Symposium on Hadronic Structure Physics Welcome to Glasgow! Guenther RosnerSymposium, Glasgow, 14/4/20101
The University of Glasgow Guenther RosnerSymposium, Glasgow, 14/4/20102 In 1451, the Scottish King James II persuaded Pope Nicholas V to grant a bull authorising Bishop Turnbull of Glasgow to set up a university. Today, Glasgow Univ. has about students and staff and is one of the largest research-driven universities in the UK.
Aberdeen Dundee St Andrews Edinburgh Heriot Watt Glasgow Strathclyde West of Scotland Abertay RGU GCU Napier Physics Research in Scotland: Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Guenther RosnerSymposium, Glasgow, 14/4/20103
SUPA: Nuclear & Plasma Physics Guenther RosnerSymposium, Glasgow, 14/4/20104 Glasgow Strathclyde Edinburgh West of Scotland St. Andrews Heriot-Watt LPNP Hadron Physics PP AP Nuclear Structure Aberdeen, Dundee
SCAPA Guenther RosnerSymposium, Glasgow, 14/4/20105 The Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators
SCAPA Precursor ALPHA-X Guenther RosnerSymposium, Glasgow, 14/4/ m Electron beam: Emittance: mm mrad Duration: fs peak current: kA Electron beam: Emittance: mm mrad Duration: fs peak current: kA Towards FEL in 2010/11… =0.7%
SCAPA Challenges Replace light source ALPHA-X: Ti:sapphire laser 10 Hz, 800 nm SCAPA: 1 J J, 30 fs, 30 TW 200 – 300 TW Increase Electron energy (> 1 GeV) Photon energy (>> 1 keV) Peak brilliance and coherence (FEL) Decrease Electron pulse length 10 fs 1 fs Setup accelerator lab for Electrons Photons Protons, neutrons, ions Create applications programme & knowledge transfer Guenther RosnerSymposium, Glasgow, 14/4/20107
Glasgow’s overseas collaborations Guenther RosnerSymposium, Glasgow, 14/4/20108 MAX-lab 0.25 GeV DESY: HERMES 27.6 GeV e +, e -, L = MAMI: A1, A2-CrystalBall, -GDH 1.5 GeV e -, L = 10 38, 10 8 /s FAIR (GSI): PANDA 15 GeV anti – p, L = 2x10 32 JLab: Hall A, CLAS, GlueX 6 12 GeV e -, L = 10 38, 10 7 /s