LhARA Collaboration Meeting #7

7 Apr 2025, 09:00 → 8 Apr 2025, 23:00 Europe/London

Room 1.02, Malet Place Engineering Building (University College London)

Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

The seventh ITRF/LhARA collaboration meeting will take place on the 7th and 8th April 2025.

The meeting will be held in the Malet Place Engineering Building at UCL

The meeting will start on Monday at 09:00 with coffee followed by a welcome and brief introduction to the UCL Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering commencing at 09:30.

Zoom details: https://cern.zoom.us/j/68300085221?pwd=4GgrnknEEZdCPAHSbDkbiTOMDi2tJH.1

Monday dinner: 

Dinner and drinks shall be at the TCR Bar on Tottenham Court Road which boasts the largest beer garden in Central London: TCR Lounge Bar in London – Finest Cocktails & Vibrant Vibes

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Travel:

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Accommodation: 

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Monday, 7 April

Arrival, coffee: Arrival, coffee, posters

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

Welcome and introduction

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

1 Welcome

Speakers: Richard AMOS (UCL), Peter Munro (UCL)

2 Introduction and goals

Speaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)

02-2025-04-07-LONG.pptx

3 Project status

Speakers: Dr Chloe Pugh (DL), Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)

WHYTE-LhARA.pdf

Radiobiology and PoPLaR

Conveners: Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham), Richard AMOS (UCL)

4 Overview of radiobiology measurement programme: Birmingham, SCAPA, and existing data

Speaker: Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham)

LhARA collaboration meeting - Parsons 070425.pdf

5 Overview of preparations at SCAPA

Speaker: Ross Gray (Undefined)

RJG_CM_April_2025_London.pdf

6 Preparations for SCAPA cell exposures and test measurements in Birmingham

Speaker: Dr Emma Melia (Birmingham)

EMelia 07042025.pdf

7 Simulation of beam line and expected dose at SCAPA and Birmingham

Speakers: Alfredo Fernandez-Rodriiguez (Institut Curie), Calvin Dyson (Imperial)

Slides_LhARA_CM_AFR.pdf

Slides_LhARA_CM_AFR.pptx

8 PoPLAR PMQs and Measurements

Speaker: Dr Hywel Owen (STFC)

1272-bp1-pm-prs-0004-v0.1 PoPLAR Magnet Measurements.pdf

1272-bp1-pm-prs-0004-v0.1 PoPLAR Magnet Measurements.pptx

9 Discussion

Lunch

WPB: Source

Conveners: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London), Ross Gray (Undefined)

10 Progress review and future plans

Speaker: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London)

20250407_LhARACM7_SourceDover.pdf

11 Discussion

WPB: Ion Acoustic

Conveners: Jeffrey Bamber (Institute of Cancer Research), Kenneth Long (STFC)

12 LION beam experiment, analysis and results

Speaker: Maria Maxouti

collaborration_meeting.pptx

13 Simulation of the LION beam

Speaker: Calvin Dyson (Imperial)

Conference_Presentation.pptx

14 Optical simulation; development of proposal

Speaker: Prof. Peter Hobson (Queen Mary University of London)

LhARA_CM_7April25.pdf

LhARA_CM_7April25.pptx

Coffee

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

WPB: Capture

Conveners: Dr Aled Isaac (Swansea), Will Bertsche (Manchester/City)

15 Status and plans

Speaker: Poram Ruksasakchai (Swansea University)

Capture progress (11th February 2025).pptx

16 Discussion

Dinner

TCR Bar

Tuesday, 8 April

WPB: Novel end station, diagnostics and instrumentation

Conveners: Dr Ruth McLauchlan (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Imperial College London), Tony Price (University of Birmingham)

17 Progress on gas-get beam profile monitor

Speaker: Narender Kumar (University of Liverpool, Cockcroft Institute)

Novel End-station development Milaan.pdf

18 Low-energy helium studies

Speaker: Tony Price (University of Birmingham)

ITRF_CM7_WP5_pricet.pdf

19 The end-station is important, or, its not all about the accelerator ...

Speaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)

18-2025-04-08-LONG.pptx

20 Discussion

Coffee and posters

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard Amos (University College London)

Beyond BP1: Taking the initiative forward

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Prof. Pat Price (ICL)

21 Taking stock and preparing the future of the LhARA initiative

Speaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)

19-2025-04-08-LONG.pptx

22 Engagement and ground work for securing resource

Speaker: Pat Price (ICL)

WKP8 for 8 April 2025.pptx

23 Discussion

Lunch

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

WPB: Design and integration

Conveners: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College London/RAL-STFC), William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)

24 Stage 1 and injection line

Speaker: William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)

20250408_WShields.pdf

25 Stage 1 beam delivery

Speaker: Matt Pereira (RHUL)

250408_LhARACollab_BeamDelivery.pdf

26 FFA

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College London/RAL-STFC)

FFA_CM-UCL08042025.pdf

27 FFA magnet

Speaker: Ta-Jen Kuo (Imperial College London)

20250408_3D_FFA_magnets.pptx

28 Engineering

Speaker: Clive Hill (STFC)

1272-pa1-wp2-prs-0011-v1.0-ITRF-LhARA-collaboration-meeting-7-infrastructure-2025-04-08.pdf

Coffee and posters

Session 7: Closing session

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

29 Closing remarks

Speaker: Prof. Amato Giacca (OIRO)

30 Discussion

Optional dinner