International Conference on Accelerator Optimization

from Tuesday, October 6, 2015 (8:00 PM) to Friday, October 9, 2015 (2:30 PM)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Oct 6, 2015
Oct 7, 2015
Oct 8, 2015
Oct 9, 2015
AM
9:10 AM Welcome - Admin & logistics - Prof. Joaquin Gomez Camacho (Universidad de Sevilla)  
9:20 AM oPAC - Prof. Carsten Welsch (Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)  
9:30 AM Session 1. Invited talk: LHC and upgrades - Dr Oliver Bruning (CERN)  
10:00 AM Optics studies in the CERN PS Booster - Dr Meghan McAteer (CERN)  
10:20 AM Study of the single-bunch instabilities in the LHC - Daria Astapovych (CERN)  
10:40 AM Tracking studies for the upgrades of the large hadron collider - Emilia Cruz Alaniz (University of Liverpool)  
11:00 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 AM The LHC Collimation System Optimization - Dr Hector Garcia Morales (Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL))  
11:50 AM Cryogenic Beam Loss Monitors for the Superconducting Magnets of the LHC - Marcin Ryszard Bartosik (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))  
9:00 AM Session 3. Invited talk: Solaris - The Polish Light Source - a new generation of high brightness storage rings - Dr Wawrzyniak Adriana (Solaris)  
9:30 AM Linear optics characterization from turn-by-turn measurements at the Alba storage ring - michele carla' (cells-alba)  
9:50 AM Storage Ring Performance Improvement Based on Genetic Algorithms - xavier nuel gavaldà  
10:10 AM Development and applications of the Time Correlated Single Photon Counting at ALBA - Laura Torino (ALBA CELLS)  
10:30 AM Diagnostics and feedback requirements for the new Low-Emittance Ring of the ESRF - Dr Bertus Kees Sheidt (ESRF, France)  
10:50 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 AM Session 4. Invited talk: Accelerator applications at IBA - Dr Eric Forton (IBA - Ion Beam Applications)  
9:00 AM Session 5. Invited talk: Next generation detector technologies - Dr Ingrid-Maria Gregor (DESY)  
9:30 AM TANGO control system for electrostatic accelerators - Dr Victor Joco  
9:50 AM Device Control Database Tool (DCDB) - Mr Pavel Maslov (Cosylab)  
10:10 AM High Performance Tool For Coupled Linac Design - Dr Marco Panniello (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
10:30 AM The GPU based Particle-in-Cell Solver - Martina Sofranac (CST)  
10:50 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:30 AM Characterization of the optical performance of high resolution electron beam imaging systems - Dr Ralph Fiorito (Cockcroft Institute)  
11:50 AM Non-invasive profile monitors for energy-frontier machines - Dr Adam Jeff (University of Liverpool (GB))  
PM
8:00 PM --- Reception ---
12:10 PM Commissioning of the Prototype Stripline BPM System for the CLIC Drive Beam - Alfonso Benot Morell (Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (ES))  
12:30 PM Applications of fast feedback for beam stabilisation at future electron-positron colliders - Dr Glenn Christian (University of Oxford (GB))  
12:50 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Session 2. Invited talk: Next Generation heavy ion accelerators: FAIR within the International Accelerator Road Map - Prof. Oliver Kester (GSi Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)  
2:30 PM A cryogenic current comparator for the low energy antiproton facilities at CERN - Miguel Filipe Abreu Fernandes (CERN)  
2:50 PM Development of a novel position-resolving cavity for the isochronous mass measurement in the CR@FAIR - Xiangcheng Chen (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)  
3:10 PM Designing ESS cold linac BLM system using heuristic optimisation algorithms - Michał Jarosz (ESS)  
3:30 PM --- Coffee Break ---
3:30 PM
Poster Session (until 4:30 PM)
4:30 PM The Laser Laboratory for Acceleration and Applications (L2A2) - Prof. Jose Benlliure  
4:50 PM Real time beam monitoring in the INFN-LNS Superconducting Cyclotron injection line - Dario Nicolosi (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
5:10 PM Developments and Optimisation of the University of Birmingham Cyclotron - Dr Tony Price (University of Birmingham (GB))  
5:30 PM Proposal for a 72.75 MHz RFQ for the LINCE Accelerator Complex - Dr Angie Orduz (University of Huelva)  
12:00 PM Invited talk: Progress in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry - Prof. Hans-Arno Synal (ETH Zürich)  
12:30 PM Best perfromance and optimization of a linear injector - Dr Liviu Penescu  
12:50 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM
Scientific Photography Awards, sponsored by Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum (until 2:10 PM)
2:10 PM Proton beam optimization for dosimetry studies with radiochromic films and ionization chambers at the 3 MV tandem accelerator of CNA - Maria Cristina Battaglia (Centro Nacional de Aceleradores)  
2:30 PM Study of heavy ion implanatation into dielectric matrices - Salvatore Bruschetta  
2:50 PM Recent developments of the 1MV AMS facility at CNA - Grazia Scognamiglio (Centro Nacional de Aceleradores, Seville)  
3:10 PM Preliminary beam profile studies for optimization of the CNA irradiation lines - Dr Yolanda Morilla (CNA (US-CSIC-JA))  
3:30 PM --- Coffee Break ---
3:30 PM
Poster Session (until 4:30 PM)
4:30 PM A versatile neutron monitor - Pavel Kavrigin (Vienna University of Technology (AT))  
4:50 PM Measurement of the fluorescence yield produced by a 135 to 2000 MeV proton beam at COSY - Charlotte Roose (ESS)  
5:10 PM Optimization of Beam Position and Phase Monitors for the IFMIF/LIPAC high current hadron linear accelerator - Dr Ivan Podadera Aliseda (CIEMAT)  
5:30 PM Design of cavity BPM electronics for the ELI-NP project - Manuel Cargnelutti (Instrumentation Technologies)  
7:00 PM Outreach Seminar: Aceleradores para medicina (in Spanish) - María Isabel Gallardo (Universidad de Sevilla)  
8:30 PM --- Banquet ---
12:10 PM Recent developments of the supersonic gas-jet beam profile monitor - Dr Hao Zhang (University of Liverpool)  
12:30 PM Reward-renewal model of SiPM response to arbitrary waveform optical signals of beam loss monitoring systems - Dr Sergey Vinogradov (University of Liverpool)  
12:50 PM Summary and Conclusion  
1:00 PM --- Lunch ---