The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science (JAI) is a Centre 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, established in 2004, initially as a joint venture between the Departments of Physics in the University of Oxford (UOXF) and Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL), expanded in 2011 with a new research base at Imperial College London (ICL) joining the two existing centres at RHUL and the UOXF. The five strategic guiding principles of our operation are: a) focus on the training programme and its enhancement to encompass the accelerator training together with laser and plasma physics; b) focus on the programmes that bring the partner universities together; c) focus on laser-plasma acceleration and its application for development of compact light sources; d) maintaining support and engagement into the programmes of strategic importance for UK; e) proactively developing collaborative projects with UK and worldwide partners. Our successful operation through the present grant has confirmed the validity of these guiding principles and we are aiming to maintain these principles throughout the future grant period as well.
Our submission for 2017-2021 is focused on the national priorities and will aim at the following themes: 1- graduate training, 2- development of novel X-ray light sources that allow to study novel materials, new medicines, large and complicated protein molecules; 3- development of novel methods of acceleration of charged particles based on excitation of wakes in plasma by intense laser pulse; 4- development of future colliders of particles, that will allow to study physics beyond of the recently discovered Higgs boson; 5- development of methods to accelerate very powerful beams of protons, enabling to use them for proton cancer therapy, for creation of neutron sources for discovery science and neutrino sources for fundamental particle physics study. We will also develop links with industry and participate in outreach.
The JAI, established in 2004, initially as a joint venture between the Departments of Physics in the University of Oxford (UOXF) and Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL), expanded in 2011 with a new research base at Imperial College London (ICL) joining the two existing centres at RHUL and the UOXF. The five strategic guiding principles of our operation are: a) focus on the training programme and its enhancement to encompass the accelerator training together with laser and plasma physics; b) focus on the programmes that bring the partner universities together; c) focus on laser-plasma acceleration and its application for development of compact light sources; d) maintaining support and engagement into the programmes of strategic importance for UK; e) proactively developing collaborative projects with UK and worldwide partners. Our successful operation through the present grant has confirmed the validity of these guiding principles and we are aiming to maintain these principles throughout the future grant period as well.
Our submission for 2017-2021 is focused on the national priorities and will aim at the following themes: 1- graduate training, 2- development of novel X-ray light sources that allow to study novel materials, new medicines, large and complicated protein molecules; 3- development of novel methods of acceleration of charged particles based on excitation of wakes in plasma by intense laser pulse; 4- development of future colliders of particles, that will allow to study physics beyond of the recently discovered Higgs boson; 5- development of methods to accelerate very powerful beams of protons, enabling to use them for proton cancer therapy, for creation of neutron sources for discovery science and neutrino sources for fundamental particle physics study. We will also develop links with industry and participate in outreach.
Planned Impact
The JAI will endeavour to identify and support activities that lead to economic and societal impact. The technology development during the grant and skills in the JAI team will be reviewed alongside knowledge exchange and public engagement experts across the three institutions to ensure opportunities for impact beyond academia are maximised. The JAI have identified a number of key projects that will benefit directly and indirectly the UK economy, industry, healthcare and engagement in science.
Our development of cavities for Asymmetric Energy Recovery LINACs can lead to a significant change in accelerator technology that could allow companies in the semiconductor and security sectors to profit from creating new products as well as allowing universities and hospitals to benefit from being able to access accelerator technology and its ability to be used for biomedical research and patient treatments respectively.
The JAI's further development of our Frequency Scanning Interferometry technology will lead to enhanced products for those manufacturing and distributing self-tracking laser interferometers, which are used for making precision measurements. Companies will also benefit such as the airline industry by being able to produce more efficient large aircraft, which could also help efforts to reduce the environmental impact of air travel.
The JAI will also bring together an expert multi-disciplinary team including the High Energy
Physics Group at Imperial College London, the Department of Oncology at Imperial College Medical School, the Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology as well as companies in the medical technology industry. This team will investigate hadron therapy technology as well as associated imaging and diagnostics and could benefit the NHS and patients undergoing treatments for cancer.
The JAI have a very strong record of award-winning public engagement and outreach programmes, which we will continue to support and build on during this grant. Our activities will benefit school children through our support for training teachers in APPEAL - Accelerator and Particle Physics at A Level as well as our 'Accelerate!' shows for high school students. We will continue our partnerships with organisations including the Royal Institution, Institute of Physics, Science Oxford, South East Physics Network, BAAS, local Cafés Scientifique, BBC local and national broadcasting and international media to find new and effective channels for wider engagement and to inspire the next generation of physicists.
Our development of cavities for Asymmetric Energy Recovery LINACs can lead to a significant change in accelerator technology that could allow companies in the semiconductor and security sectors to profit from creating new products as well as allowing universities and hospitals to benefit from being able to access accelerator technology and its ability to be used for biomedical research and patient treatments respectively.
The JAI's further development of our Frequency Scanning Interferometry technology will lead to enhanced products for those manufacturing and distributing self-tracking laser interferometers, which are used for making precision measurements. Companies will also benefit such as the airline industry by being able to produce more efficient large aircraft, which could also help efforts to reduce the environmental impact of air travel.
The JAI will also bring together an expert multi-disciplinary team including the High Energy
Physics Group at Imperial College London, the Department of Oncology at Imperial College Medical School, the Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology as well as companies in the medical technology industry. This team will investigate hadron therapy technology as well as associated imaging and diagnostics and could benefit the NHS and patients undergoing treatments for cancer.
The JAI have a very strong record of award-winning public engagement and outreach programmes, which we will continue to support and build on during this grant. Our activities will benefit school children through our support for training teachers in APPEAL - Accelerator and Particle Physics at A Level as well as our 'Accelerate!' shows for high school students. We will continue our partnerships with organisations including the Royal Institution, Institute of Physics, Science Oxford, South East Physics Network, BAAS, local Cafés Scientifique, BBC local and national broadcasting and international media to find new and effective channels for wider engagement and to inspire the next generation of physicists.
Organisations
Publications
Šmíd M
(2017)
Highly efficient angularly resolving x-ray spectrometer optimized for absorption measurements with collimated sources.
in The Review of scientific instruments
Weisse N
(2023)
Measuring spatio-temporal couplings using modal spatio-spectral wavefront retrieval.
in Optics express
Warwick J
(2017)
Experimental Observation of a Current-Driven Instability in a Neutral Electron-Positron Beam.
in Physical review letters
Von Der Leyen M
(2023)
Observation of Monoenergetic Electrons from Two-Pulse Ionization Injection in Quasilinear Laser Wakefields
in Physical Review Letters
Von Boetticher A
(2023)
Modulational instability in large-amplitude linear laser wakefields.
in Physical review. E
Verra L
(2023)
Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma
in Physics of Plasmas
Verra L
(2022)
Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma.
in Physical review letters
Vaughan Tom
(2017)
Applications of Metamaterials for Particle Beam Diagnostics
Van Riesen-Haupt L.
(2017)
A Code for Optimising Triplet Layout
Van Riesen-Haupt L.
(2017)
Exploring the Triplet Parameter Space to Optimise the Final Focus of the FCC-hh
Van Riesen-Haupt L.
(2017)
K-Modulation Developments via Simultaneous Beam Based Alignment in the LHC
Turner M
(2020)
Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Sturdza B
(2024)
Direct observation of phase transitions between delta- and alpha-phase FAPbI 3 via defocused Raman spectroscopy
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Spiers BT
(2021)
Methods for extremely sparse-angle proton tomography.
in Physical review. E
Shalloo RJ
(2018)
Hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels.
in Physical review. E
Shalloo R
(2019)
Low-density hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels generated with an axicon lens
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Seryi Andrei
(2017)
Overview of Design Development of FCC-hh Experimental Interaction Regions
Semione G
(2019)
Niobium near-surface composition during nitrogen infusion relevant for superconducting radio-frequency cavities
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Scott R
(2020)
Electron trapping and reinjection in prepulse-shaped gas targets for laser-plasma accelerators
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Savin A
(2017)
Attosecond-scale absorption at extreme intensities
in Physics of Plasmas
Santos J
(2018)
Laser-driven strong magnetostatic fields with applications to charged beam transport and magnetized high energy-density physics
in Physics of Plasmas
Sadler JD
(2017)
Optimization of plasma amplifiers.
in Physical review. E
Sadler JD
(2019)
Kinetic simulations of fusion ignition with hot-spot ablator mix.
in Physical review. E
Sadler J
(2017)
Robustness of raman plasma amplifiers and their potential for attosecond pulse generation
in High Energy Density Physics
Sadler J
(2018)
Advantages to a diverging Raman amplifier
in Communications Physics
Ross A
(2023)
Resonant excitation of plasma waves in a plasma channel
Ronald K
(2017)
RF system for the MICE demonstration of ionisation cooling
Ratan N
(2017)
Dense plasma heating by crossing relativistic electron beams.
in Physical review. E
Prudnikava A
(2018)
Toward Optimization of Centrifugal Barrel Polishing Procedure for Treatment of Niobium Cavities
in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Picksley A
(2020)
Guiding of high-intensity laser pulses in 100-mm-long hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Picksley A
(2020)
Meter-scale conditioned hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels.
in Physical review. E
Phipps A
(2017)
Electron beam excitation of coherent sub-terahertz radiation in periodic structures manufactured by 3D printing
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Paddock RW
(2023)
Measuring the principal Hugoniot of inertial-confinement-fusion-relevant TMPTA plastic foams.
in Physical review. E
Paddock R
(2023)
Energy gain of wetted-foam implosions with auxiliary heating for inertial fusion studies
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
P.W.Hatfield
(2021)
The data-driven future of high energy density physics
in Nature
Norreys PA
(2020)
Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy: an introduction to the first special edition.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Norreys PA
(2021)
Preparations for a European R&D roadmap for an inertial fusion demo reactor.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Norreys P
(2020)
Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy: an introduction to the second edition
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Muggli P
(2018)
AWAKE readiness for the study of the seeded self-modulation of a 400 GeV proton bunch
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Muelaner J
(2017)
Absolute multilateration between spheres
in Measurement Science and Technology
Morales Guzmán P
(2021)
Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Mewes S
(2023)
Demonstration of tunability of HOFI waveguides via start-to-end simulations
in Physical Review Research
Mayr M
(2020)
Nonlinear wakefields and electron injection in cluster plasma
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Description | We have advanced acceelrator science and technology for both cutting-edge particle- and nuclear-physics applications, as well as for applications in society such as healthcare and security/ |
Exploitation Route | Findings are being pursued via the follow-on STFC JAI grant. |
Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Security and Diplomacy |
Description | European Strategy for Particle Physics -- Accelerator R&D Roadmap |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
URL | https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2201.07895 |
Description | Curiosity Carnival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | On 29th September, Lucy Martin (JAI, Oxford) and Sophie Bashforth (JAI, RHUL) performed the 'Accelerate!' show for the Curiosity Carnival, Oxford's version of 'European Researchers Night'. Lucy and Sophie report on their experience: The Curiosity Carnival was a fantastic event to be part of, and performing the Accelerate! show in the Museum of Natural History was a lot of fun, even if maneuvering beach balls and hydrogen balloons past the queues of people waiting to get inside wasn't easy! The show aims to convey the basic recipe behind a particle accelerator: Particles, Acceleration, Control, Collision and Detection. The basic concepts are illustrated using a range of demonstrations, from liquid nitrogen to demonstrate superconductors to plasma balls lighting fluorescent bulbs to show wave based acceleration. The aim is to get as many members of the audience involved as possible and to leave the audience with the idea that accelerators aren't only used for particle physics. We gave the show at 9pm, where audience members made their way to the lecture theatre past stalls representing hundreds of different areas of research in Oxford. Our audience were mainly adults due to the time of the day, but although the show is more usually presented to children we didn't change the format and still included a large amount of audience participation. It was great to see the audience gradually become more involved, shouting out answers to questions, and "accelerating" beach balls across the room seemed to go down just as well with adults as with children! |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.ox.ac.uk/curiosity-carnival/about |