JAI Fest

Monday 4 Dec 2023, 09:30 → 20:00 GMT

Denys Sciama Lecture Theatre (Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Rd, Oxford OX1 3RH)

Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB)), Stephen Gibson (Royal Holloway, University of London), Zulfikar Najmudin

09:50 → 10:00 Welcome and unofficial JAI bingo¶

jaifest-bingo.pdf

10:00 → 11:10 Session 1: Welcome + Intense particle sources¶

10:00 Director's report¶

Speaker: Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB))

JAIFest_Dec2023.pdf

JAIFest_Dec2023.ppt

10:30 The environmental impact of the ISIS-II Neutron and Muon Source¶

Speaker: Dr Hannah Wakeling (John Adams Institute, Oxford University)

2023_12_04_JAIFest_ISIS-II_Sustainability.pdf

10:50 Head-Tail Instability Predictions for the ISIS Synchrotron¶

Speaker: David Posthuma de Boer

DPdB_JAIFest2023.pdf

DPdB_JAIFest2023.pptx

11:10 → 11:30 Tea / coffee break

11:30 → 12:50 Session 2: Beam manipulation¶

11:30 The ZHI Laser - a 100Hz laser for laser-matter interactions¶

Speaker: Oliver Ettlinger

JAIFest_2023.pdf

11:50 Pulse characterisation techniques for multi-pulse laser plasma wakefield accelerators¶

Speaker: Warren Wang

Pulse characterisation JAI Fest final.pdf

12:10 Optimising electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator using machine learning¶

Speaker: Michael Backhouse (Imperial College London)

JAI_2023_MB.pdf

12:30 Observation of electron energy loss in strong fields with Bayesian inference and model selection¶

Speaker: Eva Los (Imperial College)

JAIFest_2023_RR2021_Los.pdf

JAIFest_2023_RR2021_Los.pptx

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:20 Session 3: Diagnostics and Drivers¶

14:00 Toward precise beam injection into the AWAKE experimen¶

Speaker: Vittorio Bencini (John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science (GB))

Bencini_JAI_Fest_2023.pdf

Bencini_JAI_Fest_2023.pptx

14:20 Cherenkov and High frequency Beam Position Monitors for the AWAKE common beamline¶

Speakers: Bethany Spear (University of Oxford (GB)), Bethany Spear (University of Oxford/ JAI)

JAIfest_cherenkov.pptx

14:40 Cherenkov diffraction radiation studies at Diamond Light Source¶

Speaker: Alec Clapp

JAIFest_Presentation.pdf

15:00 Design and testing of the CLIC Two Beam Module alignment systems¶

Speaker: Matthew John Capstick (University of Oxford (GB))

CLIC Module Alignment and Stability Studies.pdf

CLIC Module Alignment and Stability Studies.pptx

15:20 → 15:50 Tea/ coffee break

15:50 → 16:50 Session 4: Applications¶

15:50 Development of beamlines for CERN’s future fixed target experiments¶

Speaker: Florian Wolfgang Stummer (University of London (GB))

StummerFlorian_2023-12-04_JAIFest.pdf

StummerFlorian_2023-12-04_JAIFest.pptx

16:10 On noise and perturbations for operating the latest generation of light sources¶

Speaker: Seb Wilkes

Noise and Perturbations.pptx

Noise and Perturbations_shorter.pptx

16:30 Life after JAI¶

Speaker: Chetan Gohil (University of Oxford (GB))

Life After JAI CG.pdf

16:50 → 18:00 After Party: Drinks and nibbles¶