LhARA Collaboration Meeting

Name: LhARA Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2023-02-08T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-02-08T18:30:00+00:00
Location: Physics West

Wednesday 8 Feb 2023, 10:00 → 18:30 Europe/London

Physics West

University of Birmingham

Amato Giacca (Oxford/Stanford), Jason Parsons (Birmingham), Jason Parsons (Liverpool), Tony Price (Birmingham)

Description

This, the third, LhARA collaboration meeting will be held in the Vinen Room in Physics West, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham, B15 2TT

The meeting will be held in "mixed mode" but if you are able to attend "in person" that would be excellent.

Zoom: https://bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/86538837135?pwd=M3dqMHZ3MGo5dUdnMHlTVDBCWjZqUT09

Ken Long

k.long@imperial.ac.uk

+44-(0)7824 560302

Registration

Participants

Amato Giaccia
Anthea MacIntosh-LaRocque
Ben Cox
Ben Smart
Brendan Loughran
Charlotte Palmer
Christopher Baker
Colin Whyte
Elisabetta Boella
Gareth Jones
Harry Hall
Hywel Owen
James Guggenheim
Jason Parsons
Jeff Bamber
Josie McGarrigle
Ken Long
Maria Maxouti
Narender Kumar
Neil Bliss
Nicholas Dover
Pat Price
Philip Burrows
Ross Gray
Ruth McLauchlan
Stuart Green
Tim Greenshaw
Titus Dascalu
Tony Price
Tzany Kokalova Wheldon
Vania Lay
William Shields
Yu Hu

- 10:00 → 10:05
  
  Welcome 5m
- 10:05 → 10:15
  
  Introduction 10m
  
  Speaker: Ken Long (Imperial Coll.)
  
  01-2023-02-08-Long.pptx
- 10:15 → 10:30
  
  The LhARA project 15m
  
  Speaker: Dr Colin Whyte (Strathclyde)
  
  CWhyte23-02_08.pdf
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  Proton and ion capture
  
  Conveners: Christopher Baker (Swansea University), Dr William Bertsche (Manchester/CI)
  
  2023_LhARA_Collaboration_meeting_WP3_v1.1.pdf
- 11:30 → 12:00
  
  Coffee: Break
- 12:00 → 13:00
  Proton and ion source
  
  Conveners: Dr Elisabetta Boella (Lancaster/CI), Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London), Dr Ross Gray (Strathclyde)
  - 12:00
    
    Update on WP2 project management and scope 15m
    
    Speaker: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London)
    
    20230208_LhARA_meeting_Doverv2.pdf
  - 12:15
    
    Update on SCAPA commissioning for high repetition rate operations 15m
    
    Speakers: Dr Ross Gray (Strathclyde), Ross Gray
    
    RJG_Lhara_Day_Slides_February2023.pdf
  - 12:30
    
    Summary of developments in automation and optimisation of laser-driven ion acceleration 10m
    
    Speaker: Brendan Loughran
  - 12:40
    
    Update on development of liquid jet targets 10m
    
    Speaker: Charlotte Palmer
- 13:00 → 14:00
  
  Coffee: Lunch
- 14:00 → 14:47
  Ion acoustic dose-profile measurement: Ion-acoustic dose-profile measurement
  
  Conveners: Prof. Emma Harris (ICR), Prof. Jeff Bamber (ICR)
  - 14:00
    
    Introduction 2m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jeff Bamber (ICR)
  - 14:02
    
    Update on Monte Carlo and acoustic simulation 15m
    
    Speaker: Maria Maxouti (Imperial/PPD)
    
    Birmingham_Collaboration_meeting.pptx
  - 14:17
    
    Update smart phantom development 15m
    
    Speaker: Josie McGarrigle (Imperial)
  - 14:32
    
    Update on experimental aspects 5m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Jeff Bamber (ICR)
  - 14:37
    
    Questions and Discussion 10m
- 14:45 → 15:45
  Novel end-station development
  
  Conveners: Dr Ruth McLauchlan (IC NHS H/c Trust), Dr Tony Price (Birmingham)
  - 14:45
    
    Update on Gas Profiler 15m
    
    Speaker: Narender Kumar (University of Liverpool, Cockcroft Institute)
  - 15:00
    
    Update on Consultations 15m
    
    WP5_consultation_update.odp
- 15:45 → 16:00
  
  Coffee: Tea
- 16:00 → 17:00
  Design and integration
  
  Conveners: Dr Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial/STFC/JAI), Mr Neil Bliss (STFC)
  - 16:00
    
    WP6 Update 30m
    
    Speaker: William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)
    
    11-20230208_WShields.pdf
- 17:00 → 17:30
  
  Discussion: Closing discussion and closing remarks
  
  Convener: Prof. Amato Giacca (Oxford/Standord)
- 17:30 → 18:30
  
  Institute Board