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April 22, 2014

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…

April 3, 2014

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…

March 27, 2014

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,…

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March 15, 2014

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…

March 3, 2014

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…

February 28, 2014

EU awards more than 600 k€ 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…

February 4, 2014

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…

January 20, 2014

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…

January 20, 2014

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…