1994 - 2014TwenTy years of Teaching

on parTicle acceleraTors

www.cern.ch/juas

school of

www.cern.ch/ESI-Haute-Savoie

In 1990, the Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble added a new option on particle accelerators to its DEA (Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies) in “Méthodes Physique Expérimentale”. Taught by four CERN experts and validated by official examinations, the lectures on the physics of particle accelerators were an immediate success.

Following on from this, the President of the then INPG (today’s Grenoble Institut Polytechnique), submitted a proposal on behalf of four European universities* to CERN Director General, Carlo Rubbia, with a view to setting up a specialized course given by CERN experts. After numerous discussions and a series of meetings to work out the practical details, CERN agreed to take part in the inaugural edition of the Joint Universities Accelerator School in Archamps (Haute-Savoie).

The following year the second edition of JUAS was organized with the support of the newly-created European Scientific Institute.(*) Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (Grenoble INP), Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Universität Karlsruhe.

The present-day JUAS school consists of two five-week courses taught by professors coming from European universities and experts from CERN. Each course includes 110 hours of lectures, tutorials and practical work and is concluded by examinations which enable students to obtain ECTS credits. The number of students is limited to forty.

The course 1 “Sciences & Physics of Particle Accelerators” includes refresher sessions on Electromagnetism and Relativity before the Introduction to Particle Accelerators. Major topics subsequently developed include Longitudinal & Transverse Beam Dynamics and Synchrotron Radiation. Many other important subjects are also covered, including linacs, cyclotrons and synchrotrons.

The course 2 “Technology & Applications of Particle Accelerators” covers major topics such as Radio-Frequency, Normal and Superconducting Magnets, Beam Instrumentation and Vacuum Systems. A full week is dedicated to industrial and medical applications including Particle Sources, Accelerator Control and Radioprotection.

An important component of course 2 involves the practical work undertaken by students. These sessions are held at CERN and at Bergoz Instrumentation in St. Genis Pouilly and supervised by CERN and Bergoz physicists and engineers.

early history: 1990-1993:

1994 - 2014 :

since 2011, following the example of many other cern colleagues, i have been running the JUas tutorials on MaD-X and linear optics. i really enjoy the experience as the students’ perspective and dialectic are always challenging and inspiring.guido sterbini, cern. student at JUas 2004, lecturer at JUas since 2011.

JUas was a great starting point to make the change from solid state physics to particle accelerators. JUas helped me acquire the tools needed to be part of an accelerator group, as was proved when i joined the Daresbury accelerator group in the UK. Xavier Queralt, alBa cells, spain. student at JUas 1994, lecturer at JUas 2014.

as an electronics engineer, JUas taught me the basics of particle physics and beam instrumentation, boosting my professional skills. at Bergoz, i now have the opportunity to share my passion with JUas students during the practical work we organize. i really enjoy the international profile of the students and meeting up with some of them later on at international conferences. sébastien artinian, Bergoz instrumentation, france. student at JUas 2010, supervisor of practical work at B.i. for JUas 2014

HISTORYThe first Joint

Universities accelerator school took place in

archamps from 24th January to 25th March 1994.

it was attended by 24 students and

included 116 hours of lectures.

Today more than

800 students have attended JUas,

representing over

40 different countries in the world.

JUas building

European Credits Transfer System (ECTS) are delivered by the European universities based on the JUAS certificate.

The JUAS certificate is obtained following an examination covering 5 major topics.

UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPoLI FEDERICo II

www.unina.it

UNIVERSITäT RoSToCK

www.uni-rostock.de

UNIVERSITy oF LIVERPooL

www.liv.ac.uk

UNIVERSITé PARIS SUD

www.u-psud.fr

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITäT BERLIN

www.tu-berlin.de

UNIVERSITAT DE VALèNCIA

www.uv.es

SAPIENzA UNIVERSITà DI RoMA

www.uniroma1.it

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITäT DARMSTADT

www.tu-darmstadt.de

UNIVERSITAT PoLITèCNICA DE CATALUNyA

www.upc.eduUNIVERSITAT AUTòNoMA DE

BARCELoNA

www.uab.es

JoHN ADAMS INSTITUTE FoR ACCELERAToR SCIENCE

www.adams-institute.ac.uk

UNIVERSITà DEGLI STUDI DI GENoVA

www.unige.it

GRENoBLE INSTITUT PoLyTECHNIQUE

www.grenoble-inp.fr

UNIVERSITé JoSEPH FoURNIER GRENoBLE

www.ujf-grenoble.fr

KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE oF TECHNoLoGy

www.kit.edu

15 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES PARTNERS OF JUAS IN 2014

In 2014, oxford University’s, who hosts the John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science together with RHUL and Imperial College, became the fifteenth European university to sign the JUAS partnership agreement, thereby recognising JUAS as a specialised course within the university’s programme.

Many CERN experts teach at JUAS; they cover Particle Beam Dynamics, Theory and Design of Particle Accelerators, Radio Frequency engineering, Vacuum technology, Magnet engineering...

Two visits of CERN are organized (one for the Course 1 and one for the Course 2). Students following both courses will see different CERN accelerators and detectors during these 2 visits.

During a full day, students undertake practical work in 4 CERN departments:

Radio-Frequency (RF)

Vacuum

Magnets

Superconductivity

Groups of 6 to 8 students perform measurements under the supervision of several CERN engineers who coordinate and supervise the sessions during the day. At midday, they exchange ideas and discuss the work in hand over a shared lunch. The students are then invited to write a report which can contribute to the final mark of their examination.

Dedicated visits of particle accelerators and detectors

JUAS ANd cERN

practical work in the cern laboratories

cern experts teaching at JUas

partner agencies

During a full day, students undertake practical work at Bergoz. The engineers and technicians of the entire company coordinate and supervise the practical work performed by students.

They start to solder printed circuit and then they measure the performance of the proposed device (amplifier, Wi-Fi meter...). Here also, students are invited to write a report about their works.

Students spend one day at ESRF. After a general presentation of the laboratory, the Linac, the Booster Ring, the Storage Ring and several Beam Lines are visited.

Students spend two full days at PSI. Several presentations of the laboratories are made and almost all accelerators are visited (SNQ, Cyclotrons, Swiss Light Source, FEL, accelerators for therapy...).

Students also visit the HUG (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève) where a professor gives a comprehensive presentation on medical use of accelerators followed by a visit of the gantries for Radio Therapy.

The “Conseil Général de Haute-Savoie” provides financial support to the European Scientific Institute (ESI) which organises JUAS in Archamps.

« Archamps Technopole » provides ESI with the facilities for the organization of the school including amphitheaters and computing room.

P o r t e S u d d e G e n è v e

CERN provides the majority of lecturers to JUAS (see previous page).

DIAMoND lecturer covers “Synchrotron Radiation” courses.

GANIL lecturer covers “Cyclotrons” courses.

ESRF lecturer covers “Injection and Extraction process” courses.

LPSC (Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie) lecturer covers “Particle Sources” and “Particle optics” courses.

PSI (Paul Scherrer Institut) lecturer covers “Accelerator Control” courses.

IBA (Ion Beam Accelerators) lecturer covers “Industrial and medical Applications of particle accelerators” courses.

IPNo (Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’orsay) lecturer covers “Proton linacs” courses.

Institut Curie lecturer covers “Particle therapy and accelerators” courses.

ALBA-CELLS lecturer covers “Radiation safety” courses.

particle accelerator laboratories sending

lecturers to teach at JUas

particle accelerator laboratories supporting JUas

practical work at Bergoz instrumentation, a company specialised in beam instrumentation

Dedicated visits of laboratories

JUAS ANd cOllAbORATIONS

ipac (international particle accelerator conference)

Tiara (Test infrastructure and accelerator research area)

iop (institute of physics) and sfp (société française de physique)

The International Conference takes place on an alternate basis each year in one of the 3 regions (Europe, America and Asia). The IPAC Committee provides financial support to the best-performing JUAS students enabling them to participate in this conference. Students are selected by the JUAS Director.

In 2014, to mark the 20th anniversary of the school, IPAC is providing funds for two JUAS students to attend IPAC’14 in Dresden.

Participating students are required to submit a contribution to the conference proceedings.

www.ipac14.org

Tiara aims at establishing a framework for developing and supporting strong joint European programs for accelerator Research and Development and for education and training.

The working group in charge of training has performed two major surveys across European nations and has formulated recommendations for promoting accelerator science and technology in Europe. The important role played by JUAS in Master and PhD level training is clearly identified.

www.eu-tiara.eu

In UK, the IoP Particle Accelerators and Beams Group works to promote young researchers in the field of particle accelerators.

In France, the SFP is making an important effort in the training and development of the physics of Particle Accelerators.

www.iop.org

www.sfpnet.fr

JUAS FROm THE INTERNATIONAl PERSPEcTIVE

for the students, it is a great opportunity

to meet and discuss with international

experts on particle accelerators.

JUAS’ reputation for excellence has been confirmed by requests from new European universities to become partners and from private companies to provide specialized courses. The latter confirms the increasing demand for training in RF and Beam Instrumentation as identified in the TIARA survey.

JUAS is currently considering how best to respond to these requests and has already fixed three objectives for the near future:

Study the feasibility of opening a second JUAS school at another time in the year,

Reinforce links with future large projects throughout the world, with fifth generation light sources as well as with the ongoing developments in industrial and medical accelerators,

Strengthen collaboration with CAS (CERN Accelerator School) and USPAS (US Particle Accelerator School).

JUAS ANd THE FUTURE

CERN

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European Scientific Institute JUAS: Joint Universities Accelerator School

Bâtiment Mont Blanc I - 61 rue Antoine Redier - Archamps TechnopoleF-74166 Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Cedex

+33 (0)4 56 44 81 40juas@esi-archamps.eu

www.cern.ch/juas

esi president: hans hoffmann

Director of the school :

louis rinolfi

Deputy: elias Metral

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