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Richard York
Associate Director for New Initiatives, Professor
Professor, Associate Director for New Initiatives
Accelerator Physics & Engineering
 
PhD, Physics, University of Iowa 1976
Joined NSCL in March 1993
Phone(517) 333-6325
Fax(517) 353-5967
Office153
 
Photograph of Richard York

Selected Publications:
Beam Dynamics Studies for the Reacceleration
of Low Energy RIBS at the NSCL, X. Wu
et al., Proc. Part. Accel. Conf. PAC07, 1769
(2007)

Design Studies of the Reaccelerator RFQ at
NSCL, Q. Zhao et al., Proc. Part. Accel. Conf.
PAC07, 1772 (2007)

End-to-end beam dynamics simulation of
the ISF driver LINAC, Q. Zhao et al., Proc.
Part. Accel. Conf. PAC07, 1775 (2007)

Design of Half-Reentrant SRF Cavities for
Heavy Ion Linacs, J. Popielarski et al., Proc.
Part. Accel. Conf. PAC07, 2328 (2007)

An upgrade to the NSCL to produce intense
beams of exotic nuclei, R. C. York et al.,
Proc. Lin. Acc. Conf. LINAC06, 103 (2006)
My primary interests are in the arena of accelerator physics. Specific areas of interest are: beam dynamics, particularly in the high intensity regime; accelerator systems design, particularly rings, both storage and synchrotron; and linacs.

Particle accelerators have long been essential to scientific discovery and technological advancement. Accordingly, research in this area that, for example, provide increased reach into energy and/or intensity frontiers can produce long-term benefits for the physical and life sciences.

Accelerator physics research is interdisciplinary involving a broad range of arenas including beam physics, electrodynamics, plasma physics, optics, condensed matter physics, surface physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and materials science. As a consequence, training in accelerator physics is broadly applicable to a host of careers in a multitude of academic and industrial roles.

NSCL has for many years had a research program in accelerator physics. The general research areas are beam dynamics, especially in the high intensity regime, and accelerator systems design.

Beam Dynamics (examples)

Computer code development to model space charge forces in a way that captures the physics but allows rapid exploration of possible designs.

Experiments using a small (6.6 m circumference) ring where space charge effects similar to those of megawatt- class facilities can be explored.

Accelerator Systems Design (examples)

Design optimization of a high-duty factor heavy ion linac appropriate for energies of several hundred MeV/ nucleon.

Design optimization of an electron storage ring for a light source.

High power FEL design based upon recovering the beam energy through utilization of superconducting radio frequency structures


Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) accelerating structures developed at NSCL.