Outcome of the evaluation

The outcome of the evaluation of proposals submitted for participation in the INFRAINNOV-04-2020 Innovation Pilot Project for Particle Accelerators can be found below (update 29 November 2019). 

Strategies

Ranking

Submission number

Short title

Acronym

Main proposer

Result

1 68 Sustainable Concepts for Accelerator driven Research Infrastructures SCARI Mike Seidel PSI accepted
2 25 A Strategy for Implementing Novel Societal Applications of Accelerators S2A2 Rob Edgecock HUD accepted
3 73 Ultra-Low Emittance Ring ULER Riccardo Bartolini UOXF accepted
4 56 Additive Manufacturing for the Accelerator Community AMAC Maurizio Vedani PoliMi accepted with corrections
5 102 European Technology Infrastructure for Accelerators and Magnets ETIAM Sylvie Leray  CEA accepted
6 45 MUon colliders STrategy network  MUST Nadia Pastrone INFN accepted
7 17 Strategy for Innovative Superconducting Accelerating Cavities  ISAC-STR Claire Antoine CEA accepted with corrections
8 51 Novel Particle Accelerators Concepts and Technologies NPACT Ralph Assmann DESY accepted with corrections
9 75 LASers for PLasma Accelerators  LASPLA  Leonida A. Gizzi CNR-IN/INFN accepted with corrections
10 50 Pushing Accelerator Frontiers PAF Frank Zimmermann CERN accepted with corrections
11 57 Demands in vacuum science and technology for future particle accelerators VST Oleg Malyshev STFC not accepted
12 87 Innovative materials solutions for next-generation high power accelerators  InnoMat-XBeam Marilena Tomut WWU/GSI not accepted
13 54 High Average Intensity Normal Conductive Linacs Applications Hainclap Alessandro Variola INFN-LNF not accepted
14 80 Laser-Acceleration Strategy LAST Dario Giove INFN not accepted
15 79 Topical Workshops for Advanced Diagnostics at Accelerators  ADA Peter Forck GSI not accepted
16 28 Plasma wakefield Accelerators driven by thiN-disk and Diode lAsers PANDA Roman Walczak UOXF not accepted
17 93 Foundation of a European Network to foster collaboration among users of the open MicroTCA standard for applications in beam control, beam diagnostics and beamline experiments European MicroTCA Network Thomas Walter DESY not accepted

Prototypes

Ranking

Submission number

Short title

Acronym

Main proposer

Result

1 5 High Efficiency Klystron Industrial Prototype HEKIP Erk Jensen CERN accepted
2 23 Magnets for Advanced Hadrontherapy and Fast Synchrotrons MAHFS Lucio Rossi  INFN-LASA accepted with corrections
3 82 Longitudinally Variable Dipole for the upgrade of the Elettra storage ring Yannis Papaphilippou CERN accepted
4 10 Improvement of slow extraction spill quality Peter Forck GSI accepted
5 38 Innovative Superconducting Accelerating Cavities ISAC-1.3 GHz Cristian Pira INFN accepted with corrections
6 88 CompactLight Prototype Accelerating Structure  ComPAS Gerardo D’Auria Elettra accepted with corrections
7 19 Very high gradient RF Guns operating in the C-band RF technology  C-GUNS David Alesini INFN Frascati accepted with corrections
8 13 Development of an Energy Efficient ReBCO-HTS based Nuclotron Cable and Prototyping of a Fast Ramped Magnet Coil EFAC Peter Spiller GSI Darmstadt reserve
9 12 Development of advanced accelerator line for environmental applications ENVIACC Andrzej Chmielewski ICHTJ WAW reserve as D
10 74 Innovation RF cavity/lauching systmes in MHz and GHz range for Ion Sources IRIHIS David Mascali INFN-LNL reserve as D
11 67 Radio Therapy Treatment technology demonstrator RTT Demo Peter McIntosh STFC reserve as D
12 30  Reliability and fast failure compensation methods in RF superconducting linacs REFILL Frederic BOULY CNRS reserve as D
13 33 Innovative Multipurpose Testbed IMT Alessandro Bertarelli CERN not accepted
14 6 Magnet-system Improvements for Compacting circulaR Accelerators MICRA Luis García-Tabarés CIEMAT not accepted
15 24 Magnets for an Advanced Ion Gantry  MAIG Lucio Rossi  INFN-LASA not accepted
16 70 Silicon Carbide Profiling and Position Detectors for continuous monitoring of non-monochromatic synchrotron beams  SiC XB(pp)M Massimo Camarda PSI not accepted
17 41 Vacuum Science & Technology: Materials for heat lOad removal from Cryogenic vAcuum VST-MOCA Roberto Cimino INFN-LNF not accepted
18 21 Optimally efficient solid-state 400 kW pulsed station for superconducting RF cavities EfficientPulsedPower Dragos Dancila Uppsala Univ. not accepted
19 43 Optimisation of low surface resistance vacuum chamber for low emittance accelerators VST-Low-Rs Oleg Malyshev  STFC not accepted
20 20 New power amplifiers for particle accelerators based on GaN semiconductor technology  GaN4LINAC  Dragos Dancila Uppsala Univ. reserve as D
21 85 Demonstration of a new slow extraction method in synchrotrons using anti-symmetric pseudo-sextupole fields SEXASF Ye Zou Uppsala Univ. not accepted
22 101 Developments on SC multifunction magnets and NS-FFAG beam dynamics SCM-ISOLDE Joakim Cederkall LUND not accepted
23 22 Advanced Dose Delivery Algorithms  ADDA Dominik Peruško COSYLAB not accepted
24 64 Design approach of new generation particle accelerator component by metal Additive Manufacturing AM for Accelerators  Toms Torims RTU not accepted
25 84 Methods for Ultrashort and Coherent Light Emission at Storage Rings MUSCLES Shaukat Khan TU Dortmund not accepted
26 100 Superconducting coil cooling with pulsating heat pipes  SCOOP Bertrand Baudouy CEA not accepted
27 3 Research Infrastructure Reliability and Availability Modelling RI-RAM Timo Lehtinen Ramentor not accepted
28 1 Self-Tuning Artificial Intelligence for LINAC Distributed Control System STAI-LINAC Ignacio ROJAS ADEX S.A. not accepted
29 77 CW MeV Ultrafast Electron Diffraction based on ELBE Superconducting RF Gun CW MeV UED Rong Xiang HZDR not accepted
30 89 Luminescent coating development for high power proton targets  PROTONLUMCOAT Erik Adli Uni. Oslo not accepted
31 29 Compact accelerator control system CACS Miroslav Pavleski COSYLAB JSC not accepted
37 High-Temperature Superconducting Undulator HTSCU Anke-Susanne Müller KIT rejected
66 CRystalline Undulator - advanCed technologIes for a GammA-ray Light source CRUCIAL Andrea Mazzolari  INFN rejected

Developments

Ranking

Submission number

Short title

Acronym

                Main proposer

Result

1 35 Large scale Carbide-Carbon Materials for multipurpose applications PlusCOMP Federico Carra CERN accepted
2 72 Laser focal spot stabilization for compact plasma accelerators L3S Francois Mathieu CRNS accepted with conditions
3 2 Internal Rf Ion Source for Cyclotrons IRISC José Manuel Pérez CIEMAT accepted
4 53 Repair of damaged accelerator components by AM technologies REP_ARIES2 Elena López IWS  accepted with conditions
5 32 Innovative superconducting accelerating cavities ISAC-dev Reza Valizadeh  STFC accepted with conditions
6 18 Surface Engineering by Atomic Layer Deposition ISAC-SEAL Thomas Proslier CEA accepted with conditions
7 69 Suspended graphenic membrane beam windows for next generation accelerators Graphene4beams Marilena Tomut WWU/GSI accepted with conditions
8 31 Optimization of flat SRF thin films production procedure ISAC-SAMP Oliver Kugeler HZ Berlin accepted
9 16 Beam windows for high-power accelerator applications BEAWIN Marcello Losasso CERN accepted with conditions
10 49 Improvement of mechanical and superconducting properties of RF resonator by laser radiation ISAC-LAS Arturs Medvids RTU accepted with conditions
11 78 Permanent Magnet Quadrupoles & Combined Function Magnets for Ultra Low-Emittance Rings ZEPTO-DQ2 Ben Shepherd  STFC accepted with conditions
12 61 Multi-scale Innovative targets for laser-plasma accelerators  MILPAT Cedric Thaury LOA/ENSTA accepted with conditions
13 92 MAchine Learning techniques for accelerator and target diagnostics at ESS  MALESS Thomas Shea ESS accepted with conditions
14 40 Photon Stimulated Desorption (PSD) from NEG coatings for accelerator vacuum chambers VST-NEG-PSD Oleg Malyshev  STFC accepted
15 94 Development of electro-optical waveguide sensors as Beam electric field sensors  EOWAVES Stephen Gibson RHUL accepted
16 55 Development of superconductive RF cavities, made by Nb or Cu coated with an Nb thin film, to be tested at room and at cryogenic temperature Adriano Pepato INFN reserve 
17 65 Vacuum metrology for accelerator vacuum systems VST - VAMETA  Janez Šetina IMT not accepted
18 60 Improvement of Additive Manufactured RF Components by Laser Radiation ISAC-LAS-AM Arturs Medvids RTU not accepted
19 8 Ions to Protons Irradiation Scaling IPrIS Alessandro Bertarelli / Carlotta Accettura CERN/ Politecnico di Milano not accepted
20 34  Extra-large graphite crystals XtraGraph Alessandro Bertarelli CERN not accepted
21 58 Development of a photo-electron impact ion source PhEBIAD Sebastian ROTHE CERN reserve 
22 15 Self-Tuning Artificial Intelligence for cavities conditioning  STAI for CC R&D Holger Höltermann BEVATECH GmbH reserve 
23 39 Vacuum Science & Technology: Photon stimulated Desorption (PSD) of materials for accelerator VST-PhoDes Roberto Cimino INFN-LNF not accepted
24 86 Development of compact and high efficiency GaN amplifier module  GaN-SSA Marco Di Giacomo GANIL not accepted
25 99 Non-Invasive CHerenkov Technologies NICHT Thibaut Lefevre CERN not accepted
26 91 Engineering color centers in diamond using ion beams DiaCol  Marilena Tomut WWU not accepted
27 14 Phase monitor for beam energy measurements PMON Holger Höltermann BEVATECH GmbH not accepted
28 59 Design of magnet poles by Additive Manufacturing  Maurizio Vedani PoliMi not accepted
29 63 Novel Particle Accelerators Based on Carbon Nanotube Arrays  NACANA Javier Resta-López UoL/CI not accepted
30 42 Vacuum Science & Technology: Electron-stimulated desorption (ESD) of materials for accelerator VST-ElDes Roberto Cimino INFN-LNF not accepted
31 46 Thermal Outgassing Database of materials for accelerator ThOutData Vincent Baglin CERN not accepted
32 81  Experiments with Laser-driven BeAms ELBA  Dario Giove INFN not accepted
33 27 R&D on Niobium 3D-Printing Manufacturing for Superconducting Cavities Innovation Fernando Lomello CEA not accepted
34 95 Development of a combined electron gun for electron lenses ELCG Adriana Rossi CERN not accepted
35 7 Characterization and Assessment of conventional/laser e-beams for FLASH therapy cle-FLASH Angeles Faus-Golfe LAL-CNRS not accepted
36 47 Ion Stimulated molecular Desorption of futures materials for accelerator ISD Vincent Baglin CERN not accepted
37 4 High-resolution optical surface monitoring system for high-field systems NanoReflect  Yinon Ashkenazy Hebrew Univ of Jerusalem not accepted
38 44 SEY at cryogenic temperatures VST-CRYO-SEY Oleg Malyshev  STFC not accepted
39 83 Innovative beam transport scheme for laser-accelerated ion beams and flash-radiotherapy applications NEMESI Pablo Cirrone INFN-LNS not accepted
40 96 Development of instrumentation for electron lenses ELI Adriana Rossi CERN not accepted
41 52 Extreme loading conditions for advanced materials  EXTREMA Lorenzo Peroni  POLITO not accepted
42 90 Validation of accelerators components built by additive manufacturing Nicolas Delerue CNRS/IN2P3 not accepted
43 11 Novel Superconducting Cavity Design for High-Current Electron Linacs SC Cavities for High Currents Rocco Paparella  INFN not accepted
44 48  HOllow-core Dielectric ACcelerators HODAC  Giuseppe Torrisi INFN-LNS not accepted
45 97 Development of a radiation hard beam profile monitor with high dynamic range and ultra-high vacuum compatibility Cherenkov fibre monitor Inaki Ortega CERN not accepted
46 98 Development of a prototype rest-gas ionisation beam profile monitor based on silicon pixel detector technology for application at a broad range of accelerator facilities Pixel-IPM James Storey CERN not accepted
47 62 RF System-on-Chip for Ultrafast Beam Feedbacks RFSoC-4-UBF Boris Keil PSI not accepted
48 76 Efficient Accelerator for Urban, Factory, Residential, Agricultural, Industrial, Chemical, Health and Environmental applications EAU-FRAICHE  Anne-Laure Lamure RadiaBeam Sàrl not accepted
49 36 Development of a novel Adaptive Collimation System ACS 2.0 Simon Fletcher Uni. Huddersfield not accepted
71 High Average PowEr comprEssor HAPEE Francois Mathieu CNRS rejected

The members of the Evaluation Committee:

Ralph ASSMANN (DESY), Jean-Luc BIAROTTE (CNRS), Frederick BORDRY (CERN), Stéphane CHEL (CEA), Aitor ECHEANDIA (industry), Terry GARVEY (PSI), Eric GIGUET (industry), Susanna GUIDUCCI (INFN), Piotr MALECKI (IFJ-PAN), Peter MCINTOSH (STFC), Mauro MORANDIN (industry), José Manuel PEREZ (CIEMAT), Philipp REVILAK (industry), Roger RUBER (U. Uppsala), Mike SEIDEL (PSI), Jens STADLMANN (GSI), Pierre VEDRINE (CEA), Maurizio VRETENAR (CERN, Chair).