KfB “Komitee für Beschleunigerphysik” (Commitee for Accelerator Physcis)

Création d'une division accélérateur dans la Société Allemande de Physique….

• History• Objectives for the KfB• Division accélérateur dans la Société Allemande de

Physique… Divison / Group de Travail• KfB and funding for accelerator R&D• Other activities (education, information)• Plans for the future

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ESS

CERN

Research labs and universities with activities in accelerator physics and technology

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+ ESS

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1st Workshop on accelertor physics in Germany / Frankfurt 2008

• The idea for a committee for Accelerator Physics was already present before the workshop in Frankfurt 2008

• What are the activities in accelerators physics and technology in Germany? What / where are existing competences?

• What are collaborations between universities and institutes? What are the areas for collaboration? How can university groups contribute to existing and future projects? How to encourage and strengthen such collaboration?

• What projects can be proposed for funding from BMBF (Ministery of Education and Research) until end 2008? For what projects in the future?

• What projects could be done together with hadron & nuclear physics (KHuK) and with elementary particle physics (KET)?

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From the idea to the KfB committee

• At a 2nd workshop in October 2009 in Hamburg an "ad hoc committee" was formed to prepare a "Committee for Accelerator Physics", to promote the interests of accelerator physics in Germany and to improve information exchangs among the accelerator physicists and engineers.

• The ad hoc committee developped a constitution and prepared a web site: www.beschleunigerphysik.de

• The election took place in November 2010• At the election, about 265 members were involved• The first meeting of the committee was held in January 2011

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KfB Commitee

12 elected Members for a period of three years:• Five from universities;• Five from Helmholtz-Centres (Helmholtz-Association of German

Research Centres): DESY, GSI, FZJ (Juelich), KIT (Karlsruhe), HZDR (Dresden Rossendorf), HZB (Berlin);

• One from other German Research Centres;• One from Research Centres outside Germany, with Germany support to

its operation;

Invited to the meeting: • One member of the Committee of Fundamental Particle Physics;• One member of the Committee for Synchrotron Radiation;• One member of the Committee for Hadron & Nuclear Physics;• One from each: BMBF, Project Organisers and the DPG (German

Physics Society)

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German Committees for Accelerator Physics –todays members-

Jörg Roßbach

Shaukat Khan

Oliver Boine-Frankenheim

Anke-Susanne

Müller

Rüdiger Schmidt

Reinhard Brinkmann

Wolfgang Hillert

Hans Weise

Thomas Weiland Florian

Grüner

Andreas Jankowiak

Status 01.03.2013

372 registered (46 female = 12%)

~ 47% from Helmholtz-Centres

~ 45% from Universities

~ 7% from internationale organisations (21) (CERN)

~ 1% from other nationale institutes (4) (2 x HIT + 2 x MPG )

New elections autumn 2013!

Registered members

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Who can becom member?

• The "Committee for Accelerator Physics" (KfB) represents the “Community of the German Accelerator Physicists and Engineers” and promotes contacts within the community.

• The "Community of the German Accelerator Physicists and Engineers” includes:– Scientists who completed their studies of higher education with a bachelor,

master and doctoral degree– Work at an academic institution in the Federal Republic of Germany or at an

international organization with German financial participation (e.g. CERN, ESRF, ESS to come)

– Carry out research, development, teaching, or have a leadership role in the field of accelerator physics

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Some tasks of the commitee…

• Exchange of information and coordination of interests between universities, national research centers and other academic institutions as well as industry

• Identification of research priorities • Participate in the development of strategies for the future of accelerator physics in

Germany and in international bodies with German participation (CERN, ESRF, ESS, …)

• Community representation in national and international bodies• Strengthening of German participation in international projects and facilities of

physics• Promote the teaching of young scientists and the perception of accelerator

physics as a branch in physics• Encouraging contact with other research areas where accelerators are used (e.g.

particle physics, materials science, medicine) or used by accelerator physics (e.g. electrical engineering, laser physics, …)

• Suggestions to conferences, workshops, and participation in the annual meetings of the German Physics Society (DPG)

German Physics Society (DPG) – 62000 membersAccelerator physics to become a division (Sektion / Fachverband) / working

group (Arbeitskreis)

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• DPG proposes to create a working group, not in favor of a “Fachverband”

• Constitution being written…

KfB

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Meeting of the German Physics Society (DPG), with >1000 participants

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• 150 contributions on accelerators in 15 sessions

In particular, relevant for students to show their work

• Particle Physics• Hadrons & Nuclei

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Funding of accelerator R&D in Germany

Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (Helmholtz-Association of German Research Centres)

– 18 independen research centres, 34.000 staff, budget about 3 ×109 Euro/year, from particle physics to medicine

– Among them are DESY, GSI, FZJ, KIT, HZDR, HZB– ARD initiative (Accelerator Research & Development)

with funding of 4-5 MEuro / year– Funding in general for R&D projects in Helmholz

research labs (..the labs might funs university groups)

Verbundforschungsförderung (“Integrated Research Funding”) by BMBF

– Funding of projects related to large instruments in particle physics, hadrons & nuclear physics, condensed matter and astro & astro-particle physics

– Funding goes in general to university groups– Some part of this funding for research on accelerators,

about 4-5 MEuro / year

Hermann von Helmholz

14A. Jankowiak, 3te Vollversammlung des KfB, Bericht ARD, 04.03.2013, DPG Tagung DRESDEN 13

Helmholtz Portfolio: Accelerator Research and Development

SubTopic 1: Superconducting RF TechnologySubTopic 2: Concepts and Technologies for Hadron AcceleratorsSubTopic 3: ps- and fs-Electron and Photon BeamsSubTopic 4: Novel Acceleration Concepts

speaker: Reinhard Brinkmann, DESY

funding period: 2011 – 2014/2015

Workshops 2012/201306/2012, plasma acceleration, (LAOLA collaboration, DESY, HZDR, UHH), ST408/2012, fs-diagnostics + synch., THz, seeding (DESY, HZB, HZDR, KIT, UHH, TU Do), ST311/2012, plasma acceleration, (DESY, FZJ, GSI, HIJ, HZDR, UHH), ST412/2012, cw srf guns, dark current, (HZB, HZDR, HU Berlin), ST103/2013, cw high power beams, (HZDR, HZB, DESY), ST109/2013, ps- and fs electron beams, (DESY, HZB, HZDR, KIT, UHH, TU Do), ST3

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KfB and „Verbundforschungsförderung” (Integrated Research Funding)

• Grants are in general given to a group of universities / research centres with common interests

• KfB coordinates the applications to receive grants• Organsation of 2-day workshops to discuss projects and collaborations

Example for 2012: Universities presented their ideas (e.g. short presentation of project ideas from 31 university groups). Proposal for grouping into five groups:

– Electron Sources with high Briliance (U Mainz, U Wuppertal, U Rostock, TEMF, HZB, HZDR, DESY)

– Advanced Bunch-Compression Schemes (U Rostock, HZDR, HZB, DESY)– Beam instabilities (TU Darmstadt, U Rostock, HZB)– Advanced CW cavities for multiple application (TEMF, TU Dortmund, U

Rostock, HZB, HZDR, DESY, XFEL)– Correlated characterisation of the dynamics of short bunches (KIT, TU Berlin,

TU Dresden, TU Dortmund, HZDR)

Education in accelerator physics

• Lectures on accelerator physics are offered at about 10 universities in Germany – HU Berlin, TU Berlin, Uni Bonn, TU Darmstadt, Uni Dortmund, Uni Frankfurt,

Uni Göttingen, Uni Hamburg, Uni Karlsruhe, Uni Mainz, Uni Rostock

• About 120 students participate to these lectures• About 12 student / year remain in accelerator physics• About 11 PhD theses / year (confimed for 1999-2008)• There is a similar number of Master / Diploma Theses• Seems that there is a slight increase during recent years

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Flyer on accelerator physics

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10000 copies, in particular for students and teachers

Flyer on accelerator physics

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Plans for the future

• Soon to come: two days workshop at Bad Honnef (end November 2013)• Making a booklet: “Accelerator Physics in Germany”, about 30 pages• Developing a strategy with a vision: “Accelerator physics 2030”

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Physikzentrum Bad Honnef

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Very nice centre

Still some room for improvement

Merci pour l’invitation et l’accueil

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reserve

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Financial support by the BMBF (Ministery of Education and Research)

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Financial support of accelerator physics by the BMBF within the “Verbundsforschungsförderung” (“Integrated Research Funding”)

Financial support by the BMBF

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Financial support of accelerator physics by the BMBF within the “Verbundsforschungsförderung” (Integrated Research Funding)