The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Organisations
- Imperial College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) (Collaboration)
- ELI Attosecond Light Pulse Source (Collaboration)
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU) (Collaboration)
- University of Michigan (Collaboration)
- EuPRAXIA (Collaboration)
- University of Lisbon (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
Publications
Albert F
(2021)
2020 roadmap on plasma accelerators
in New Journal of Physics
Albert F
(2014)
Laser wakefield accelerator based light sources: potential applications and requirements
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Alejo A
(2014)
Characterisation of deuterium spectra from laser driven multi-species sources by employing differentially filtered image plate detectors in Thomson spectrometers.
in The Review of scientific instruments
Alejo A
(2017)
High flux, beamed neutron sources employing deuteron-rich ion beams from D 2 O-ice layered targets
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Assmann R
(2020)
EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Assmann R
(2014)
Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration: a path to the future of high-energy particle physics
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Aymar G
(2020)
LhARA: The Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications
in Frontiers in Physics
Baggott RA
(2020)
Calculating Opacity in Hot, Dense Matter Using Second-Order Electron-Photon and Two-Photon Transitions to Approximate Line Broadening.
in Physical review letters
Behm KT
(2018)
A spectrometer for ultrashort gamma-ray pulses with photon energies greater than 10 MeV.
in The Review of scientific instruments
Bellei C
(2012)
Coherent transition radiation in relativistic laser-solid interactions
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Bloom M
(2020)
Bright x-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Bracco C
(2016)
AWAKE: A Proton-Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment at CERN
in Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings
Caldwell A
(2016)
Path to AWAKE: Evolution of the concept
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Cole J
(2016)
Tomography of human trabecular bone with a laser-wakefield driven x-ray source
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Cole JM
(2015)
Laser-wakefield accelerators as hard x-ray sources for 3D medical imaging of human bone.
in Scientific reports
Cole JM
(2018)
High-resolution µCT of a mouse embryo using a compact laser-driven X-ray betatron source.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Consoli F
(2019)
Generation of intense quasi-electrostatic fields due to deposition of particles accelerated by petawatt-range laser-matter interactions.
in Scientific reports
Cowley J
(2017)
Excitation and Control of Plasma Wakefields by Multiple Laser Pulses.
in Physical review letters
Dann S
(2019)
Laser wakefield acceleration with active feedback at 5 Hz
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Deas RM
(2015)
A laser driven pulsed X-ray backscatter technique for enhanced penetrative imaging.
in Journal of X-ray science and technology
Doria D
(2015)
Calibration of BAS-TR image plate response to high energy (3-300 MeV) carbon ions.
in The Review of scientific instruments
Dover N
(2016)
Buffered high charge spectrally-peaked proton beams in the relativistic-transparency regime
in New Journal of Physics
| Description | We have had two papers published in PRX, on the first determination of radiation reaction in high intensity laser matter interaction. These measurements also give the first indication of quantum effects (QED) in these interactions. K. Poder, M. Tamburini, G. Sarri, A. Di Piazza, S. Kuschel, C. D. Baird, K. Behm, S. Bohlen, J. M. Cole, D. J. Corvan, M. Duff, E. Gerstmayr, C. H. Keitel, K. Krushelnick, S. P. D. Mangles, P. McKenna, C. D. Murphy, Z. Najmudin, C. P. Ridgers, G. M. Samar, and M. Zepf, Experimental Signatures of the Quantum Nature of Radiation Reaction in the Field of an Ultraintense Laser, Phys. Rev. X 8, 031004 (2018). J. M. Cole, K. T. Behm, E. Gerstmayr, T. G. Blackburn, J. C. Wood, C. D. Baird, M. J. Duff, C. Harvey, A. Ilderton, A. S. Joglekar, K. Krushelnick, S. Kuschel, M. Marklund, P. McKenna, C. D. Murphy, K. Poder, C. P. Ridgers, G. M. Samarin, G. Sarri, D. R. Symes, A. G. R. Thomas, J. Warwick, M. Zepf, Z. Najmudin, and S. P. D. Mangles, Experimental Evidence of Radiation Reaction in the Collision of a High-Intensity Laser Pulse with a Laser-Wakefield Accelerated Electron Beam, Phys. Rev. X 8, 011020 (2018). |
| Exploitation Route | Make accurate tests of QED Optimise gamma source production in laser-matter interaction. Imaging of industrial samples (e.g. the goals of In progress EPAC facility) and automated running of such a facility. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Electronics,Energy,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Security and Diplomacy |
| URL | https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/13 |
| Description | Some of our scientific work has been used in symposia on Novel Accelerators at Universtiy of Liverpool. Imaging techniques developed by our group have been used by the Catapult centre at Rutheford-Appleton Lab to introduce industrial users of these techniques. The results from our scientific work have been used in the EPAC proposal for an industrial x-ray imaging source based at the CLF, Rutherford Laboratory, based on techniques developed by our group. EPAC will use the automated learning techniques developed by our group. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Construction,Electronics,Energy,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | Physical Science and Engineering Facilities Users Panel |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Advice on the use and development of National Science Facilities |
| Description | Science Board Member - Prof Z. Najmudin |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://stfc.ukri.org/about-us/how-we-are-governed/advisory-boards/science-board/ |
| Description | EuPRAXIA |
| Amount | £132,142 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 653782 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 11/2015 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Description | John Adams Institute - Capital Equipment 2017-19 |
| Amount | £42,357 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/P005861/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship |
| Amount | £143,619 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 05/2016 |
| Description | Newton Fellowship |
| Amount | £99,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2011 |
| End | 12/2013 |
| Description | STFC Imperial John Adams Inst Studentships 2018 |
| Amount | £278,370 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/S505833/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science Capital Equipment 2018 |
| Amount | £102,982 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/S001956/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Title | Dataset for Bright x-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator |
| Description | This dataset contains the raw data and analysis scripts for results presented in the paper. " Bright x-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator" |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/3765331 |
| Title | Dataset for Bright x-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator |
| Description | This dataset contains the raw data and analysis scripts for results presented in the paper. " Bright x-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator" |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/3765330 |
| Description | ATF BNL |
| Organisation | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Department | Accelerator Test Facility |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Experimental proposals and performing collaborative experiments |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to state of the art infrared laser facility |
| Impact | Two papers in Physical Review Letters, as well as other minor publications |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | AWAKE-II |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Developing plasma cells for longer length plasmas required for AWAKE-II experiment and developing associated diagnostics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Preparation of the SPS beam line for the AWAKE experiment. Recent additions include adding a high performance electron injection beamline. |
| Impact | A number of high profile publications have resulted in the AWAKE project though none yet using the new plasma source. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | ELI-ALPS |
| Organisation | ELI Attosecond Light Pulse Source |
| Country | Hungary |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Charged to design the electron beamline for the ultrashort (<10 fs) high rep-rate (kHz) SYLOS laser. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ELI-ALPS has provided funding for the developments and will allow preferential access to their world-leading laser system for the development of this beamline. |
| Impact | Grant awarded by ELI-ALPS for development costs. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | EuPRAXIA |
| Organisation | EuPRAXIA |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Developing laser wakefield acceleration |
| Collaborator Contribution | Developing applications of wakefield acceleration |
| Impact | NA |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Hercules Michigan |
| Organisation | University of Michigan |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Experiment proposals and collaborative experiments |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to experimental facilities (Hercules Laser) |
| Impact | Paper in Nature Physics, and Applied Physics Letters |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | IOQ Jena |
| Organisation | Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU) |
| Department | Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics (IOQ Jena) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proposed & collaborated on an experiment at IOQ Jena |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided experimental time and access to high power and ultrashort pulse laser facility |
| Impact | Paper in Physical Review Letters |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | IST AWAKE contribution |
| Organisation | University of Lisbon |
| Department | Instituto Superior Tecnico |
| Country | Portugal |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are collaborating with Dr Nelson Lopes to develop a next generation plasma cell for the AWAKE-II run. We have built a prototype in the Blackett Laboratory that will be expanded to 10m to be implemented in CERN. We are also contributing with diagnostics of the cell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Lopes was instrumental in the building of the cell, in design for the power supply (which uses solid-state switches to be low power) and in pitching the use of the cell to the AWAKE collaboration. |
| Impact | Dr Lopes has obtained seed-corn money from the FCT in Portugal to continue cell development, and we have recently been awarded money in the AWAKE-UK collaboration to build a cell for CERN. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | JKaren ion beam generation |
| Organisation | National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Manned diagnostics on the J-Karen laser system which is a world-leading PW ultrashort laser pulse system, on experiments used for studying ion beam generation with laser beams. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to the world-leading J-Karen PW ultrashort laser pulse system, and set-up of the laser system and experiments. |
| Impact | Number of publications under preparation, including measurements of high energy proton beam generation (>50 MeV) in solid foils undergoing relativistic transparency. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | MoD DSTL |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| Start Year | 2005 |
| Description | University of Oxford |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2004 |
| Description | University of Strathclyde |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2004 |
| Description | "How to make a supernova" exhibit at Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Shalloo, along with other members of the Clarendon and ICL Plasma, has manned the "How to make a Supernova" exhibit at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition (2017) demonstrating how high intensity laser experiments can create models of extreme astrophysical objects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/summer-science-exhibition/ |
| Description | "Laser" exhibit at Great Exhbition Road Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Rob Shalloo, Emma-Jane Ditter (and Nic Gruse) manned an exhibit on "Lasers and Light" that gave visitors the chance to race against each other to align a light path from a laser. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk |
| Description | Central Laser Facility Industry Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussed with industrial users, applications of plasma accelerators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | School Research Project with Abingdon School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Steve Rose has run a research project with school students from Abingdon school to analyse the data from the Timepix detectors in the ICL Breit-Wheeler experiment (2019) run by Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS). Steve Rose is a co-founder and trustee of IRIS (http://www.researchinschools.org). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020 |
| URL | http://www.researchinschools.org |
| Description | Talk to IC-SW Alumni Association |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 30-40 IC Alumni interested in research taking place in the University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk to Imperial College PhysSoc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talked about novel plasma accelerators to undergraduate students, which many reported was the first time they had heard of the concept. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Women in Physics Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Emma-Jane Ditter co-founded and is the current lead of the Women in Physic group at ICL, which aims to empower, support and promote women in physics. They run weekly lunches, semesterly events, and seminars to create a cohort, provide networking opportunities and to make women more visible in the field. The group has grown to around 200 members including undergrads, postgrads, postdoc's and staff. She has raised around £1000 a year from internal and external sources to fund events. Last year she introduced term-time yoga classes for postgraduate and staff as part of the colleges push toward better mental health practices. The group has now transformed from a student lead initiative to a well-established network of staff and Post Docs with full support from the Head of Department and assistance provost |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020 |
| URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/physics/about/women-in-physics/ |