TIARA

Test Infrastructure and Accelerator Research Area

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The main objective of TIARA (Test Infrastructure and Accelerator Research Area) is the integration of national and international accelerator R&D infrastructures into a single distributed European accelerator R&D facility. This will include the implementation of organisational structures to enable the integration of existing individual infrastructures, their efficient operation and upgrades, and the construction of new infrastructures as part of TIARA. TIARA will enable full exploitation of the complementary features and expertise of the individual member infrastructures, maximizing the benefits for both the owners of these infrastructures and their users. This unique distributed facility will also support the development of an integrated R&D programme embracing the needs of many different fields, as well as medical and industrial sectors, both on technical and human resource aspects. Besides a world-level state-of-the-art distributed R&D facility, TIARA will develop means for establishing and supporting joint accelerator R&D programming, joint education and training programmes and strengthened collaboration with industry. TIARA-PP will deliver a sustainable coordinated European framework for the benefit of - the different fields of science, which need state-of-the-art and/or cost effective accelerators to carry out their research programme - the implementation of the accelerator-based infrastructures identified in the ESFRI roadmap - the different partners (national laboratories, universities, industry) to develop joint projects and exchange expertise on state-of-the-art technologies - European countries to invest and develop their own infrastructures and research centres as parts of TIARA, within an established Europe-wide coordination framework. - Europe as a whole to ensure world-level leadership in the field of accelerator science and to enable coordinated and efficient means for its regionally balanced scientific and technological development.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Plans to bring together all complementary accelerator facilities across the EU under one super infrastructure will significantly encourage research and development (R&D) in several key fields and industries.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Particle accelerator facilities have furthered scientific research by leaps and bounds in the last decade, advancing fields such as particle physics and high-energy physics considerably. As advanced facilities are challenging to build and finance, the EU is looking at joining different high-end facilities under one solid network that works in synergy to support advanced research. The EU-funded project 'Test infrastructure and accelerator research area' (TIARA) is working on establishing such a formidable network.

The project is integrating national and international accelerator R&D infrastructures into one multi-site European accelerator R&D facility. It is assisting the use of complementary facilities and expertise of different existing infrastructures, in addition to constructing more installations as part of the new accelerator research area. This will enable Europe to lead in accelerator science and technology and articulate an integrated R&D programme embracing the needs of many different fields, including various medical and industrial sectors.

To ensure the success of the new network, the project team is developing a joint European accelerator R&D programme to encourage collaborative projects. It is also supporting education and training of accelerator scientists, in addition to fostering collaboration with industry to develop products for research facilities.

TIARA has already conducted a survey of existing accelerator R&D infrastructures and has outlined the governance structure for collaboration under the new research network. It has also identified accelerator research areas, in addition to conducting a survey of education and training options in Europe for accelerator sciences. The project also outlined necessary upgrades for equipment and conducted tests where necessary, covering topics such as high-gradient acceleration, irradiation test facilities and high-power accelerator components.

Establishing such a powerful single infrastructure requires organisational, financial, coordination, technical and legal issues to be resolved beforehand. Once this is accomplished, the EU will have an unparalleled sustainable infrastructure for long-term accelerator R&D.