Using computer simulations to model the separation of circulating tumour cells from blood cells as an early diagnostic tool for cancer
Using computer simulations to model the separation of circulating tumour cells from blood cells as an early diagnostic tool for cancer
About the Project Background: Circulating tumour cells are a known biomarker of cancer and can be found in the blood from Stage 1 onwards. Successful identification of circulating tumour cells … Read More Read More
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Multi-staging scenarios of plasma modules at CLARA FEBE
Multi-staging scenarios of plasma modules at CLARA FEBE
About the Project Charged particle beams and high-power laser pulses can drive electric fields orders of magnitude larger than those generated in cupper-based cavity resonators. Although this is paradigm shifting, … Read More Read More
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Exploitation of Full Potential of Plasma Wakefield Acceleration at CLARA FEBE
Exploitation of Full Potential of Plasma Wakefield Acceleration at CLARA FEBE
About the Project Tremendous progress has been made on plasma-based accelerators (PBA) in the last three decades thanks to the availability of high-quality, relativistic particle beams and high-power lasers. These … Read More Read More
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PhD Studies on: FLASH VHEE Radiotherapy Focused Delivery and Lattice Design
PhD Studies on: FLASH VHEE Radiotherapy Focused Delivery and Lattice Design
About the Project A studentship is available from October 2024 to pursue research on FLASH Radiotherapy, which entails delivering a high dose over a sub-second timescale. There have been experiments … Read More Read More
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THz-driven High Gradient waveguide dynamics and beamline/facility design
THz-driven High Gradient waveguide dynamics and beamline/facility design
About the Project Primary supervisor: Prof Rob Appleby (University of Manchester), Robert.appleby@Manchester.ac.uk Particle accelerators are a crucial part of the toolbox of modern science, from exploring the structure of the … Read More Read More
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Terahertz-Integrated Structures for Novel Accelerators
Terahertz-Integrated Structures for Novel Accelerators
About the Project We have developed dielectric-lined rectangular waveguide structures for terahertz-driven acceleration of electron beams, and the high-power THz sources for powering them. Our structures and sources achieve THz … Read More Read More
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THz driven acceleration and deflection of relativistic beams.
THz driven acceleration and deflection of relativistic beams.
About the Project THz driven modulation of relativistic beams has been previously demonstrated by the supervisors and CI colleagues, students and post-docs. These achievements and similar work coming from competitor … Read More Read More
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Super-macro-particles to improve in PIC codes
Super-macro-particles to improve in PIC codes
About the Project PIC codes are used extensively in both conventional beam dynamics and laser plasma interactions. Macro-particles are essential given the large number of particles one wishes simulate. In … Read More Read More
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Millimetre-wave injector for THz linear accelerators
Millimetre-wave injector for THz linear accelerators
About the Project THz linear accelerators (LINACs) offer potentially higher accelerating gradients than traditional RF structures while offering inherently better stability than other novel acceleration techniques. However, many limitations still … Read More Read More
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High power laser plasma acceleration – making accelerators smaller, cheaper, better
High power laser plasma acceleration – making accelerators smaller, cheaper, better
About the Project Applications are invited for a fully funded studentship from Oct 2025 in laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (LWFA). LWFA has been hugely successful in demonstrating high gradient and … Read More Read More
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