The Center for Accelerator Science and Education (CASE) will pursue cutting edge accelerator science and R&D, training of next generation accelerator scientists - graduate and post doctoral – through courses, laboratory and experiments on accelerators. Undergraduate opportunities will play a significant goal of attracting students to the graduate program through introduction to accelerator courses, accelerator laboratory work and summer research opportunities at BNL. The proposed educational program will start with a short term abbreviated educational program of undergraduate, graduate and R&D that will evolve over time.

Goals

The main goals of CASE are:

• To train scientists and engineers with the aim of advancing the field of accelerator science;
  • Courses taught by CASE Faculty
  • CASE/C-AD seminars for graduate students and postdocs
  • CASE Faculty hosted and taught at the June 2011 US Particle Accelerator School
  • PhD and MSI theses from students at the BNL's Collider Accelerator Department
• To develop a unique program of educational outreach that will provide broad access to a research accelerator; and,
• To attract Federal and industrial funding for an expanding interdisciplinary research and education program that utilizes accelerators.

The development of CASE capitalizes on resources at both institutions:

• Brookhaven National Laboratory is the home for a large number of accelerators at Collider Accelerator Department (C-AD, BNL's CASE home, [4]): RHIC and its injection complex, Accelerator Test Facility, Coherent electron Cooling project; and NSLS II [5].

• Stony Brook University has a recently retired research accelerator – the Tandem Van de Graaff (TvDG) – whose control room has been renovated to become a modern Physics Teaching Laboratory (PTL) that serves graduate, undergraduate students as well as K-12 teachers and students.

CASE Members

• Dr. Vladimir Litvinenko, Director, Professor of Physics, Stony Brook University.
• Dr. Thomas K. Hemmick, Deputy Director for Education and Outreach, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Physics, Stony Brook University.
• Dr. Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi, Deputy Director for Research, Assistant Professor of Physics, Stony Brook University.
• Dr. Irina Petrushina,Research Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University.
• Dr. Paul Grannis, Chair of Executive Council, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Stony Brook University.
• Dr. Abhay Deshpande, Executive Council Member, Professor of Physics, Stony Brook University.
• Dr. Laszlo Mihaly, Executive Council Member, Professor of Physics, Stony Brook University.
• Dr. Yichao Jing, CASE web administrator, Scientist, Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
• Avril Coakley, Research Administrator, CASE/ECT, Stony Brook University.

• Find complete member list here.

Research Opportunities

CASE faculty are involved in many exciting projects. Please contact us for more information.

• NEW!! On-campus paid internship position: modeling of superconducting lattice for compact fusion reactor. The Center for Integrated Electric Energy Systems (CIEES) at Stony Brook University has an open position for an on-campus intern. The internship is funded, in part, by TheaEnergy, https://thea.energy/ and CIEES https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ciees/. The candidate will develop a semi-analytical numerical model of the qualitative thermal and electrical behavior of 2G-HTS planar magnet geometry for a compact stellarator designed by Thea Energy. The model will evaluate the loss of the superconducting state for both persistent and driven current modes. The mathematical transient Finite Element Analysis (FEA) model is based on a multi-physics scheme that includes an adaptive time step to solve heat balance and electric equations simultaneously. In addition, quench development and powering strategy will be validated using the well-established STEAM-LEDET lumped element code that is currently used for predictive modeling of inductively coupled superconducting coils in, for example, LHC Collider (in collaboration with BNL). The internship is an excellent chance to jump-start a career in applied physics. Desired qualifications: Familiarity with FEA (COMSOL/Ansys), coding skills, multi-physics electromagnetics, and heat transfer analysis. The position pays the standard RA stipend and tuition credits (6 credits per semester per supported student at the instate rate). The work will be performed at the Advanced Energy Center (Techno Park), with occasional travel to BNL. Interested candidates, please send CV to Dr. Vyacheslav Solovyov, vyacheslav.solovyov@stonybrook.edu
• NEW!! Two PhD topics on fundamental studies of radio frequency superconductivity for: Particle accelerator applications (e.g., developing new doping techniques, non-equilibrium superconductivity, etc.) Quantum sensors and computing applications (e.g., experiments with 3D superconducting cavities in quantum regime, developing new architectures for qubits and quantum sensors, etc.) Under supervision of Prof. Sergey Belomestnykh < mailto:sbelomes@fnal.gov >, based at Fermilab, Batavia, IL.
• NEW!! Two Ph.D topics (theoretical and one experimental) opportunity are available on Coherent Electron Cooling and Laser-Plasma Wakefield Accelerator with external injection, under supervision of Profs. Vladimir Litvinenko <[6]> and Navid Vafaei-Najafabadi <[7]>
• CASE/Collider-Accelerator Department, BNL provide exciting acceleration R&D research opportunities towards the future accelerator science, technology and facilities. We are looking for graduate students to do thesis research. The projects include:
  1. The design of electron-ion collider, EIC
  2. The demonstration of Coherent Electron Cooling (CeC)
  3. High average current polarized electron gun
  4. Superconductor RF cavity (accelerating cavities and deflecting cavities)
  5. Plasma accelerators using and new accelerator concepts at Accelerator Test Facility (ATF)
  6. Future Circular Collider studies

  There are both MSI and Ph.D. topics. Contact: Vladimir Litvinenko <[8]>

  
  

Research Highlights

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  Coherent at RHIC

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  CO2 LPWA

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  Laser Plasma Accelerating Bubble

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  Probing Plasma with fsec e-beam

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  Coherent e-Cooling Free Electron Laser

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  Coherent e-Cooling Experiment

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  eRHIC design

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  FFAG beam transport

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  ERL linac

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  Crab cavity

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  e-beam disruption

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  Gatling gun e-source