↟ I.FAST
Our group is participating in the Innovation Fostering in Accelerator Science and Technology (I.FAST) EU H2020 project, in work package 8: "Innovative superconducting magnets"
Abstract of the project proposal:
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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