1st oPAC Topical Workshop: Grand Challenges in Accelerator Optimisation

from Wednesday, June 26, 2013 (8:30 AM) to Thursday, June 27, 2013 (10:00 PM)
CERN (BE auditorium - Building 6)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jun 26, 2013
Jun 27, 2013
AM
8:30 AM Welcome / Training the next generation of accelerator experts - Prof. Carsten Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
Slides
9:00 AM LHC and its High-Luminosity Upgrade - Gianluigi Arduini (CERN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
Slides
Video
9:45 AM Circular Higgs Factories & Possible Long-Term Strategy - Dr Frank Zimmermann (CERN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
Slides
10:30 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM Challenges related to the design, commissioning and operation of 3rd generation light sources - Dr Amor Nadji (Synchrotron SOLEIL)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
Slides
11:45 AM Optics Code MAD-X and Tracking code SixTrack at CERN - An Overview - Frank Schmidt (CERN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
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8:30 AM Trends in Particle Detectors - Werner Riegler (CERN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
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9:15 AM Research on ultra-short timescales - LCLS and the X-ray Free Electron Laser - Dr Daniel Ratner (SLAC)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
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10:00 AM Electromagnetic field simulations for accelerator optimization - Alexej Grudiev (CERN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
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10:30 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM Green and Compact Magnet Technology for Optimization of Particle Accelerators - Bjarne Roger Nielsen (Danfysik A/S)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
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11:45 AM Laser Acceleration - Enabling unparalled accelerating gradients - Prof. Luis Roso (CLPU)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
Slides
PM
12:15 PM --- Lunch Break ---
2:00 PM High intensity accelerators - Dr Mats Lindroos (CERN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
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2:45 PM Beam Instrumentation challenges - Dr Rhodri Jones (CERN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
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3:30 PM --- Coffee Break ---
4:00 PM Low energy/low intensity beams - Dr Luigi Cosentino (LNS - INFN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
4:45 PM Monte Carlo Studies into energy deposition and beam collimation - Dr Stefano Redaelli (CERN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)
Slides
5:15 PM
Discussion Session (until 6:00 PM) (BE auditorium - Building 6)
12:30 PM --- Lunch Break ---
2:00 PM
Poster Session and Industry Showcase (until 4:30 PM) (BE auditorium - Building 6)
poster
4:30 PM Special Seminar: Unravelling the secrets of the Universe - Richard Hawkings (CERN)   (BE auditorium - Building 6)