Project description
Keeping Europe at the forefront of fundamental particle physics
Delivering huge amounts of energy into tiny volumes of matter at subatomic scale, particle accelerators allow particle physicists to penetrate into the heart of matter. The by-products of these activities boast many applications (from fundamental science to applied science, medicine and industry). But particle accelerators face challenges related to the size and performance of future facilities for fundamental research, the increasing demands from accelerators for applied science, and the growing applications in medicine and industry. In this context, the EU-funded I.FAST project will map out and facilitate the development of breakthrough technologies common to multiple accelerator platforms. It will contribute to the construction of the next generation of accelerator-based research infrastructures.
Objective
Particle accelerators are a key asset of the European Research Area. Their use spans from the large installations devoted to fundamental science to a wealth of facilities providing X-ray or neutron beams to a wide range of scientific disciplines. Beyond scientific laboratories, their use in medicine and industry is rapidly growing.
Notwithstanding their high level of maturity, particle accelerators are now facing critical challenges related to the size and performance of the facilities envisaged for the next step of particle physics research, to the increasing demands to accelerators for applied science, and to the specific needs of societal applications.
In this crucial moment for accelerator evolution, I.FAST aims at enhancing innovation in and from accelerator-based Research Infrastructures (RI) by developing innovative breakthrough technologies common to multiple accelerator platforms, and by defining strategic roadmaps for future developments. I.FAST will focus the technological R&D on long-term sustainability of accelerator-based research, with the goal of developing more performant and affordable technologies, and of reducing power consumption and impact of accelerator facilities, thus paving the way to a sustainable next-generation of accelerators. By involving industry as a co-innovation partner via the 17 industrial companies in the Consortium, 12 of which SME’s, I.FASTwill generate and maintain an innovation ecosystem around the accelerator-based RIs that will sustain the long-term evolution of accelerator technologies in Europe.
To achieve its goals, I.FAST will explore new alternative accelerator concepts and promote advanced prototyping of key technologies. These include, among others, techniques to increase brightness and reduce dimensions of synchrotron light sources, advanced superconducting technologies to produce higher fields with lower consumption, and strategies and technologies to improve energy efficiency.
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224 84 Lund
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2444 Seibersdorf An Der Leitha
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12616 Tallinn
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01630 Saint Genis Pouilly
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75015 PARIS 15
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75794 Paris
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91128 Palaiseau Cedex
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91190 Saint Aubin
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33700 Merignac
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97080 Wurzburg
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52072 Aachen
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22607 Hamburg
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64291 Darmstadt
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69120 Heidelberg
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14109 Berlin
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01309 Dresden
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76131 Karlsruhe
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57076 Siegen
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48149 MUENSTER
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1121 Budapest
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00185 Roma
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00124 Rome
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34149 Basovizza Trieste
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00044 Frascati
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34149 Trieste
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6210 Sezana
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30033 Noale
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20133 Milano
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1048 Riga
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7522 NB Enschede
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5652 AH Eindhoven
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03-195 Warszawa
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20-417 Lublin
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841 04 Bratislava
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81243 Bratislava
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28040 MADRID
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28043 Madrid
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48142 Artea
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33660 Oviedo
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752 28 Uppsala
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342 50 Vislanda
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751 05 Uppsala
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5232 Villigen Psi
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0X11 0DE Didcot
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HD1 3DH Huddersfield
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TW20 0EX Egham
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UB31DQ Hayes
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SN2 1FL Swindon
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LA1 4YW Lancaster
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OX1 2JD Oxford
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