From Compact to Giant: Development of Accelerators in JAI

Andrei Seryi, John Andams Institute for Accelerator Science - University of Oxford
Wednesday, Feb 15, 4:10 PM - Nuclear Science Seminar
1200 FRIB Laboratory

Abstract:  The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science is a center of excellence in the UK for advanced and novel accelerator technology, providing expertise, research, development and training in accelerator techniques, and promoting advanced accelerator applications in science and society. The JAI is based on three universities: University of Oxford, Imperial College London and Royal Holloway University of London. Every year 6 to 10 accelerators science experts, trained via research on cutting edge projects, defend their PhD thesis in JAI. We work in JAI on design of novel accelerator-based scientific instruments; we devise the upgrades to the 3-rd generation synchrotron light sources and work on novel Free Electron Lasers, we explore plasma acceleration and its application for creation of compact X-ray and THz sources for industrial and medical fields, we develop novel compact energy recovery linacs, while simultaneously working on giant 100-km-perimeter future colliders. In this presentation, after brief overview of the research and training program in JAI, we will in particular focus on discussion of compact X-ray sources, based on plasma acceleration and energy recovery concepts. We will review the state of the art and some of the advanced ideas, and also discuss the underlying physics, providing the audience with back-of-the-envelope estimations and explanations of most relevant parameters or concepts.