Talk-for-Guides: ELISA - the proton accelerator installed in Science Gateway

Thursday 11 Dec 2025, 13:30 → 14:30 Europe/Zurich

81/R-003C - Science Gateway Auditorium C (CERN)

Alejandra Lorenzo Gomez (CERN), Francois Briard (CERN), Niklas Herff (CERN)

^{(Photograph: Pralavorio, Corinne)}

ELISA is the small accelerator in Science Gateway, a unique visitor attraction and much more!

Serge Mathot, an applied physicist at CERN who was responsible for the mechanical fabrication of the LINAC4 RFQ (Radio Frequency Quadrupole) and who now leads the ELISA project, will give us insights into the design of the ELISA accelerator, its public demonstrations, and its applications in surface analysis.

The talk will take ~45 min. with time for questions afterwards.

The location has been changed from Globe to Auditorium C in Science Gateway. You can just enter through the Science Gateway reception and the bridge, as usual.

Presentation in English | A recording is planned (no live zoom event)

Please ensure to register through Indico if you want to participate.

13:30 → 14:15 ELISA - applications of small-scale accelerators

Speaker: Serge Mathot (CERN)

ELISA_TalkForGuides_Dec2025.pdf

ELISA_TalkForGuides_Dec2025.pptx

14:15 → 14:30 Q&A

There might be some more time for questions after 14:30.