Projects

(Image Mariusz Sapinski, CERN)

The following projects have been undertaken at partner institutions:

University of Liverpool

• Development of designs for possible LHC upgrade options 
• Beam monitor for halo propagation mechanisms 
• Development of a simulation suite based on the multilevel fast multipole method 

ALBA

• Advanced beam physics problems at light sources&nbsp
• Optimization of beam instrumentation for light sources 
  

CERN

• Optics and lattice design studies for the interaction region design of the LHC experimental insertions 
• LHeC as a future upgrade option of the LHC 
• Measurement and correction of linear and non-linear optics in the CERN PS Booster
• Studies into an H_T-SQUID based beam current monitor
• Beam Loss Monitors for use in Cryogenic Environments 

CIVIDEC

• Development of a versatile beam loss monitor 

COSYLAB

• Adaptation of existing open-source control systems from compact accelerators to large scale facilities 

CST

• Development of a GPU-based PIC solver 

ESS

• Studies into beam loss patterns at ESS 
• Methods for measuring the beam profile in high intensity beams

GSI

• Design and development of resonant structures as Schottky noise detectors for various frequencies 

Instrumentation Technologies

• Design and development of common applications for different particle Accelerators 

Royal Holloway University of London

• Optimization of the layout of the LHC collimation system
• Laser-wire beam profile monitor for measuring the transverse beam profile of an H- beam 

SOLEIL

• Improvement of the understanding of non-linear beam dynamics effects in light sources 

University of Seville / Centro Nacional de Aceleradores

• Optimization of ¹⁰Be detection
• Design a detection system for verifying a 2D method of image reconstruction for Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Treatment
• Ion implantation at particle accelerators for nanoparticle production