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CERN Courier January/February 2015 CERN Courier January/February 2015 TRIUMF Faces & Places enabling long-running experiments for fundamental symmetries that are not practical currently. ● Photo-fi ssion will allow the production of very neutron-rich iso- topes at unprecedented intensities for precision studies of r-process I NNOVATION nuclei. ● The multi-user capability will establish depth-resolved CERN inaugurates the IdeaSquare building β-detected NMR as a user facility, unique in the world. ● High production rates of novel alpha-emitting heavy nuclei will On 9 December, members of CERN Council accelerate development of targeted alpha tumour therapy. had the opportunity to take part in the The new facility will also provide important societal benefi ts. inauguration of a refurbished building named In addition to the economic benefi ts from the commercialization IdeaSquare, after a new project designed of accelerator technologies (e.g. PAVAC), ARIEL will expand to nurture innovation at CERN. The aim Fig. 4. Close-up of the 1.3 GHz SRF cavity employed in the TRIUMF’s outstanding record in student development through is to bring together researchers, engineers, ARIEL e-linac. The technology chosen is the same as other participation in international collaborations and training in people from industry and young students, and encourage them to come up with new ideas current and proposed global accelerator projects. TRIUMF advanced instrumentation and accelerator technologies. The that are useful for society, inspired by CERN’s transferred the technical expertise to the Canadian company e-linac has provided the impetus to form Canada’s fi rst graduate ongoing detector R&D and upgrade projects. PAVAC Industries Inc. in a successful research–industry programme in accelerator physics. One of only a few worldwide, Originally created in response to requests partnership. the programme is in high demand globally and has already pro- from experimentalists working in the duced award-winning graduates. collaborations, IdeaSquare has evolved into a proposed International Linear Collider. ARIEL is not only the future of TRIUMF, it also embodies the place where innovative ideas meet established Through technology transfer from TRIUMF, the Canadian mission of TRIUMF at large: scientifi c excellence, societal impact, expertise. Although the project is still in its pilot phase, two EU-funded projects have company PAVAC Industries Inc. fabricated the niobium cavities and economic benefi t. And it is off to a great start. found their home in the IdeaSquare building and TRIUMF constructed the cryomodules, based on the ISAC at Point 1 on the LHC, and 46 students have top-loading design (fi gure 2 bottom centre, p27). The TRIUMF/ ● Further reading already participated in the Challenge-Based PAVAC collaboration, which goes back to 2005, was born from the For more information, see the articles on ISAC and ARIEL in Innovation courses that are based there. The vision of “made in Canada” superconducting accelerators. Now, Hyperfi ne Interactions 225, issue 1–3 (2014), or visit www.triumf. building – once an old storage space – has 10 years later, the relationship is a glowing example of a positive ca/ariel. been refurbished creatively, using reinforced President of CERN Council, Agnieszka Zalewska, centre, Tula Teeri, rector of Aalto partnership between industry and a research institute. R Baartman 2012 Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 15 074002. shipping containers and an old bus for University, right, and CERN’s director-general, Rolf Heuer, decorate the celebratory cake at offi ce space and a meeting room, and has a the inauguration of the IdeaSquare building. (Image credit: CERN-PHOTO-201412-263-137.) International partnerships have been essential in facilitating ready-to-use technical infrastructure. technical developments for the e-linac. In 2008, TRIUMF went Résumé IdeaSquare, which has already gathered and Innovation Unit. The unit works with needed to take part in the IdeaSquare into partnership with the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Isotopes rares : premiers pas d’ARIEL over a hundred new ideas – some of which and engages external partners to foster the programme is to have an idea worth (VECC) in Kolkata, for joint development of the ICM and the con- might be prototyped at CERN eventually development and innovation potential of nurturing – that is, an idea that combines struction of two of them: one for ARIEL and one for ANURIB, TRIUMF, le laboratoire national canadien pour la physique des – was set up by Marzio Nessi and Markus detector technology outside the domain innovation with usefulness in particle India’s next-generation RIB facility, which is being constructed particules et la physique nucléaire, abrite l’une des installations Nordberg within CERN’s Development of particle physics. The only requirement physics and for society. les plus en vue pour la production d’isotopes rares. L’installation in Kolkata. In 2013, the collaboration was extended to include the C OLLABORATION development of components for ARIEL’s next phase, ARIEL-II. à isotopes rares ARIEL (Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory) a community of European researchers, generic In addition, collaborations with Fermilab, the Helmholtz Zen- été conçue pour renforcer les capacités existantes afi n d’explorer New international R&D on high-fi eld magnets and high-gradient trum Berlin and DESY were indispensable for the project. de nouvelles directions prometteuses, et ainsi établir TRIUMF structures for the Future Circular Collider and ARIEL’s development is continuing with ARIEL-II, which will en tant que laboratoire de premier plan au niveau mondial pour offi ces to aid Compact Linear Collider studies are of great complete the e-linac and add the new proton driver, production tar- les technologies des accélérateurs et la recherche sur les isotopes importance for both organizations. Scientists gets and transport systems in preparation for fi rst science in 2017. rares pour la science, la médecine et l’industrie. La première CERN-KEK from Europe, including CERN, form part Funding for ARIEL-II has been requested from the CFI on behalf phase, ARIEL-I, inclut un accélérateur linéaire d’électrons of the preparation team for the International Linear Collider project that is being pursued of 19 universities, led by the University of Victoria, and matching supraconducteur, qui a accéléré son premier faisceau à 23 MeV en partnership in Japan. funds are being sought from fi ve Canadian provinces. septembre 2014. The new offi ces provide not only physical ARIEL will bring unprecedented capabilities: Rüdiger Voss, head of international space but also administrative help for ● The multi-user RIB capability will not only triple the RIB hours Lia Merminga, Accelerator Division head, Shane Koscielniak, e-linac CERN and KEK, the Japanese high-energy relations at CERN, front left, and Atsuto researchers travelling to and settling in delivered to users, but also increase the richness of the science by project leader, and Reiner Krücken, Science Division head, TRIUMF. accelerator research organization, have a Suzuki, director-general of KEK, signed the at the partner laboratory. Registration long history of collaboration. An agreement agreement during the 9th CERN-KEK procedures at a new laboratory and in signed at KEK on 21 November puts this on meeting. (Image credit: KEK.) a new country are often tricky, and the even fi rmer ground: both organizations will offi ce staff will make sure that accelerator establish CERN-KEK offi ces to increase the test facilities ATF and ATF2 all feature specialists can focus on R&D rather than Download your copy today collaborative effort on accelerator R&D and on the strategy roadmaps for the future on paperwork. The offi ces will also handle construction projects of mutual interest. of particle physics, both in Europe and in offi cial visits from the partner organization http://cerncourier.com/digital A number of key projects fall into this Japan. While the programmes at the Japan and from other regions – planning and CERNCOURIER category. The LHC and its luminosity Proton Accelerator Complex – including arranging travel, meetings, workshops and upgrade, the LHC injectors, linear-collider upgrades and KEK’s future SuperKEKB training, and the exchange and transport of has gone digital studies and the associated accelerator electron–positron collider – involve a broad hardware components. 28 29 CERNCOURIER www. 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