The 12th Workshop on Beam Cooling and Related Topics (COOL'09) hosted by Institute
of Modern Physics(IMP), CAS
took place in Lanzhou on August 31st, 2009, with over 80 beam cooling experts
from France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S.A., Taiwan region
of China attending the meeting.
The workshop received altogether 45 contributions, 12 of which are posters.
These reports highlighted the latest progresses in the physics and engineering
of beam cooling systems and related techniques, including electron, stochastic,
laser and ionization cooling. The large scale scientific projects under construction,
such as the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), and the plans of
each laboratory, as well as the proposed large scale scientific facilities,
such as the international Muon ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE), were also
presented in these reports.
The experts discussed about the new application of the cooling techniques,
as well as the status of the current cooling facilities, and provided suggestions
for improvement, which will push forward the research in this field. The participants
of COOL'09 also visited the Cooling Storage Ring at Heavy Ion Research Facility
in Lanzhou(HIRFL-CSR), which impressed them deeply.
The workshop has facilitated exchange of beam cooling theories and techniques
and extended the international impact of IMP. Meanwhile, favorable international
cooperation and relationship have been established through the workshop, which
lays the groundwork for the future development on stochastic and laser cooling
at IMP.
Posted October 11th, 2009
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