CAS at the Cockcroft Institute

The CERN Accelerator School (CAS) and the UK’s new centre for accelerator science, the Cockcroft Institute, jointly organised a course on General Accelerator Physics, at intermediate level, at the Cockcroft Institute, Daresbury, UK, from 16 to 28 September 2007. The venue took advantage of the excellent new facilities in the Institute and the existing infrastructure of the adjacent Daresbury Laboratory.

The intermediate level course followed established practice, with lectures on core topics in the mornings and specialised courses in the afternoons. The latter provided "hands-on" education and experience in the three selected topics: "RF Measurements Techniques", "Beam Instrumentation and Diagnostics" and "Optics Design and Correction". These proved to be highly successful, with participants choosing one course and following the topic throughout the school. Guided studies, tutorials, seminars and a poster session completed the programme. The school also included an excursion to the beautiful city of York and a themed Welsh medieval dinner at the school’s closure.

The school was a resounding success with 80 participants representing 26 nationalities.

CAS and the Cockcroft Institute organizers local wish to thank the different British sponsors of the school, from both industry and academia, for their financial support; without this support the school would not have been financially viable.