About the John Adams Institute

Accelerator Science is a key element for discoveries in high energy physics, and is a crucial source for many advances in biology, medicine, solid state physics, future energy production, and various other fields.

Maintaining the pursuit of fundamental discoveries and technological advancements requires, however, unprecedented concentration, cooperation of international efforts, and much more efficient coordination of accelerator science research.

The John Adams Institute endorses the ever increased importance of collaborations. These collaborations can enhance, nonlinearly, our and our collaboration partners' abilities to fulfill our mission and also enhance our role and impact on society, industry, accelerator science education, fundamental science, and our host universities and sister laboratories.

The team at the John Adams Institute is collaborating with many laboratories, universities, and organizations worldwide, is open for new collaboration opportunities, and is proactive in the further enhancement of our collaborations―all to realize the full potential of Accelerator Science.

Accelerator science can be applied in applications everywhere, not just in particle physics. Whether particle accelerators are used directly, the surrounding technology is employed, or our skills and intellectual expertise are utilised; Accelerator science can play a key part in projects relating to science, society and industry.

Here are a few areas where accelerator science has helped:

• Production of specific radio-isotopes. These can be used in medicine for PET (Positron emission tomography) scans.
• Crystallography. Accelerators can be used to determine the spatial and chemical structure of molecules and even watch in real time changes to them.
• Non-destructive imaging. This is useful when something fragile is being studied, eg. artworks and archaeology.
• As a source of targeted radiation. For instance in hadron therapy as a method of treating cancer. Hadron therapy is far less destructive to surrounding tissue than radio therapy.

JAI Useful links (Applications)

• Diamond
• ISIS
• Surrey Ion Beam Centre
• CERN Knowledge Transfer
• Oxford University Innovation - Technology transfer from the University of Oxford

JAI Services

• Problem definition and design of experiments
• Code development and computer modelling
• Magnetic lattice design
• Low level electronics - data gathering and signal processing
• Power electronics - RF and microwave systems design and integration
• Magnetics and electromagnetics
• Optics
• Optoelectronics
• Total machine and specific hardware design
• Precision machining
• Vacuum technology
• Cryogenics
• Precise time measurements
• Machine construction and systems integration
• Control theory, systems control design and implimentation
• Control hardware for machine adjustment
• Data logging and processing