LhARA Collaboration Meeting #9

Name: LhARA Collaboration Meeting #9
Start: 2026-04-29T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-30T17:30:00+01:00
Location: No location set

29 Apr 2026, 09:30 → 30 Apr 2026, 17:30 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

Participants

Calvin Dyson
Colin Whyte
Hywel Owen
Milaan Patel
Poram Ruksasakchai
William Shields

Ken Long

k.long@imperial.ac.uk

+44-(0)7824 560302

Wednesday, 29 April
- Wed, 29 Apr
- Thu, 30 Apr
- Social and catering: Arrivals and coffee
  
  Convener: Kenneth Long (STFC)
- Welcome and introcuction
  
  Convener: Kenneth Long (STFC)
  - 1
    
    Welcome and introduction
    
    Speaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)
    
    01-2026-04-29-LONG-WnI.pptx
- Plenary session: Radiobiology programme
  
  Convener: Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham)
  - 2
    
    Radiobiology Update and Future Plans
    
    Speaker: Emma Melia (University of Birmingham)
    
    29.04.26 Collaboration Meeting - Harwell - EM.pdf
  - 3
    
    Beamline instrumentation
    
    Speaker: Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)
  - 4
    
    Beamline Improvements
    
    Speaker: Josie McGarrigle (Imperial College London)
    
    Collaboration_meeting_26_04_2026.pdf
  - 5
    
    Open Discussion
- Social and catering: Lunch
- Plenary session: Source and capture
  
  Conveners: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London), Robbie Wilson (University of Strathclyde)
  - 6
    
    Overview of EPAC
    
    Speaker: James Green (STFC)
  - 7
    
    Experimental progress on the plasma lens
    
    Speaker: Poram Ruksasakchai (Swansea University)
  - 8
    
    Simulations of the plasma lens
    
    Speaker: Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)
  - 9
    
    Discussion on future R&D
- Social and catering: Tea
- Plenary session: Instrumentation
  
  Convener: Kenneth Long (STFC)
  - 10
    
    Intro
    
    Speaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)
  - 11
    
    High-resolution cell imaging
    
    Speaker: Prof. Christopher Dunsby (Imperial)
  - 12
    
    Time-of-flight ion diagnostics
    
    Speaker: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London)
    
    TimeOfFlight.pdf
  - 13
    
    End Station Beam Monitoring: Gas Jet Profile Monitor and Air Fluorescence Monitor
    
    Speaker: Milaan Patel
  - 14
    
    Review of instrumentation for PoPLaR and progress on space-fibre development
    
    Speaker: Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)
  - 15
    
    Discussion
- Social and catering: Dinner
Thursday, 30 April
- Wed, 29 Apr
- Thu, 30 Apr
- Plenary session: PPD outreach day, Caversham, Glasgow Science Festival and Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
  
  Convener: Kenneth Long (STFC)
  - 16
    
    Update on status of Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition planning
    
    Speakers: Kenneth Long (STFC), Dr Paul Jurj (Imperial)
    
    13-2026-04-30-LONG.pptx
  - 17
    
    Glasgow Science Festival
    
    Speaker: Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)
  - 18
    
    Caversham Science Fair
    
    15-Caversham-science-fair.pptx
  - 19
    
    Discussion
- Social and catering: Coffee
- Plenary session: Building the third pilar: co-creation, outreach and engagement
  
  Conveners: Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde), Kenneth Long (STFC), Prof. Pat Price (Imperial)
  - 20
    
    Business case; outline and proposed time line
    
    Speaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)
  - 21
    
    Programme planning, exploitation of synergies, and routes to resource
    
    Speaker: Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)
    
    LhARA26-04-30-CW.pdf
    
    LhARA26-04-30-CW.pptx
  - 22
    
    Discussion
- Plenary session: LhARA Beamline Design and Integration
  
  Convener: William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)
  - 23
    
    Stage 1 Modelling
    
    Speaker: Matt Pereira (Royal Holloway, University of London)
    
    260430_MP_LhARACollab.pptx
  - 24
    
    Improving beam tracking using a hybrid code strategy
    
    Speaker: Marie Mannie-Corbisier
    
    LhARA_Collaboration_meeting_30-4-26_MMC.pdf
    
    LhARA_Collaboration_meeting_30-4-26_MMC.pptx
  - 25
    
    Future studies and discussion
    
    Speakers: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College London/RAL-STFC), Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial Coll.)
    
    Future_Studies_LhARA_CM300426.pdf
- Plenary session: Planning, goals for the September 2026 collaboration meeting
  
  Convener: Kenneth Long (STFC)