Welcome to the Cockcroft Institute

1. Welcome tothe Cockcroft Institute http://www.lancs.ac.uk/cockcroft-institute/ Sir John Cockcroft FRS b. Todmorden (Lancashire and Yorkshire!) ed. Manchester University: Maths Manchester College of Technology (UMIST): Elec. Eng. Metropolitan-Vickers, Manchester PhD then post-doc, Cambridge Univ. Nobel Laureate, Physics, 1951 John Dainton Director, Cockcroft Institute for Accelerator Science and Technology, and Sir James Chadwick Professor of Physics The University of Liverpool, GB

2. Science “Driver” UK membership global High Energy Physics “light fantastic” LCLS ILC LHC SRS XFEL ESS ISIS ν-Factory neutrons DIAMOND

3. R&D Challenge … global High Energy Physics “light fantastic” universal - MV/m - intensity - nm delivery LCLS ILC LHC XFEL Cockcroft Institute +UK plc ESS ν-Factory neutrons DIAMOND

4. … for tomorrow’s science  RCUK prioritisation to come (SR07) ? A EPSRC A EPSRC A EPSRC ! A EPSRC A PPARC A EPSRC ! A EPSRC A PPARC EPSRC science STFC science A accelerator science and technology ! SNS (1 MW) from 2007 !JPARC (1 MW) from 2009/10 ?

5. Accelerators Today accelerators today drive wealth creation -20th Centuryaccelerator science and techy -from the physics of the 20th Century Cockcroft Institute +UK plc accelerators tomorrow ? -accelerator science and techy KE  UK plc

6. The pieces  “blue sky” and project R&D delivery + operation international collaboration physicists core funding physicists building Cockcroft Institute physicists engineers physicists engineers +UKplc

7. The Cockcroft Institute  unique, seamless, collaboration of established research excellence in NW England “faculty” + PDRA+ students 44.5 FTE senior + junior scientists 55 FTE Nov 2006  seamless synergy of basic science engineering and technology industry UK inward investment - science  people, skills, innovation, progress - high-tech  industrial production

8. September 19th 2006 Lord Sainsbury: Science Minister

9. The first Accelerator  matter @ MeV scale: the discovery of the “point-like” atomic nucleus Marsden and Rutherford, Manchester 1909 rare Alpha particles: probe MeV from an atomic nucleus ~ 1014 MV/m ! Ultra thin Gold foil: target - large energy transfer Q - large scattering angle σ~ 1/Q4

10. Cambridge: “splitting the atom” …… splitting the atom 14th April 1932 the birth of the energy frontier -800 KeV p + Li  He + He fundamental John Cockcroft b. Todmorden (Lancs and Yorks!) ed. Manchester Univ (Maths) Manchester College of Technology (Elec. Eng.) Metropolitan-Vickers, Manchester PhD then post-doc Cambridge Univ. Ernest Walton ed. TC Dublin, MSc hydrodynamics PhD student, Cambridge Univ.

11. … with NW England’s industry “The facts are that we looked first for gamma rays and not alpha particles, since at that time we had a fixed idea that gamma rays would be the most likely disintegration products.” Sir John Cockcroft FRS 1938 “… a singularly modest and self-effacing life.” C P Snow on John Cockcroft in “Physicists” 800 kV “… they were fortunate to have the support of Metropolitan Vickers: … the Manchester company.” B Cathcart in “The Fly in the Cathedral”

12. Synchronous Acceleration  NW England (again) James Chadwick Liverpool cyclotron -first outside US - cross sections for Manhattan -Liverpool Physics in Downing Street ! ? Liverpool synchrocyclotron “Metro Vick” -first extracted beam Crewe and Gregory NIMROD (p) and NINA (e) synchrotrons CERN (p) PS and SPS

13. Getting it right …… most of the time! there are three C’s in CoCkCroft ! …but two R’s ?! CERN Courier

14. Inaugural Symposium February 15th 2007 Cockcroft Institute Atrium 12:30 Buffet Lunch 13:30 Naming of the Walton Room Professor Martinus Veltman (University of Utrecht) Professor Philip Walton (National University of Ireland, Galway) Merrison Lecture Theatre: Daresbury Laboratory 13:45 hr Welcome Professor John Dainton (Director: Cockcroft Institute) 13:55 “Accelerator Science at Daresbury, ASTeC and now the Cockcroft Institute” Professor Mike Poole (Director ASTeC, CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory) 14:15 “Particle Accelerators: Instruments of Discovery” Professor Claudio Pellegrini (UCLA) 15:15 “RF for Really Forceful Acceleration!” Dr Becky Seviour (Cockcroft Institute, University of Lancaster) Tea and Coffee 16:15 “High Quality Electron Beams in Future Storage Rings” Dr Andrzej Wolski (Cockcroft Institute, University of Liverpool) 16:45 “New Science with Next Generation Light” Professor Wendy Flavell (4GLS, University of Manchester) 17:15 “Amazing Particles and Light: Challenges and Horizons” Professor Swapan Chattopadhyay (Jefferson Laboratory and Inaugural Director: Cockcroft Institute) 18:15 Adjourn Park Royal Hotel, Stretton 19:00 hr Dinner

15. Friday February 16th 2007 at 16:00 hr Lecture Theatre Liverpool Medical Institute, 114 Mount Pleasant Professor Martinus Veltman (University of Utrecht) Nobel Laureate (Physics) 1999 will deliver the second Barkla Lecture “Elementary Particle Physics” Refreshments at 15:30 hr Wine reception afterwards Further details from Professor Alon Faraggi faraggi@amtp.liv.ac.uk

16. The Cockcroft Institute  why here in NW England ? - Daresbury  accelerator-lead research univs Liverpool Lancaster Manchester Nuclear Physics (since Rutherford !) High Energy Physics (since Chadwick !) Synchrotron Radiation science (since SRF 1970s) - all require new accelerator systems for progress -all have been here in their time Cockcroft/Walton experience 70 years on “… they were fortunate to have the support of Metropolitan Vickers: … the Manchester company.” B Cathcart in “The Fly in the Cathedral”

17. Mission • The Institute’s “mission” is summarised in the following “deliverables”: • generic R&D in Accelerator Science and Technology (AST); • project specific R&D in AST • (e.g. a linear collider and a Neutrino Factory); • leadership and management of national deliverables to • international facilities (which may be UK-situated); • competence in crucial and specific technologies; • technology transfer to industry; • staff complement of internationally acknowledged expertise; • seamless involvement of the HEI and CCLRC sectors; • education and training to ensure a flourishing staff • supply side.