CI and ASTeC.
- [News Items May 2008](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/05/30/news-items-may-2008/) - 30 May The Cockcroft Institute is pleased to announce that the proceedings of the workshop "Polarized Antiproton Beams - How?" held at the Cockcroft Institute from 29 to 31 August 2007 have now been published by the American Institute of Physics as AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 1008 It is hoped that polarised antiprotons will be a
- [News Items - April 2008](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/04/02/news-items-april-2008/) - 29 April Jim Clarke (Magnetics and Radiation Sources Group Leader) has been awarded the honour of Fellow of the Institute of Physics. 28 April CI Director Swapan Chattopadhyay has been elected to the American Physical Society's Division of Physics of Beams, the first such Chair from outside USA. Chair-line, 2007-2010: Vice Chair, Chair-elect, Chair and Past Chair 28 April
- [News Items - March 2008](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/03/01/news-items-march-2008/) - 26 March Getting Behind the Wheel and onto the ILC website! Dr. Ian Bailey of Cockcroft Institute and Univ. of Liverpool, working on the ILC positron source development, getting behind the wheel and onto the ILC website. Headline photo on the ILC web and Photo of the Week on ILC Newsline. (www.linearcollider.org/newsline/) (www.linearcollider.org/cms/) 18 March
- [News Items 2008 - February](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/02/08/news-items-2008-february/) - 27 February CI Director Swapan Chattopadhyay gives evidence to the Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee at the House of Commons. A transcript of this session is available at www.parliament.uk » 15 February Richard Walker giving his first presentation regarding the New Light Source at Cockcroft Institute, Daresbury Laboratory. Photograph shows Swapan Chattophadyay, Richard Walker and
- [News Items 2008 - January](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2008/01/21/news-item-2008-january/) - 21 January 2008 Launch of the new CI website Swapan Chattopadhyay would like to thank all those involved in developing the new website. Ian Bailey (Liverpool University) David Burton (Lancaster University) Rob Appleby (Manchester University) Jonny Smith (Cockcroft Institute) Naomi Wyles (ASTeC) Hywel Owen (ASTeC) Barbara Runcie (Media Services Daresbury) Andy Collins (STFC Graphic Designer)
- [News Item 2007 - November](http://10.0.1.212:8080/2007/11/06/news-item2-2007-november/) - 05 November 2007 Professor Young-Kee Kim of the Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, visits the Cockcroft Institute.

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- [Dielectric-lined](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/dielectric-lined/)
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- [wakefield accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/wakefield-accelerators/)
- [HL-LHC-UK](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/hl-lhc-uk/)
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- [SMI](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/smi/)
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- [cyclotron](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/cyclotron/)
- [proton beam therapy](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/proton-beam-therapy/)
- [CERN BIC](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/cern-bic/)
- [D-Beam](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/d-beam/)
- [Diamond Light Source](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/diamond-light-source/)
- [UK XFEL](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/uk-xfel/)
- [acceleratAR](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/acceleratar/)
- [accelerator science](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/accelerator-science/)
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- [APS](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/aps/)
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- [beam gas curtain](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/beam-gas-curtain/)
- [Physical Review Letter](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/physical-review-letter/)
- [compact](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/compact/)
- [Growth Strategy](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/growth-strategy/)
- [UK](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/uk/)
- [celebration](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/celebration/)
- [SCAPA](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/scapa/)
- [plasma based accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/plasma-based-accelerators/)
- [Director General](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/director-general/)
- [nanomaterials](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/nanomaterials/)
- [carbon nanotubes](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/carbon-nanotubes/)
- [thin films](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/thin-films/)
- [MeetEngland](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/meetengland/)
- [Visit Britain](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/visit-britain/)
- [SwissFEL](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/swissfel/)
- [Ultrashort FEL Pulses](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/ultrashort-fel-pulses/)
- [Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/breakthrough-prize-in-fundamental-physics/)
- [reinforcement learning](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/reinforcement-learning/)
- [autonomous accelerators](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/autonomous-accelerators/)
- [Africa](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/africa/)
- [sustainable solutions](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/sustainable-solutions/)
- [EPITA](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/epita/)
- [TwinRISE](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/twinrise/)
- [iRIS](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/iris/)
- [FEBE](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/febe/)
- [FCC-ee](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/fcc-ee/)
- [ERNEST](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/ernest/)
- [Passion4Learning](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/passion4learning/)
- [Acceler8Escape](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/acceler8escape/)
- [summer placement](http://10.0.1.212:8080/tag/summer-placement/)