The Cockcroft Institute
The Objectives of the Cockcroft Institute are to develop a major international presence in research and development in accelerator science and technology with four broad themes:
- Electron-positron colliders
- Proton and ion accelerators including neutrino beams
- Photon sources
- Neutron sources
In order to meet these objectives it has built up at Daresbury a collection of leading edge facilities. It also draws upon facilities and products provided by the stakeholder universities of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester.
Among the facilities are:
- Microwave and Radiofrequency Laboratory
- Laser Optics Laboratory
- Surface Science Laboratory
- Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS)
- Energy Recovery Linac Prototype (ERLP)
- Superconducting Radio-Frequency Laboratory (SRF)
- Mechanical and electrical engineering and IT facilities
- Access to the Nano Science facility and Photon Science Centre at the University of Manchester
- Access to University of Liverpool’s medical facilities