Accelerator Focus at the Physics Department (#2)

Thursday 5 Mar 2020, 09:00 → 12:00 Europe/Stockholm

MAX II (MAX IV)

Previous meeting (link 30 Sep 19)

Minutes

Second meeting 5 March 2020 at MAX IV

https://indico.maxiv.lu.se/event/1287/

Around the table:

Rob Frost, Jan Pallon, David K Olsson, Jonas Björklund Svensson, Caterina Doglioni, Natalia Milas, Yngve Levinsen, Marcelo Ferreira, Anders J Johansson, Francesca Curbis, Sverker Werin (Last moment not able to join: Kristina Stenström, Anders Karlsson, Charlotta Nilsson)

Caterina and Anders presented themselves and their research in brief.

Anders presented his LCAD (Lund Center for Accelerator Development) from 2017 (document on Indico page). An infrastructure to help develop equipment for other labs. Quick notes on relation to Big Science Sweden (https://www.bigsciencesweden.se/) and RISE (https://www.ri.se ). Anders sent the material around for more discussion next time.

Education

We exchanged information on different courses, but agreed that we should collect a table with the information. (Sverker makes a template and sends around)

• FYSC14: visits DESY, Accelerator lectures by Mats Lindroos (2h) and Mahmad Eshraqi (4-6h).
• FAFF10, FYSN11: student projects related to accelerators
• FKNF20: Lab at LIBAF accelerator (http://www.nuclear.lu.se/forskning/tillaempad-kaernfysik/libaf/)
• FYST17: Advanced particle physics
• MNXB01: Computing

Things missing: Plasma physics, control systems, vacuum

Helios graduate school, Hamburg-Lund (https://www.desy.de/news/news_search/index_eng.html?openDirectAnchor=1780) Start next January. 25 studentes over 6 years. 2 batches. Pairs Hamburg-Lund. Collaborator in Hamburg Christian Peters, in Lund Caterina Doglioni and Mathieu Gisselbrecht (SLJUS).

We discussed the importance of computing, big data sets, … and how students can be prepared and learn.

• Compute graduate school (http://cbbp.thep.lu.se/compute/index.php) Free to joing. Retreats 50-60 students.
• http://www.smarthep.org/index.html
• ESCAPE (?)
• https://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/
• https://europeanspallationsource.se/article/2020/02/11/sakura-mobility-programme-2nd-call-proposals

We discussed proposals on joining LTH fairs and Lunch seminars. We could develop something together but need to find the right involvement with ESS and MAX IV. The events are run by the student unions and/or sections.

 

Next meeting: Sverker calls again before the summer.

 

Action points from last meeting still to do:

We should collect names and contacts for all PhD students among us.

A homepage for the initiative should be put up at the Department of Physics.

 

Topics still around:

Graduate school. Compare the ERASMUS project MAXLAS 10 y ago run by Anne L'Huillier.

PhD courses in common in areas such as Diagnostics.

Seminar series on Accelerators (compare MAX ESS seminars)

 

30 September 2019

Come back to teaching when Caterina and Peter från HEP can join.

We should collect names and contacts for all PhD students among us.

A homepage for the initiative should be put up at the Department of Physics.

Anders Karlsson and Anders J Johansson from EIT should be invited.

Graduate school. Compare the ERASMUS project MAXLAS 10 y ago run by Anne L'Huillier.

PhD courses in common in areas such as Diagnostics.

Set-up an Indico page for the presentations from this meeting.

Seminar series on Accelerators (compare MAX ESS seminars)

Sverker should call for a new meeting before end of this year.

- Sverker

09:00 → 09:15 Welcome, intro, idea, last meeting

Speaker: Sverker Werin

Accelerator Focus@Physics_5 March 2020.pdf

09:15 → 09:30 Kristina Eriksson Stenström (postponed)

09:30 → 09:45 Anders Karlsson (postponed)

09:45 → 10:00 Caterina Doglioni

20200304_Doglioni_Accelerator.pdf

10:00 → 10:15 Coffee

10:15 → 10:30 Anders J Johansson

LCAD_1.5.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Courses and teaching

Exchange information on activities:
Which courses, level, target students, which parts of accelerator physics, labs, study visits, overlap/complementarity
Lunch seminars, work fairs
(Sverker, Caterina, Kristina, Anders, Francesca,…)

20180428_Doglioni_FYSC14_accelerators.pdf

11:00 → 11:30 Discussion

Strategies towards:
Collect info. Collaboration/contacts/engagement/views/…
• MAX IV, LLC
• ESS, SVS
• CERN, DESY, SR&FEL labs, …
• Other universities
• EU networks (ELI, EUCALL, LEAPS, Laserlab Europe, CALIPSO+, EUPRAXIA, CompactLight, …)
• Conferences and summer schools

11:30 → 11:50 Actions

• Lunch seminars, work fairs
• Can we join forces at the department of physics?
• How can we broaden perspectives and collaboration in research?
• PhD environment and education?
• Seminars
• A common platform

11:50 → 12:00 Next steps