UK Accelerator Institutes Seminar Series Autumn 2021 (Session 2)

Contribution List

1. The CHUV-CERN Collaboration on a High-energy Electron FLASH Therapy Facility

Walter Wuensch (CERN)

14/10/2021, 16:15

A very hot topic in radiation oncology is the so-called FLASH therapy, which involves delivering an entire radiation treatment in a few hundred milliseconds or less. This fast delivery can reduce toxicity to healthy tissue while maintaining tumour control , thus expanding the parameter space for treatment. The effect has been observed in experiments and clinical translation is now underway. As...

2. Quantum Beams (aka single electron/photon physics)

Prof. Swapan Chattopadhyay (Director Emeritus, Cockcroft Institute)

21/10/2021, 16:15

Charged particle beams in accelerators behave classically in general, with quantum effects, if any, being negligible. Radiation from a charged particle beam, however, can be analyzed for its statistical properties in terms of 'incoherent' or 'coherent' states of light in classical, semiclassical and quantum regimes. The physics can become important in particle beam collisions at very high...

3. The PIP-II Project at Fermilab

Lia Merminga (Fermilab)

28/10/2021, 16:15

The Proton Improvement Plan II (PIP-II) project is an essential upgrade to Fermilab’s particle accelerator complex to enable the world’s most intense neutrino beam for LBNF/DUNE and a broad particle physics programme for many decades to come. PIP-II will deliver 1.2 MW of proton beam power from the Main Injector, upgradeable to multi-MW capability.

The central element of PIP-II is an 800...

4. The CERN Next Ion Medical Machine Study: Towards a Next Generation of Accelerators for Ion Therapy of Cancer

Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)

03/11/2021, 16:15

Cancer therapy with beams of particles heavier than protons has several advantages with respect to conventional radiation therapy but is presently provided in only a few facilities, primarily because of the size and cost of the accelerator. To make this advanced form of therapy accessible to a larger fraction of the population, CERN has recently started a wide collaborative study based on its...

5. Layout, Goals and Construction Status of the International Accelerator Facility FAIR

Peter-Jurgen Spiller

11/11/2021, 16:15

After its completion, the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, FAIR GmbH, is expected to be the leading nuclear physics laboratory in Europe. The central research instrument of FAIR is a new accelerator complex, which is presently being constructed east of GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH in Darmstadt. The FAIR accelerators are served by the existing accelerators of GSI,...

6. Superconducting RF at CERN: Past Achievements and Future Challenges

Walter Venturini Delsolaro (CERN)

18/11/2021, 16:15

Superconducting RF (SC-RF) science and technology is at the heart of modern particle accelerators. At CERN, superconducting cavities were used extensively for the LEP2 collider in the 1990’s. The particularity of LEP cavities lies in the innovative technology, which had been proposed and developed at CERN, of using thin niobium films deposited on copper substrates to produce the resonators....

7. The European XFEL – An X-ray laser driven by the world’s largest superconducting accelerator

Winni Decking

25/11/2021, 16:15

The European XFEL in Hamburg, Germany, started operation about 5 years ago, after almost 25 years filled with technology development, funding preparations, civil construction and installation. This talk will highlight some of the key developments and milestones and give an update of the operational achievements and present-day unique features of both the accelerator and the SASE free electron lasers.

8. Challenges in Beam Instrumentation and Diagnostics

Thibaut Lefevre (CERN)

02/12/2021, 16:15

CERN operates a large accelerator complex that serves a diverse experimental physics programme. The beam instrumentation group designs, builds and maintains all the instruments that characterise the beam properties across the whole complex. This talk will guide you through a selection of the most recent devices that are used daily by the operators to tune the beams. It will also present the...