CERN Accelerating science

Union of Light Ion Centres in Europe
ULICE responds to the need for greater access to hadron therapy facilities for particle therapy research. Full exploitation of all different resources, unrestricted spread of information and the improvement of existing and upcoming facilities are provided by using grid-based data sharing. See video.

Coordinator: CNAO, Italy

CERN Contact: Manjit Dosanjh

EU funding: 8.4 M€ over 4 years

1 September 2009 - 31 August 2013

Test Infrastructure and Accelerator Research Area
The main objective of TIARA is the integration of national and international accelerator R&D infrastructures into a single distributed European accelerator R&D facility. This will include the implementation of organisational structures to combine existing individual infrastructures, ensuring their efficient operation and upgrades, and the construction of new infrastructures as part of TIARA.

Coordinator: CEA, France

CERN Contact: Steve Myers

EU funding: 3.9 M€ over 3 years

1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013

Preparatory Phase of the Large Hadron Collider upgrade
The main aim of SLHC-PP is to prepare the Super-Large Hadron Collider (SLHC) project for a decision on the approval of its implementation by 2011. Beside the justification of SLHC by the physics results and operational experience from the first years of LHC running, the necessary ingredients for the approval will include: the maturity of new technologies required for SLHC, solutions for critical safety issues, and the formation of collaborations for the implementation, including the definition of work sharing and financial commitments.

Coordinator: CERN, Switzerland

CERN Contact: Roland Garoby

EU funding: 5.2 M€ over 3 years

1 April 2008 - 30 March 2011

Design of a pan-European Infrastructure for Large Apparatus studying Grand Unification, Neutrino Astrophysics and Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillations
The Astroparticle Roadmap of ApPEC/ASPERA strongly recommends that: “a new large European infrastructure of 100'000-500'000 ton for proton decay and low-energy neutrinos be evaluated as a common design study together with the underground infrastructure and eventual detection of accelerator neutrino beams”. The LAGUNA FP7 design study will study seven pre-selected locations (Finland, France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain and UK), perform a detailed geo-technical assessment of the giant underground cavern needed, and determine costs and the full impact of including long baseline neutrino physics with beams from CERN.

Coordinator: ETHZ, Switzerland

CERN Contact: Ilias Eftymiopoulos

EU funding: 4.9 M€ over 3 years

1 September 2011 - 31 August 2014

International Linear Collider and High Gradient Superconducting RF-Cavities
One of the main objectives of the ILC-HiGrade project is to create at least 24 accelerating cavities, superconducting components made of pure niobium for the planned International Linear Collider (ILC), that reach the high technical standards needed for the planned particle physics project. Other objectives include the development of a possible organisation and governance for the ILC and measures to prepare for the actual construction of the machine, including a detailed study on possible sites in Europe.

Coordinator: DESY, Germany

CERN Contact: Jean-Pierre Delahaye

EU funding: 5 M€ over 4 years

1 February 2008 - 31 January 2012

International Coherent Amplification Network 

ICAN studies a novel laser concept for High Energy Particle acceleration, known as CAN for Coherent Amplification Network that would guarantee high peak power and high average powers while exhibiting high efficiency, >30%. The approach is based on fibre amplification. The proposed technical evaluation will be performed by combining the expertise, know-how, and knowledge of world leading experts coming from optical science, technology and industry, including femtosecond fibre optics, instrumental optics, astronomy, manufacturing, and marketing.

Coordinator: CNRS, France

CERN Contact: Jean-Pierre Koutchouk

EU funding: 0.5 M€ over 18 months

1 October 2011 - 31 March 2013

FP7 High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider Design Study
HiLumi LHC is part of an overall project that will federate efforts and R&D of a large community towards the ambitious HL-LHC luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider. HiLumi LHC involves participants from outside the European Research Area (ERA), in particular leading US and Japanese laboratories, which will facilitate the implementation of the construction phase as a global project. The proposed governance model is tailored accordingly and may pave the way for the organization of other global research infrastructures.

Coordinator: CERN, Switzerland

CERN Contact: Lucio Rossi

EU funding: 4.9 M€ over 4 years

1 November 2011 - 31 October 2015

High Intensity Neutrino Oscillation Facility in Europe
EUROnu  is prompted by the recent discovery that the neutrino changes type (or flavour) as it travels through space, a phenomenon referred to as neutrino oscillations. To investigate these oscillations will require new high intensity neutrino oscillation facilities. The design study will review the three currently accepted methods to realize such a neutrino facility (the so-called neutrino Superbeams, Beta Beams and Neutrino Factories) and do cost and risk assessments as well as a critical physics evaluation of these facilities.

Coordinator: RAL, United Kingdom

CERN Contact: Ilias Efthymiopoulos

EU funding: 4 M€ over 4 years

1 September 2008 - 31 August 2012

European High-performance Infrastructures in Turbulence
EuHIT is a consortium that aims at integrating cutting-edge European facilities for turbulence research across national boundaries, in order to significantly advance the competitive edge of European turbulence research with special focus on providing the knowledge for technological innovation and for addressing grand societal challenges.

Coordinator: Max-Plank, Germany

CERN Contact: Olivier Pirotte

EU funding: 7 M€ over 3 years

1 April 2013 -  30 March 2017

Enhanced European Coordination for Accelerator Research & Development
EuCARD-2 brings a global view to accelerator research; coordinating a consortium of 41 accelerator laboratories, technology institutes, universities and industry to jointly address common challenges. It includes six networks which concentrate on extreme beam performance, novel accelerator concepts with outstanding potential, energy efficiency and accelerator applications in the fields of medicine, industry, environment and energy.

Coordinator: CERN, Switzerland

CERN Contact: Maurizio Vretenar

EU funding: 8 M€ over 4 years

1 May 2013- 30 April 2017