JUAS 2026 (Course 1): The Science of Particle Accelerators

from Monday 12 January 2026 (13:10) to Friday 13 February 2026 (13:15)
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AM
08:45 Transverse Beam Dynamics - Bernhard Holzer (CERN)  
08:45 Transverse Beam Dynamics - Bernhard Holzer (CERN)  
08:45 Transverse Beam Dynamics - Bernhard Holzer (CERN)  
08:45 Transverse Beam Dynamics - Bernhard Holzer (CERN)  
09:45 TBD exam preparation/ Intro Xsuite (for TBD) - Nuria Fuster Martinez David Amorim (EPFL) Sofia Kostoglou (CERN) Davide Gamba (CERN)  
09:45 Longitudinal Beam Dynamics (exam preparation) - Alexandre Lasheen (CERN)  
08:45 Linacs - David Alesini  
08:45 Linacs - David Alesini  
08:45 Linacs - David Alesini  
09:00
EXAM - Bernhard Holzer (CERN) (until 11:00)
11:00 --- BREAK ---
08:45 Cyclotrons - Alexander Gerbershagen (PARTREC, UMCG, University of Groningen (NL))  
08:45 Synchrotron Radiation - Dr Rasmus Ischebeck (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
08:45 Synchrotron Radiation - Dr Rasmus Ischebeck (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
08:45 Synchrotron Radiation - Dr Rasmus Ischebeck (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
10:45 Synchrotron Radiation - Dr Rasmus Ischebeck (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
09:00
EXAM -Dr Rasmus Ischebeck (Paul Scherrer Institut) (until 11:00)
08:45 Collective effects - Mauro Migliorati (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)) Enrica Chiadroni  
08:45 Collective effects - Mauro Migliorati (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)) Enrica Chiadroni  
08:45 Collective effects - Mauro Migliorati (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)) Enrica Chiadroni  
09:45 Accelerator design - Adrian Oeftiger (University of Oxford)  
08:45 Oral EXAM: Accelerator design (by group) - Bastian Haerer Adrian Oeftiger (University of Oxford)  
08:45 Collective effects - Mauro Migliorati (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)) Enrica Chiadroni  
08:45 Collective effects - Enrica Chiadroni Mauro Migliorati (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))  
10:45 CST-Xsuite case study & Collective effects - Mauro Migliorati (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)) David Amorim (EPFL) Sebastien Joly (CERN)  
07:30 Visit (ESRF)  
08:45 Free-Electron Lasers - Eduard Prat Costa  
09:45 Beam cooling - Chris Rogers (RAL) Chris Rogers  
10:45 Closing session (Course 1) - Darina Baizhanova (European Scientific Institute (FR)) Elias Metral (CERN) Florence Mouthon (European Scientific Institute (FR))  
11:50 EVALUATION FORM #5.2 and Global Eval Form  
PM
13:10 OFFICIAL OPENING ( PART 1) - Florence Mouthon (European Scientific Institute (FR)) Darina Baizhanova (European Scientific Institute (FR)) Elias Metral (CERN)  
14:00 Hotel check-in together with ESI team  
16:00 Special relativity, electromagnetism, classical and quantum mechanics: what to remember for particle accelerators - Elias Metral (CERN)  
18:00 Particle Accelerators in the 21st century - Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)  
19:00 OFFICIAL OPENING (PART 2): Ice-breaking & International Apero  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Longitudinal Beam Dynamics - Alexandre Lasheen (CERN)  
16:30 Software installation problems - Nuria Fuster Martinez  
17:45 For those who live at the residence: ECLA Residence - tour (optional)  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Longitudinal Beam Dynamics - Alexandre Lasheen (CERN)  
16:30 Introduction to CERN & its Accelerator Complex - Malika Meddahi (CERN)  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Longitudinal Beam Dynamics - Alexandre Lasheen (CERN)  
16:30 Electron-positron circular colliders - Jacqueline Keintzel (CERN)  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Longitudinal Beam Dynamics - Alexandre Lasheen (CERN)  
16:30 EVALUATION #1  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 TBD exam preparation/Xsuite TBD workshop (for TBD) - David Amorim (EPFL) Nuria Fuster Martinez Sofia Kostoglou (CERN) Davide Gamba (CERN)  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Xsuite longitudinal workshop (for LBD) & Longitudinal Beam Dynamics - Benoit Salvant (CERN)  
15:15 Xsuite longitudinal workshop (for LBD) & Longitudinal Beam Dynamics - Benoit Salvant (CERN)  
17:15 EVALUATION #2  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Transverse Linear Imperfections - Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN) Davide Gamba (CERN)  
16:30 Low-emittance lattices for large colliders - Dr Pantaleo Raimondi (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Transverse Linear Imperfections - Davide Gamba (CERN) Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)  
16:30 IBS and Touschek - Fanouria Antoniou (CERN)  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Transverse Linear Imperfections - Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN) Davide Gamba (CERN)  
16:30 EVALUATION FORM #2.2 and Organisation of the CERN Visit  
14:15
EXAM - Alexandre Lasheen (CERN) (until 16:15)
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 --- Bus transfer ---
14:00 VISIT (CERN): Introductory presentation on ALICE - John Jowett (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))  
14:30 VISIT (CERN): ALICE exhibition & Experiment (at the CERN LHC) - John Jowett (GSI - Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (DE))  
16:15 --- Bus transfer to CERN Prevessin Site ---
16:30 VISIT: CERN Control Center - Panos Zisopoulos (CERN)  
18:00 --- Bus transfer to CERN Meyrin Site ---
18:15 --- Afterwork "JUAS Alumni" ---
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Synchrotron Radiation - Dr Rasmus Ischebeck (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
14:15 Transverse nonlinear effects - Sofia Kostoglou (CERN)  
16:30 Fixed-target beamlines - Alexander Gerbershagen (PARTREC, UMCG, University of Groningen (NL))  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Synchrotron Radiation - Dr Rasmus Ischebeck (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
14:15 Transverse nonlinear effects - Sofia Kostoglou (CERN)  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Synchrotron Radiation - Dr Rasmus Ischebeck (Paul Scherrer Institut)  
14:15 Transverse nonlinear effects - Sofia Kostoglou (CERN)  
16:30 EVALUATION FORM #3  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Accelerator design - Bastian Haerer  
16:30 Accelerator design - Adrian Oeftiger (University of Oxford)   (13/2-005)
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Accelerator design - Adrian Oeftiger (University of Oxford)  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Accelerator design - Adrian Oeftiger (University of Oxford)  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Oral EXAM: Accelerator design (by group) - Adrian Oeftiger (University of Oxford)  
15:15 Accelerator design: Summary discussion - Adrian Oeftiger (University of Oxford)  
16:15 Electron microscopy and diffraction  
17:15 EVALUATION FORM #4  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 Injection / Extraction - Nicola Carmignani (ESRF)  
16:30 Novel High Gradient Particle Accelerators - Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (GSI)  
12:00 --- LUNCH BREAK ---
13:15 CST-Xsuite case study & Collective effects - Mauro Migliorati (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT)) David Amorim (EPFL) Sebastien Joly (CERN)  
14:15 Plasma Wakefield Acceleration - Massimo Ferrario  
17:30 EVALUATION FORM #5.1  
14:15
EXAM (until 16:15)
12:00 --- Goodbye Apero ---