Particle Accelerator Physics Laboratory

Engines of Discovery

Particle accelerators play an important role in high energy physics, materials and life sciences. They are used to create a very special state of matter — beams of particles (protons, electrons, photons, neutrons, muons, neutrinos etc.). Medical applications of accelerators include radiotherapy, production of radioactive isotopes, hadron therapy and bio-imaging.

ACN2020 March 10/11 at EPFL

Applications of Crystals and Nanotubes for beam acceleration and manipulation

Crystals or nanostructures provide very strong electromagnetic fields and field gradients that can be utilized to guide and accelerate charged particle beams. This opens interesting new applications for particle accelerators

ACN2020: Information, Program and Registration

News

Picometer beams at the Swiss Light Source

Published:21.12.11 — The Swiss Light Source at the Paul Scherrer Institute has produced record low emittance beam of electrons, achieving very high brightness coherent source of hard X-rays

PSI sets world record with 1.4 MW proton beam

Published:23.06.11 — The highest average power proton beam in the world was produced on 20th of June in the 580 MeV cyclotron at Paul Scherrer Institute. Extremely low beam losses achieved in this 35 years old veteran cyclotron allowed PSI team of accelerator scientists and engineers to put 1.4 MW beam of protons onto the muon and neutron spallation targets. This beam is used to produce the brightest beam of muons in the world, as well as supply neutrons for the spallation source SINQ.