Quasar Group

Members of the QUASAR Group had a fantastic time at the International Particle Accelerator Conference in Deauville, France.

The QUASARs presented latest research results and developments, exciting project updates and upcoming events and initiatives through talks, poster presentations and an industry booth.

A second stand in the exhibition was used to promote the future . This 20th edition of the IPAC conference series will be held in Liverpool and organised by the QUASAR Group and the wider UK accelerator community.

Read more on www.quasar-group.org

The University of Liverpool secures four awards to shape the future of research infrastructures ✨

Supported with more than 25 M€, with more than 1 M€ for Liverpool, the projects, EuPRAXIA, EPITA, TwinRISE and iRIS, bring together leading laboratories, universities, research facilities and industrial partners across Europe. Together, they address how we can make major research infrastructures more compact, more sustainable, more intelligent, and easier for industry, researchers and society to benefit from.

Read more:
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/quasar/news/stories/title,1557838,en.php

Researchers at the AEgIS experiment at CERN's Antimatter Factory, including members of the University of Liverpool's QUASAR Group, have taken the first steps towards capturing and spectrometrically assessing highly charged ions produced following antiproton annihilations - a foundational step toward an entirely new class of nuclear physics measurements.

Read more about the results reported Physical Review Research:
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/quasar/news/stories/title,1557662,en.php

How can innovation and sustainability shape the future of science and industry?

Register now and join us for the "Symposium - Innovations for a Sustainable Tomorrow".

📅 10 July 2026
📍 Liverpool, UK

This symposium brings together the LIV.INNO Centre for Doctoral Training and the EuPRAXIA community to discuss advances in accelerator science, AI-driven data science, and sustainable research infrastructure across medicine, electronics, energy, and environmental technologies.

Researchers from across Europe will share cutting-edge developments, future opportunities, and the growing impact of these technologies on society and industry.

The event also offers opportunities for new partners and in particular industry to connect with researchers, fellows, and collaborators to explore future partnerships and innovation-driven collaboration.

Register today:
https://agenda.infn.it/event/49199/

This event is free of charge - advance registration is required!

Places fill up quickly. Please register early to avoid disappointment.

Registration deadline: 31 May 2026

Researchers, accelerator experts, and industrial stakeholders from across Europe gathered at Technische Universität Darmstadt on 7–8 May 2026 for the ARTIFACT-DN Workshop,

Building on the momentum of the ARTIFACT ecosystem and several recently funded Horizon Europe initiatives, the workshop marked an important step towards the development of ARTIFACT-DN, an ambitious European training network focused on advancing artificial intelligence for next-generation particle accelerators and large-scale research infrastructures.

Find out more:
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/quasar/news/stories/title,1556013,en.php

The PACRI (Plasma Accelerator Systems for Compact Research Infrastructures) project held its first annual meeting at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Lisbon, Portugal, from 24–26 March.

The meeting brought together project partners both in person and online to share updates and discuss progress across the various work packages and project tasks, while also addressing governance and strategic planning through the PACRI General Assembly.

Prof Carsten P. Welsch, Head of the QUASAR Group and PACRI WP2 Scientific and Industrial Exploitation Lead, provided an overview of developments in dissemination and communication activities, alongside updates on the project’s evolving scientific and industrial exploitation strategy.

During the General Assembly, QUASAR Dr Debdeep Ghosal, l led a discussion on collaboration platforms and institutional constraints, facilitating a consortium-wide exchange to explore potential common software solutions.

Find out more:
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/quasar/news/stories/title,1555871,en.php

The QUASAR Group is excited to share that Naomi Smith, Joe Wolfenden and Debdeep Ghosal will be representing the group at , showcasing the latest updates from major initiatives including the EuPRAXIA-DN MSCA Doctoral Network and the Liverpool Centre for Doctoral Training for Innovation in Data Intensive Science ( ), alongside cutting-edge R&D highlights from across the group.

Come along and meet our team at booth #30! ✨

Congratultions 👏 to three of our PhD students, Ondřej Sedláček, Oliver Stringer and Catherine Swain, who successfully completed their doctoral theses.

Their work spans cutting-edge accelerator diagnostics, contributing to major international facilities including CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and AWAKE experiment.

Read more:
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/quasar/news/stories/title,1555409,en.php

The fourth edition of the Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Accelerators (RL4AA’26) workshop was held in Liverpool from 30th March to 1st April 2026 as a LIV.INNO workshop.

The workshop focused on the practical application of reinforcement learning to complex, real-world systems, with particular attention to the challenges of moving from proof-of-concept studies to reliable deployment in large-scale scientific facilities. Discussions reflected both the strong interest in these methods and the current technical barriers, including infrastructure, safety, and integration into existing control systems.

Find out more:
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/quasar/news/stories/title,1553594,en.php

EuPRAXIA Gains Momentum at High-Level Brussels Event

The Showcase highlighted hashtag ’s vision to deliver a next-generation, compact plasma-based accelerator facility, capable of transforming applications across science, medicine, and industry.

Discussions underlined the importance of coordinated European investment and long-term funding strategies to ensure the successful implementation of large-scale infrastructures such as EuPRAXIA .

Find out more:
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/quasar/news/stories/title,1554632,en.ph