Optimization of Particle ACcelerators 
oPAC develops intersector and interdisciplinary collaboration to optimise particle accelerators. At CERN projects include: Optics and lattice design studies for the interaction region design of the LHC experimental insertions; LHeC as a future upgrade option of the LHC; simulation studies into halo generation in high brightness hadron beams; studies into an HT-SQUID based beam current monitor; Beam Loss Monitorsfor use in Cryogenic Environments.

Coordinator: University of Liverpool, UK

CERN Contact: Rhodri Jones

EU funding: 5.94 M€ over 4 years

1 December 2011 - 30 November 2015