LhARA Collaboration Meeting #9
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Europe/London
Description
The nineth LhARA collaboration meeting took place on the 29th and 30th April 2026.
The meeting will be held in the Pickavance Lecture Theatre at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on the Harwell science and innovation campus.
The meeting will start on Wednesday at 9:30 with tea/coffee followed by a welcome and introduction at 10:00.
Accommodation may be found on the Harwell Campus at Ridgeway House. Additional information about accommodation may be found here.
ZOOM link for remot particpants: https://cern.zoom.us/j/63835203349?pwd=cehDjgdlx6NZ4LGoepdZfjfC9FODdc.1
Ken Long
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Social and catering: Arrivals and coffeeConvener: Kenneth Long (STFC)
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10:30
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10:45
Welcome and introcuctionConvener: Kenneth Long (STFC)
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10:45
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12:30
Plenary session: Radiobiology programmeConvener: Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham)
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10:45
Radiobiology Update and Future Plans 30mSpeaker: Emma Melia (University of Birmingham)
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11:15
Beamline instrumentation 15mSpeaker: Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)
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11:30
Beamline Improvements 30mSpeaker: Josie McGarrigle (Imperial College London)
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12:00
Open Discussion 30m
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10:45
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13:30
Social and catering: Lunch
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15:00
Plenary session: Source and captureConveners: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London), Robbie Wilson (University of Strathclyde)
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13:30
Overview of EPAC 20mSpeaker: James Green (STFC)
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13:50
Experimental progress on the plasma lens 20mSpeaker: Poram Ruksasakchai (Swansea University)
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14:10
Simulations of the plasma lens 20mSpeaker: Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)
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14:30
Discussion on future R&D 30m
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15:00
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Social and catering: Tea
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17:00
Plenary session: InstrumentationConvener: Kenneth Long (STFC)
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15:30
Intro 5mSpeaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)
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15:35
High-resolution cell imaging 20mSpeaker: Prof. Christopher Dunsby (Imperial)
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15:55
Time-of-flight ion diagnostics 20mSpeaker: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London)
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16:15
End Station Beam Monitoring: Gas Jet Profile Monitor and Air Fluorescence Monitor 20mSpeaker: Milaan Patel
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16:35
Review of instrumentation for PoPLaR and progress on space-fibre development 20mSpeaker: Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)
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Discussion 5m
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15:30
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21:30
Social and catering: Dinner
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Plenary session: PPD outreach day, Caversham, Glasgow Science Festival and Royal Society Summer Science ExhibitionConvener: Kenneth Long (STFC)
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09:30
Update on status of Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition planning 20mSpeakers: Kenneth Long (STFC), Dr Paul Jurj (Imperial)
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09:50
Glasgow Science Festival 15mSpeaker: Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)
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10:05
Caversham Science Fair 10m
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10:15
Discussion 15m
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11:00
Social and catering: Coffee
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12:00
Plenary session: Building the third pilar: co-creation, outreach and engagementConveners: Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde), Kenneth Long (STFC), Prof. Pat Price (Imperial)
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11:00
Business case; outline and proposed time line 15mSpeaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)
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11:15
Programme planning, exploitation of synergies, and routes to resource 15mSpeaker: Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)
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11:30
Discussion 30m
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Plenary session: LhARA Beamline Design and IntegrationConvener: William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)
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12:00
Stage 1 Modelling 15mSpeaker: Matt Pereira (Royal Holloway, University of London)
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12:15
Improving beam tracking using a hybrid code strategy 5mSpeaker: Marie Mannie-Corbisier
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12:20
Future studies and discussion 25mSpeakers: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College London/RAL-STFC), Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial Coll.)
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Plenary session: Planning, goals for the September 2026 collaboration meetingConvener: Kenneth Long (STFC)
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