scholarly journals The IASA Racetrack Microtron Facility

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
A. Karabarbounis ◽  
H. Avramopoulos ◽  
D. Economou ◽  
A. V. Filippa ◽  
T. A. Filippas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Material Science ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Racetrack Microtron ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Under Construction

The Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications (IASA) is pursuing research and facilitates postgraduate studies in traditional and cross-disciplinary areas where accelerators play an important role. The first major facility of IASA, now under construction, is a 246 MeV two-stage CW Cascade microtron. The planned experimental programs and facilities include nuclear and particle physics, nuclear medicine, archeometry and material science.

scholarly journals Applications for Microwave Kinetic Induction Detectors in Advanced Instrumentation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2671
Author(s):  
Gerhard Ulbricht ◽  
Mario De De Lucia ◽  
Eoin Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Particle Physics ◽  
Material Science ◽  
Kinetic Inductance Detectors ◽  
Kinetic Inductance ◽  
Scientific Instruments ◽  
Thz Imaging ◽  
Observational Astronomy ◽  
Low Temperature Detector ◽  
Temperature Detector ◽  
The Many

In recent years Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) have emerged as one of the most promising novel low temperature detector technologies. Their unrivaled scalability makes them very attractive for many modern applications and scientific instruments. In this paper we intend to give an overview of how and where MKIDs are currently being used or are suggested to be used in the future. MKID based projects are ongoing or proposed for observational astronomy, particle physics, material science and THz imaging, and the goal of this review is to provide an easily usable and thorough list of possible starting points for more in-depth literature research on the many areas profiting from kinetic inductance detectors.

scholarly journals Particle Physics with ORCA

2019 ◽  
Vol 207 ◽  
pp. 04003
Author(s):  
Alba Domi ◽  
Simon Bourret ◽  
Liam Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Neutrino Telescope ◽  
Atmospheric Neutrinos ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
Tau Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Astronomy ◽  
Under Construction

KM3NeT is a Megaton-scale neutrino telescope currently under construction at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. When completed, it will consist of two separate detectors: ARCA (Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss), optimised for high-energy neutrino astronomy, and ORCA (Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss) for neutrino oscillation studies of atmospheric neutrinos. The main goal of ORCA is the determination of the neutrino mass ordering (NMO). Nevertheless it is possible to exploit ORCA’s configuration to make other important measurements, such as sterile neutrinos, non standard interactions, tau-neutrino appearance, neutrinos from Supernovae, Dark Matter and Earth Tomography studies. Part of these analyses are summarized here.

scholarly journals The Future of Particle Physics: The LHC and Beyond

2020 ◽  
pp. 625-630
Author(s):  
Ken Peach
Keyword(s):  
Particle Physics ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Future ◽  
Under Construction

AbstractI have been asked to submit a revised version of this chapter, published almost a decade ago. However, I think that it is better to leave the historical record as it was—this was an article written in its time and for its time. If I was writing this article today, I would call it “The Future of Particle Physics—Beyond the LHC”, in recognition of the fact that, when originally written, the LHC was still under construction and now it has been operating for several years. The other key event which informed the original article was the recently-developed European Strategy for Particle Physics, adopted by the CERN Council in July 2006; the strategy was updated in 2013 and formally adopted in May of that year [1]; as I write, the process of updating the strategy is under way.

scholarly journals Optics for the IASA cw RTM

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
N. Sparveris ◽  
A. V. Filippas ◽  
H. Herminghaus ◽  
K. Hizanidis ◽  
A. Karabarbounis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Linear Accelerator ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Beam Line ◽  
Output Energy ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Racetrack Microtron ◽  
The University ◽  
Optics Design ◽  
Wave Cascade

A Continuous Wave Cascade Racetrack Microtron (RTM) is being built at the Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications (IASA). Making optimal use of the available equipment (obtained from NIST and the University of Illinois), a two-stage ν = 1 Cascade scheme with optics similar to those of the Mainz RTM was adopted. The IASA CW RTM will provide a variable output energy from 6.5 to 246 MeV, with current intensity exceeding ΙΟΟμΑ The LANL side-coupled linear accelerator structure operates at the RF frequency of 2380 MHz. The new design provides excellent emittance characteristics. Details of the optics design and results of the 100 keV beam Line of the Athens CW Cascade RTM are presented.

scholarly journals Special Issue ”Instruments and Methods for Cyclotron Produced Radioisotopes”

Instruments ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Saverio Braccini ◽  
Francisco Alves
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Personalized Medicine ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Radioisotope Production ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
And Personalized Medicine ◽  
Diagnostics And Therapy ◽  
The Way

The 17th Workshop on Targets and Target Chemistry (WTTC17) was held in Coimbra (Portugal) on 27–31 August 2018. A few months before, the 13th Workshop of the European Cyclotron Network (CYCLEUR) took place in Lisbon (Portugal) on 23–24 November 2017. These two events reassembled major experts in the field of radioisotope production, targets, target chemistry and cyclotrons. In the last few years, significant advances have been obtained in these fields with direct implications for science and society. Instruments and methods, originally developed for nuclear and particle physics, played a crucial role and remarkable developments are on-going. The production of novel radioisotopes for both diagnostics and therapy is expected to produce a breakthrough in nuclear medicine in the next years, paving the way towards theranostics and personalized medicine. This Special Issue presents a collection of original scientific contributions on the latest developments on instruments and methods for medical and research cyclotrons as well as on target and target chemistry for the production of radioisotopes.

A Deliverable-Oriented EVM System Suited to a Large-Scale Project

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Bonnal ◽  
Jurgen De Jonghe ◽  
John Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
Value Management ◽  
Earned Value ◽  
Executive Management ◽  
Earned Value Management ◽  
European Laboratory ◽  
Under Construction

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is under construction at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, near Geneva, Switzerland. In 2003, a new earned value management (EVM) system was introduced to improve transparency in LHC project reporting, to allow a clearer distinction between cost differences to the baseline due to overruns versus resulting delays, and to provide the project management team with a more reactive project management information system for better decision-making. EVM has become a de facto standard for the follow-up of cost and schedule and several commercial packages are offered for implementing an EVM system. But because none of these packages fulfilled CERN's requirements, its executive management decided to proceed with an in-house development. In this paper, an overview of what CERN considers to be good requirements for an EVM system suited to large-scale projects is provided: the deliverable-oriented, collaborative and lean management dimensions are enforced. In conclusion, we discuss some of our positive and negative experiences so those who would like to develop or implement similar enterprise-wide project control systems can be more aware of common pitfalls.

scholarly journals Stateless Two-Stage Multiple Criteria Scheduling in Nuclear Medicine

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Shu-Yen Wan ◽  
Che-Yao Chang ◽  
Chun-Ling Wang ◽  
Kun-Ju Lin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Greedy Algorithm ◽  
Clinical Condition ◽  
Time Slot ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Second Stage

Examination in nuclear medicine exhibits scheduling difficulties due to its intricate clinical issues, such as varied radiopharmaceuticals for different diseases, machine preparation and length of scan, and patients’ and hospital’s criteria and/or limitations. Many scheduling methods exist but are limited for nuclear medicine. In this paper, we present stateless two-stage scheduling to cope with multiple criteria decision making. The first stage mostly deals with patients’ conditions. The second stage concerns more the clinical condition and its correlations with patients’ preference which presents more complicated intertwined configurations. A greedy algorithm is proposed in the second stage to determine the (time slot and patient) pair in linear time. The result shows practical and efficient scheduling for nuclear medicine.

scholarly journals Heavy-Ion Collisions at FAIR-NICA Energies

Particles ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-226
Author(s):  
Peter Senger
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Material Science ◽  
Beam Energy ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Radiation Biology ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Density Equation ◽  
Shed Light

The “Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research” (FAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany, and the “Nuclotron-based Ion Collider Facility” (NICA) in Dubna, Russia, are two accelerator centers under construction. FAIR will provide beams and experimental setups to perform forefront research in hadron, nuclear, atomic, and plasma physics, as well as in radiation biology and material science. At NICA, a unique research program on nuclear matter and spin physics will be conducted. Both facilities will execute experiments to explore the properties of QCD matter at neutron star core densities, in order to study the high-density equation of state, and to shed light on the quark degrees-of-freedom emerging in QCD matter at high densities. The research programs will be performed at FAIR with the CBM experiment, and at NICA with the MPD setup at the collider, and with the BM@N experiment at the Nuclotron. These three experiments are complementary, with respect to the beam energy. The physics programs and the relevant experimental observables will be discussed.

scholarly journals Applications of Nuclear and Particle Physics Technology: Particles & Detection — A Brief Overview

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 1860008
Author(s):  
Andrew G. Weisenberger
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Radiation Therapy ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Societal Benefit ◽  
Technology Applications ◽  
Synchrotron Light ◽  
Experimental Nuclear Physics ◽  
Synchrotron Light Sources

A brief overview of the technology applications with significant societal benefit that have their origins in nuclear and particle physics research is presented. It is shown through representative examples that applications of nuclear physics can be classified into two basic areas: 1) applying the results of experimental nuclear physics and 2) applying the tools of experimental nuclear physics. Examples of the application of the tools of experimental nuclear and particle physics research are provided in the fields of accelerator and detector based technologies namely synchrotron light sources, nuclear medicine, ion implantation and radiation therapy.

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