Director's Corner

Researchers Make Key Gains in Unlocking the Promise of Compact X-ray Free-Electron Lasers

Diagnostic Tool Sheds New Light on Instabilities in High-Power Lasers

A New Method for Measuring Inter-Tape Resistance in Superconducting Cables

Studying Gas Production in REBCO-Based Superconducting Magnets for Future Fusion Reactors

Combining Numerical Simulation Techniques Improves Laser-Plasma Accelerator Modeling

Osterhoff Heads BELLA Center

Inspiring the Next Generation of Particle Accelerator Researchers

Formenti Teaches Class on Artificial Intelligence to High School Students

University of Hawai’i Students Learn at ATAP

SULI, CCI, and Other Interns Work at ATAP

MSIIP Internship Opportunities at ATAP

Effective Intergenerational Communication in the Workplace

Collaboration in the Workplace

3Q4: Changchun Sun

3Q4: Maureen Thaete

ATAP’s Annual Picnic

Celebrating Another Successful Multi-Lab Safety Week

Publications & Presentations

 

Advanced Light Source Accelerator Physics Program

Publications

D. Bertwistle, C. Steier, E. Wallén, F. Sannibale, J. Dickert, M. Kritscher, S.C. Leemann, S. Trovati, T. Hellert, T. Scarvie, “Diagnosing an In-Vacuum Undulator in the ALS storage ring”, Proceedings of 16th International Particle Accelerator Conference IPAC’25, Taipei, Taiwan, https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC25-TUPS094

Advanced Modeling Program

Publications

M. Venturini and C. Mitchell. “Elliptic multipoles and the modeling of narrow-gap bend magnets in accelerators,” JINST 20, P07019 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/07/P07019

N.M. Cook, C. Hall, J. Edelen, E. Carlin, P. Moeller, R. Nagler, D. Bruhwiler, A. Huebl, and C. Mitchell. “Integrating Community Codes for Accelerator Design and Optimization,” in Proc. IPAC2025, Taipei, Taiwan, June 1-6, 2025. https://meow.elettra.eu/81/pdf/THPS053.pdf

J. Qiang. “Recirculating and energy recovery ion linear accelerators,” in Proc. of HIAT2025, p. 83, 2025.

J. Wan, H. Alamprese, C. Ratcliff, Y. Hao, and J. Qiang. “JuTrack, a Julia-based tool for accelerator modeling and tracking with auto-differentiation,” in Proc. of HIAT2025, p. 211, 2025.

J. Qiang, Y. Hao, A. Qiang, and J. Wan. “A module for fast auto differentiable simulations,” in Proc. of IPAC25, WEBN2, p.1671, 2025.

J. Qiang. “An energy recovery proton linear accelerator for muon production,” in Proc. of IPAC25, TUPM090, p.1339, 2025.

J. Qiang, W. Bergan, and E. Wang. “Simulation of electron beam transport through the coherent electron cooling amplification section using real number of electrons,” in Proc. of IPAC25, WEPS015, p. 2232, 2025.

W. Fung, Y. Hao, X. Gu, G. Robert-Demolaize, and J. Qiang. “Towards Improving luminosity using optics tuning and data-driven methods,” in Proc. of IPAC25, WEPM020, p. 1957, 2025.

G. Ha, A. DeSimone, X. Lu , O. Ramachandran, B. N. Temizel Ozdemir, J. Power, J. Qiang, and C. Huang. “Progress on experimental efforts to investigate CSR shielding effects,” in Proc. of IPAC25, WEPS022, p. 2251, 2025.

J. Wan, Y. Hao, and J. Qiang. “Machine learning-based symplectic model for space-charge effect simulation,” in Proc. of IPAC25, WEPS011, p.2225, 2025.

C. H. Huang, J. Qiang, W. K. Lau, S. Y. Teng, W. Y. Chiang, and S. H. Chen. “Direct interpretation of coherent synchrotron radiation modeling from the Lienard-Wiechert equation with shielding,” in Proc. of IPAC25, WEPM071, p. 2082, 2025.

O. H. Ramachandran, G. Ha, C.-K. Huang, X. Lu, J. Power, and J. Qiang. “Computational analysis of shielding on the coherent synchrotron radiation generated by a 3D bunch,” in Proc. of IPAC25, WEPM072, p.2086, 2025.

Presentations

C. Mitchell and J-L. Vay. “Modeling of Beam-Plasma Interactions at LBNL,” Topical Meeting on FCC-ee Beam-Dust Interactions, CERN, Geneva, CH, June 19, 2025. https://indico.cern.ch/event/1557021/

M. Garten. “Quality-Preserving Laser-Plasma Ion Beam Booster via Hollow-Channel Magnetic Vortex Acceleration,” 53rd Annual Anomalous Absorption Conference (AAC2025), Sedona, AZ, May 16th, 2025

Edoardo Zoni. “Project Updates – Applications: WarpX,” High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) Conference, Chicago, IL, May 5-8, 2025.

BELLA Center

Publications

Nick Czapla, Derek M. Nasir, Lieselotte Obst-Huebl, Anthony Zingale, Jianhui Bin, Anthony J. Gonsalves, Sven Steinke, Kei Nakamura, Carl B. Schroeder, Eric Esarey, Cameron G. R. Geddes, Douglass W. Schumacher, “A Renewable Double Plasma Mirror For Petawatt-class Lasers,” Sci. Rep. 15, 2111 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-07016-3

Nathan M. Cook, Kathryn Wolfinger, Christopher Hall, Carlo Benedetti, Eric Esarey, Anthony Gonsalves, Remi Lehe, Alexander Picksley, Christian McCombs, Carl B. Schroeder, “Hydrodynamic modeling of plasma channel systems for laser plasma accelerators,” Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 1079, 170610 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170610

F Massimo, C Benedetti, D Terzani, A Beck, B Cros, “Modeling laser-wakefield accelerators using the time-averaged ponderomotive approximation in a Lorentz boosted frame,” Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 67 065032 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/addc97

Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology Program

Publications

R. L. Garnett, A. Amsellem, A. Persaud, A. L. Miller, M. B. Smith, and S. H. Byun. “NeutralNet: an application of deep neural networks to pulse shape discrimination for use with accelerator-based neutron sources,” Appl. Radiat. Isot. 224, 111891 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.111891

Karahadian, Micah; Colborne, M; Unzueta, Miguel; Johnston, C; Persaud, Arun; Schenkel, Thomas; and Munday, Jeremy. “Quantifying Nuclear Reactions in Metal Hydrides at Low Energies [Poster],” Conference, 17 March 2025. https://doi.org/10.2172/2569648

Colborne, M; Karahadian, Micah; Unzueta, Miguel; Johnston, C.; Persaud, Arun; Munday, Jeremy; and Schenkel, Thomas. “Quantifying Nuclear Reactions in Metal Hydrides at Low Energies Conference [Poster],” Conference, 16 March 2025. https://doi.org/10.2172/2569797