Name: Particle Accelerators and Beams Conference 2025
Start: 2025-07-09T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-10T18:20:00+01:00
Location: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre

Particle Accelerators and Beams Conference 2025

from Wednesday, 9 July 2025 (08:00) to Thursday, 10 July 2025 (18:20)

Monday, 7 July 2025
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Wednesday, 9 July 2025

09:00 Registration
Registration
09:00 - 09:30
09:30 Conference Welcome - Andy Smith (University of Manchester)
Conference Welcome
- Andy Smith (University of Manchester)
09:30 - 09:35
09:35 Welcome to Oxford - Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB))
Welcome to Oxford
- Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB))
09:35 - 09:40
09:40 AI for accelerators - Andrea Santamaria Garcia
AI for accelerators
- Andrea Santamaria Garcia
09:40 - 10:10
10:10 RELIEF project - Reducing the environmental impact of leather tanning - Robert Apsimon
RELIEF project - Reducing the environmental impact of leather tanning
- Robert Apsimon
10:10 - 10:40
10:40 Coffee 🍵
Coffee 🍵
10:40 - 11:00
11:00 Panel discussion: Future funding of accelerator science and technology - Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB)) Richard D'Arcy (University of Oxford) Stewart boogert (Royal Holloway, University of London) Nick Bazin Jim Clarke Peter Ratoff (Lancaster University)
Panel discussion: Future funding of accelerator science and technology
- Philip Nicholas Burrows (University of Oxford (GB))
- Richard D'Arcy (University of Oxford)
- Stewart boogert (Royal Holloway, University of London)
- Nick Bazin
- Jim Clarke
- Peter Ratoff (Lancaster University)
11:00 - 12:20
12:20 Lunch 🥗
Lunch 🥗
12:20 - 13:20
13:20 Magnet Simulation - Ben Pine
Magnet Simulation
- Ben Pine
13:20 - 13:50
The combination of Maxwell's equations and finite element methods have been phenomenally successful in solving electromagnetic problems of all kinds. Multiple software packages have been created for design and simulation of electromagnetic devices, of which Dassault Systemes SIMULIA Opera is one such example. SIMULIA Opera is formulated and optimized in particular for the design and simulation of particle accelerator magnets, having started life at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in 1984. Tools like Opera have enabled the precise design of high precision permanent magnet, electromagnet and superconducting magnet systems, which have performed as required in facilities all over the world. What sort of problems remain that provide challenges for magnet simulation? This talk will give an overview of the general topic, then have a look at what is required to explore some of these advanced challenges, through the lens of several recent SIMULIA Opera customer engagements.
13:50 Mechanical Engineering for Diamond II Accelerators - Walter Tizzano
Mechanical Engineering for Diamond II Accelerators
- Walter Tizzano
13:50 - 14:20
This talk explores the mechanical engineering efforts behind the design and construction of the D-II accelerators, with a focus on the integration of precision mechanical systems, magnets and vacuum systems. We will delve into the unique challenges posed by the D-II’s compact lattice design and high-brightness beam requirements, highlighting solutions developed for thermal management, alignment tolerances, and vibration isolation.
14:20 Coffee 🍵
Coffee 🍵
14:20 - 14:40
14:40 Parallel talks: Parallel Session I - (Martin Wood Lecture Theatre)
Parallel Session I - (Martin Wood Lecture Theatre)
14:40 - 16:00
Contributions

14:40 First High Energy Beam from the CLARA Electron Accelerator and Current Commissioning Progress - Thomas Pacey (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

14:55 Emittance Measurements and Beam Optics Matching for CLARA - Mark Johnson (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

15:10 Conclusions from the UK XFEL conceptual design and options analysis project - David Dunning (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

15:25 Beam Brightness Preservation in a High-Brightness Free-Electron Laser Driver - Alexander Brynes (STFC Daresbury Laboratory)

15:40 Plasma-based energy and brightness booster stages for the UK XFEL - Ahmad Fahim Habib (University of Strathclyde)
Parallel talks: Parallel Session II (Lindemann)
Parallel Session II (Lindemann)
14:40 - 16:00
Contributions

14:40 The VENOM Project - Simon Rice (AWE PLC)

14:55 Muon Cooling for a Muon Collider - Chris Rogers

15:10 Laser energised Travelling Charge Accelerator for nuclear medicine and beyond - Satyabrata Kar (Queen's University Belfast)

15:25 Communicating high-level environmental sustainability guidelines for large accelerator facilities - Hannah Wakeling (University of Oxford)

15:40 ECFA-UK: Lessons, Progress, and Opportunities for UK Accelerator Science - Haroon Rafique (STFC / ECFA)
Parallel talks: Parallel Session III (Simpkins Lee)
Parallel Session III (Simpkins Lee)
14:40 - 16:00
Contributions

14:40 Coherent Stability versus Dynamic Aperture – Pushing the High-Intensity Frontier for Hadron Beam Production - Adrian Oeftiger (University of Oxford)

14:55 Diffusion - Seb Wilkes (University of Oxford)

15:10 Acceleration-Induced Self-Interactions of Ultra-Short Electron Bunches - Ryan McGuigan (Lancaster University)

15:25 Proton beam divergence measurements from radiation pressure driven shock acceleration - Ginevra Casati (Imperial College)

15:40 Terahertz-manipulated electron bunches for external injection into a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator - Aras Amini (University of Manchester)
16:00 IOP PAB Group Prize talk: - Shinji Machida
IOP PAB Group Prize talk:
- Shinji Machida
16:00 - 17:00
17:00 Poster session

17:00 - 18:15

18:30 Conference dinner + Prizes 🥇

18:30 - 23:00
Thursday, 10 July 2025
09:00 HALHF - A hybrid, asymmetric, linear Higgs factory based on plasma-wakefield and radio-frequency acceleration - Richard D'Arcy (University of Oxford)
HALHF - A hybrid, asymmetric, linear Higgs factory based on plasma-wakefield and radio-frequency acceleration
- Richard D'Arcy (University of Oxford)
09:00 - 09:40
09:40 NOMAD - Compact accelerators for Cultural Heritage - Tessa Charles (Australian Synchrotron (AU))
NOMAD - Compact accelerators for Cultural Heritage
- Tessa Charles (Australian Synchrotron (AU))
09:40 - 10:10
Ion Beam Accelerators and Synchrotron light sources have provided researchers with powerful techniques to analyse objects of cultural significance in a non-destructive and non-invasive manner. However, in many cases it is not be feasible to remove an object from the field or museum and transport it to the laboratory. NOMAD aims to address this challenge through investigating the feasibility of a compact accelerator that can be taken to sites of cultural significance for Ion Beam Analysis (IBA). One such candidate for a compact accelerator is a high frequency RFQ accelerator. We will share preliminary results assessing damage induced by short pulse protons from CERN’s ELISA 750 MHz RFQ accelerator and continuous beam at Surrey Ion Beam accelerator.
10:10 EPAC - Applications of Extreme Photonics - Rajeev Pattathil
EPAC - Applications of Extreme Photonics
- Rajeev Pattathil
10:10 - 10:40
Plasma accelerators are now considered “mature enough” for driving super-bright energetic radiation and particle sources for applications cutting across a multitude of areas in society. Currently, facilities based on plasma accelerators are under design and construction both in the UK and in Europe. In the UK, we are building and commissioning a new national facility, the Extreme Photonics Applications Centre (EPAC), which is due to start operations in 2027. Plasma accelerators driven by the 10Hz Petawatt laser in EPAC can yield bright, beam-like, high-energy x-rays, electrons, protons, ions, neutrons, and muons, opening up new areas of science and applications for exploration. I will outline the status of EPAC and some of the potential applications it would look to exploit.
10:40 Coffee 🍵
Coffee 🍵
10:40 - 11:00
11:00 Parallel talks: Parallel session IV (Martin Wood Lecture Theatre)
Parallel session IV (Martin Wood Lecture Theatre)
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 RF breakdown detection and localization using optical fibers - Ana Maria Guisao Betancur (University of Liverpool)

11:15 Crosstalk studies of storage and booster ring DII magnets - Syed Rishan Ahamad (Diamond Light Source)

11:30 Optimization of Gas-Curtain based Ionization Profile Monitor for Laser-Driven Proton Therapy Applications - Farhana Thesni Mada Parambil (University of Liverpool)

11:45 Microwave instability driven by terahertz-scale resistive-wall impedance in electron synchrotrons - Dmitrii Rabusov (Diamond Light Source)
Parallel talks: Parallel session V (Simpkins Lee)
Parallel session V (Simpkins Lee)
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 A Novel Moment-Based Particle In-Cell Code - Finlay Gunneberg (Lancaster University)

11:15 Multi-objective genetic algorithm optimisation of the Diamond-II storage ring optics - Neven Blaskovic Kraljevic (Diamond Light Source)

11:30 Efficient Free-Electron Laser Modelling Using a Lorentz-Boosted Coordinate System - Runfeng Lu (Imperial College)

11:45 Comparison of end-to-end simulations of a novel optical fibre beam loss monitor for Geant4- and FLUKA-based models - Angus Jones (University of Liverpool)
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Conference Close - Andy Smith (University of Manchester)
Conference Close
- Andy Smith (University of Manchester)
13:00 - 13:15
13:15 Tours of accelerators on Harwell Campus
13:15 - 18:00
Contributions

13:15 Bus to RAL site

14:15 Tour of facility 1

15:30 Tour of facility 2

16:30 Bus to Oxford