Introduction to Accelerator Physics - 2026
from
Monday, 2 February 2026 (07:00)
to
Saturday, 7 February 2026 (12:00)
Monday, 2 February 2026
07:00
Registration as professional visitors
Registration as professional visitors
07:00 - 08:30
Room: Building 33
08:30
Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:30 - 08:50
Room: R1
08:50
Walk from Restaurant 1 to lecture room
Walk from Restaurant 1 to lecture room
08:50 - 09:00
Room: 6/2-008
09:00
Introduction to CERN and to the accelerator complex
-
Django Manglunki
Introduction to CERN and to the accelerator complex
Django Manglunki
09:00 - 10:00
Room: 6/2-008
10:00
Walk from Classroom to the SC
Walk from Classroom to the SC
10:00 - 10:10
10:10
Visit - Synchrocyclotron
-
Django Manglunki
Marion Vanwelde
Visit - Synchrocyclotron
Django Manglunki
Marion Vanwelde
10:10 - 10:50
10:50
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:10
11:10
Lecture - Introduction, DC accelerators, betatrons and linear accelerators
-
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Lecture - Introduction, DC accelerators, betatrons and linear accelerators
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
11:10 - 12:30
Room: 6/2-008
12:30
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
Visit - LHC Point 2
-
Django Manglunki
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Marion Vanwelde
Visit - LHC Point 2
Django Manglunki
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Marion Vanwelde
14:00 - 15:55
15:55
Visit - ALICE exhibition
-
Django Manglunki
Visit - ALICE exhibition
Django Manglunki
15:55 - 16:40
16:40
Transport and coffee break
Transport and coffee break
16:40 - 16:55
16:55
Tutorials - Tutorial 1
-
Marion Vanwelde
Delphine Domange
(
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
)
Tutorials - Tutorial 1
Marion Vanwelde
Delphine Domange
(
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
)
16:55 - 18:30
Room: 6/2-008
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
09:00
Lecture - Circular accelerators
-
Marion Vanwelde
Lecture - Circular accelerators
Marion Vanwelde
09:00 - 10:30
Room: 6/2-008
10:30
Coffee break + Walk to AD
Coffee break + Walk to AD
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Visit - Antiproton decelerator & ELENA
-
Django Manglunki
Visit - Antiproton decelerator & ELENA
Django Manglunki
11:00 - 12:15
12:15
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:15 - 13:30
13:30
Visit - Large magnet factory
-
Arjan Verweij
(
CERN
)
Visit - Large magnet factory
Arjan Verweij
(
CERN
)
13:30 - 14:30
Room: 180/R-001
14:30
Coffee break + Walk to B6
Coffee break + Walk to B6
14:30 - 14:45
14:45
Lecture - Transverse motion
-
Marion Vanwelde
Lecture - Transverse motion
Marion Vanwelde
14:45 - 18:00
Room: 6/2-008
18:00
Tutorials - Tutorial 2
Tutorials - Tutorial 2
18:00 - 19:00
Room: 6/2-008
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
09:00
Visit - LEIR and Billinge room
-
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Django Manglunki
Visit - LEIR and Billinge room
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Django Manglunki
09:00 - 10:10
10:10
Coffee break + Walk to Isolde
Coffee break + Walk to Isolde
10:10 - 10:30
10:30
Visit - ISOLDE
Visit - ISOLDE
10:30 - 12:00
Room: 37/R-022
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Lecture - Longitudinal motion
-
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Lecture - Longitudinal motion
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
13:00 - 15:00
Room: 6/2-008
15:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15
Lecture - Longitudinal motion
-
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Lecture - Longitudinal motion
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
15:15 - 16:45
Room: 6/2-008
16:45
Tutorials - Tutorial 3
Tutorials - Tutorial 3
16:45 - 18:15
Room: 6/2-008
Thursday, 5 February 2026
09:00
Lecture - Cyclotrons
-
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Lecture - Cyclotrons
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
09:00 - 10:20
Room: 6/R-018
10:20
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:20 - 10:30
10:30
Seminar - Experimental high energy physics
Seminar - Experimental high energy physics
10:30 - 12:30
Room: 6/R-018
12:30
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:30
13:30
Visit - ATLAS visitor center
-
Karolos Potamianos
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
Visit - ATLAS visitor center
Karolos Potamianos
(
University of Warwick (GB)
)
13:30 - 14:30
14:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Lecture - Synchrotrons
-
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Lecture - Synchrotrons
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
15:00 - 16:30
Room: 6/R-018
16:30
Tutorials - Tutorial 4
Tutorials - Tutorial 4
16:30 - 18:00
Room: 6/R-018
19:00
Fondue
Fondue
19:00 - 21:30
Friday, 6 February 2026
09:00
Lecture - Colliders
-
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
Lecture - Colliders
Cedric Hernalsteens
(
CERN
)
09:00 - 10:30
Room: 6/R-018
10:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 10:50
10:50
Seminar - Proton and ion filling schemes for the LHC
-
Django Manglunki
Seminar - Proton and ion filling schemes for the LHC
Django Manglunki
10:50 - 12:00
Room: 6/R-018
12:00
Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Visit - CCC
-
Django Manglunki
Visit - CCC
Django Manglunki
13:00 - 14:00
14:00
Visit - AMS
-
Django Manglunki
Visit - AMS
Django Manglunki
14:00 - 14:30
14:30
Transport and coffee break
Transport and coffee break
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
Close out and Q&A
Close out and Q&A
15:00 - 17:00
Room: 6/R-018
Saturday, 7 February 2026