Return to EPAC'98 Welcome

Sixth European Particle Accelerator Conference (EPAC'98)




Preliminary List of Topics for Half-day Sessions and Invited Papers Planned Within the Framework of the Scientific Programme of EPAC'98

  1. High Energy Hadron and Heavy Ion Accelerators and Colliders

      LHC - Accelerator Physics and Technology Challenges
      HERA Upgrade Plans
      TEVATRON Luminosity Upgrade Project
      RHIC Progress Report

  2. Synchrotron Light Sources and FELs

      Light Source Performance Achievements
      Review of Compton Scattering Projects
      Is the High Gain FEL the 4th Generation Light Source?
      An Overview of Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Laser Projects

  3. Linear Colliders

      Linear Collider Projects at DESY
      The Stanford and Berkeley Linear Collider Projects
      The KEK Linear Collider Project
      The CERN Linear Collider Project

  4. Beam Dynamics and Optics

      A Review of New Manifestations of Collective Effects
      A Review of Difficulties to Obtain Short Bunches in Storage Rings

  5. Instrumentation and Feedback Systems

      Beam Diagnostics Revisited
      Optical Techniques in Beam Diagnostics
      Review of Feedback Systems
      Pulsed SC RF Feedback Systems

  6. Applications of Accelerators

      Developments in the Design of Proton and Ion Accelerators for Medical Use
      First Patient Treatment at GSI with Heavy Ions
      IFMIF (International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility): A High Intensity Deuteron Beam Application
      Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory FEL Industrial Applications
      The Energy Amplifier / Accelerator Driven Transmutation

  7. Accelerator Technology 1

      Technology of Cryogenics for Storage Rings
      Permanent Magnets for Accelerators: Experience with Beam

  8. Accelerator Technology 2

      Review of SC RF Developments
      Review of Experience with HOM Damped Cavities
      Review of Ultra-high Vacuum Technology for Accelerators in Presence of Beam
      Review of Orbit Control

  9. Lepton Colliders

      Performance of DAFNE
      Results of the CESR Upgrade
      BEPC Upgrade and BTCF Desigh
      LEP2 Present and Future Performance Limitations
      Status Report on PEP II
      Status Report on KEK B-Factory

  10. Low and Intermediate Energy Accelerators and Particle Sources (1/2)

      Recent Developments at Ion Storage and Cooler Rings
      Laser Ion Sources for Highly-Charged Ions
      Commissioning of SPIRAL

  11. High Intensity Proton Machines and Particle Sources (1/2)

      Review of Spallation Neutron Source Accelerators
      Review of Linacs and Beam Transport Systems for Transmutation
      Review of High Beam Current RFQ Accelerators and Funnels
      Progress on Intense Proton Beam Dynamics and Halo Formation

  12. Advanced Concepts

      Accelerator Schemes based on Lasers and Plasmas
      Muon Collider Progress
      Review of Gamma-Gamma Colliders

  13. Opening and Closing Talks

      Why is Basic Science Important to Society?
      The Nobel Prize Accelerator

  14. Seminar for Industry: Industrial Prospects of Future Accelerator Projects

      Technology and Commercial Supply of Components for the LHC Project
      Linear Collider Projects and their Possible Impact on Industry
      High Power Accelerators for Waste Transmutation and Energy Conversion - Technologies and the Industrial Viewpoint
      How can Small and Medium-sized Companies Play a Rôle in Future Accelerator Projects
      Synchrotron Radiation Projects of Industrial Interest