John Adams Institute – what it is, and
capabilities relevant for CCAP
Meeting to discuss establishing a Centre for the
Clinical Application of Particles (CCAP)
Andrei Seryi
24 March 2017 at Imperial College
What is JAI
Sir John Adams (24 May 1920 - 3 March 1984) - the 'father' of CERN accelerators.
 The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science is a centre of
excellence in the UK for advanced and novel accelerator technology,
created in 2004 to foster accelerator R&D in the universities
 JAI is based on 3 universities: University of Oxford, Royal Holloway
University of London and, since 2011, Imperial College London
http://www.adams-institute.ac.uk
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Accelerators for science and society
Accelerators: high energy physics, nuclear physics, healthcare, security, energy, life
science, novel materials, industry…
Tens of millions of patients receive accelerator-based diagnoses
and treatment each year in hospitals and clinics around the world
All products that are processed, treated, or inspected by particle beams
have a collective annual value of more than $500B
The fraction of the Nobel prizes in Physics directly connected to
accelerators is about 30%
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JAI mission
• The JAI's mission is to work with other national and
international accelerator laboratories and institutes, to
promote and develop accelerator science in the UK
• The main objectives of the Institute are:
– To develop novel and advanced accelerator technologies for particle
physics and other applications
– To train a new generation of accelerator scientists and engineers
– To disseminate knowledge about the benefits of accelerator
technology to a wide community through outreach projects
– To make major contributions to the design and development of new
particle physics facilities
– To develop new scientific facilities such as new light and neutron
sources
– The development and construction of applied accelerator technologies
(medical, energy etc.)
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Foundation of JAI programme
JAI
programme
Training next
generation of
scientists
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Research at
the forefront
of accelerator
science
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Connections
with industry
and outreach
programme
Structure
Faculty of Natural Sciences
MPLS Division
Faculty of Science
Department of Physics
Department of Physics
Department of Physics
JAI@OX
JAI@IC
JAI@RH
The institute integrates and coordinates: research, training, industrial connections
The institute is established via a signed agreement of the partner universities
The JAI is strongly embedded into Physics departments of
leading universities and benefits from their strong support,
as well as from their rich academic and cultural traditions
( MPLS = Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences )
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JAI operating principles
• As institute based on three universities, we in particular
looking for and nurture those activities and ideas…
Imperial
Oxford
RHUL
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JAI operating principles
• As institute based on three universities, we in particular
looking for and nurture those activities and ideas that
connects the teams and cross-amplify their capabilities
Imperial
Oxford
JAI
RHUL
Cross-fertilization of ideas and distribution of resources
leads to enhanced capability
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Funding – three components
Major part of the funding is coming
via project-specific grants (from
the STFC or EPSRC Research
Councils, European grants, from
Industrial partners, etc).
This funding can fluctuate
considerably. (It also usually
include partners beyond JAI).
Project Funding
Prepare next 4 year plan.
External review.
Award the next core grant.
STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council)
STFC provide core funding for research
expenses, PostDocs, students and ~20%
time of academic staff. The programme
reviewed by STFC every 4 yrs.
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England)
HEFCE provides fraction of funding
for permanent academic staff. This
represents long term commitment by
the universities.
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JAI governance
JAI Governing Board includes:
representatives of all 3 universities
(Heads of Faculties of Science and Heads of Physics Departments),
representative from STFC (main funding council),
and is chaired by an independent Chairperson who represents UK industry
Governing
Board
Advisory
Board
JAI
Directorate
Executive
Committee
Research
Training
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Industrial
connection
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JAI Advisory Board
JAI Advisory Board includes world leading experts from
Large National-scale Labs, Industry, University / Inst. of
Technology
Dr Reinhard
Brinkmann, Director
Accelerator Division,
DESY
Prof Bill Barletta, MIT,
Director of US Particle
Accelerator School
Governing
Board
Advisory
Board
JAI
Directorate
Executive
Committee
Research
Prof Oliver Heid, ex-head of
Siemens Healthcare Technology
& Concepts, Germany
Dr Nobu Toge,
trustee of KEK Lab, Japan
Dr Oliver Bruning,
head of Accelerators and
Beam Physics Group, CERN
Prof Steve Myers, AB Chair since
2015, ex-Director of Accelerators
at CERN,
Training
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Industrial
connection
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Prof Andy Wolski, Univ. of
Liverpool, representative of
Cockcroft Institute
JAI Directorate
Prof Andrei Seryi, JAI Director,
JAI/OX
Governing
Board
Advisory
Board
JAI
Directorate
Prof Stewart Boogert,
JAI Deputy Director,
JAI/RHUL
Executive
Committee
Research
Prof Zulfikar Najmudin,
JAI Deputy Director,
JAI/IC
Training
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Industrial
connection
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Prof Phil Burrows, JAI
Associate Director,
JAI/OX
JAI Exec Committee
Governing
Board
Advisory
Board
JAI
Directorate
Executive
Committee
Research
Training
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Industrial
connection
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R. Bartolini – training coordinator
S. Boogert – deputy Director
P. Burrows – Assoc. Dir, Industry Appl.
B. Foster – OX PP Head (ex), Outreach
S. Hooker – Lasers & Plasma
P. Karataev - deputy training coordinator
K. Long – HEP IC Liaison
S. Mangles - deputy training coordinator
Z. Najmudin – deputy Director
F. Van den Heuvel – Ox Inst. Rad. Onc. liaison
S. Rose – Oxford & IC
A. Seryi – Director
Research program evolution
… -2012
Enabling
accelerator
techniques for
scientific, medical
and energy
applications
Advanced
accelerator
Instrumentation
and beam
diagnostics
Training
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2012 -2017
Enabling
accelerator
techniques for
scientific, medical
and energy
applications
Next generation
compact light
sources and
laser-plasma
acceleration FEL
Advanced
accelerator
Instrumentation
and beam
diagnostics
Training
14
2017 -2021
FEL and novel
light sources
Plasma
acceleration
Future colliders
and particle
physics facilities
Intense hadron
beams
Training
WP2
WP3
WP4
WP5
WP1
Research Directions (examples)
Examples of research
2012 -2017
Enabling
accelerator
techniques for
scientific, medical
and energy
applications
Novel ERL
design of UHFLUX
ESS
Next generation
compact light
sources and
laser-plasma
acceleration FEL
Advanced
accelerator
Instrumentation
and beam
diagnostics
Training
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LC Final
Focus
Diamond
upgrade
FCC IR & FF
Laser-plasma
acceleration
Feedforward
Laser wire
Beam sz diagnostics
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BPMs
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Research Directions & achievements
Highlights of achievements
2012 -2017
Enabling
accelerator
techniques for
scientific, medical
and energy
applications
•
•
•
•
Next generation
compact light
sources and
laser-plasma
acceleration FEL
•
•
•
•
LC Final
Demonstrating new
low e techniques at Diamond
Light Source
Diamond
Focus
Improving HL-LHCupgrade
collimation system by developing electrooptics BPM embedded into collimators
Novel ERLbeam stabilisation for ATF2 & CLIC IR
Validating nm-level
design
of UHDevelop drive
beam
phase feed-forward system
FLUX
ESS
Laser-plasma acceleration to 2 GeV
in a single stage
Laser-plasma
The first demonstration of multi-pulse
plasma-wave excitation
acceleration
High brightness plasma acc. X-ray sources
Phase-contrast imaging of human tissues and high-resolution
bone tomography
Advanced
accelerator
Instrumentation
World-class
Laser wire
and beam
diagnostics graduate training:
Training
•
•
•
60 PhD experts
graduated
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FCC IR & FF
Feedforward
OTR and Smith Purcell diagnostics
Commercialization of cavity BPMs
Commercialization of metrology system.
Beam sz diagnostics
BPMs
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Research directions
2017 -2021
FEL and novel
light sources
UK-FEL
Diamond upgrade
UH-FLUX
Plasma
acceleration
Future colliders
and particle
physics facilities
Intense hadron
beams
MP LWFA
HL-LHC
LC FF
FCC IR & FF
IBEX
CLIC R&D
AWAKE
Training
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Beam diagnostics
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JAI graduate training
– PhD based on state-of-the-art studies in accelerator science
– Excellent record – majority graduates in 4 years
– Total number of PhD graduates is about 60 (20% women)
• Majority of theses (91%) combine experimental research with
theoretical/simulation investigations
– Excellent post-PhD employment opportunities
• Our graduates have excellent career prospects in fields of
science & technology – they now work at RAL, ASTeC, Oxford,
NPL London, CERN, SLAC, BNL, DESY, LLNL, LBNL, etc.
• 15% of our alumni work in industry
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R&D directions & capabilities relevant for CCAP
2017 -2021
FEL and novel
light sources
Plasma
acceleration
Future colliders
and particle
physics facilities
Intense hadron
beams
UK-FEL
General capabilities applicable
to almost any
accelerator-based device aimed at clinical use
Diamond upgrade
UH-FLUX
• Generation of beams
• Control of beams
MP LWFA
Beam diagnostics
• Particle-matter interaction
• System-wide design, wall plug efficiency optimization
• Integration, siting, shielding
• Beam diagnostics
• Beam acceleration – RF, laser, plasma
HL-LHC
FF
• BeamLCcooling
• Radiation generation – THz, X-rays, etc.
FCC IR & FF
• Beam and detector interface
• Beam collimation, shaping, dumping
• Etc.
IBEX
CLIC R&D
AWAKE
Training
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