Technical Seminar with Vladimir Shiltsev

Abstract: Over the past 3 decades, the science of particle beams has evolved into a distinct discipline with its own journals and methods. Some 30,000 accelerators operate worldwide today, including over 100 major facilities for basic science research, overseen by 5,000 accelerator scientists & engineers in over 50 countries. In addition to operation and upgrades, they design and construct new facilities, conduct fundamental beam-physics research, develop critical technical components, and lead projects. Many also develop industrial applications, transfer technology, educate and train future experts, and engage the public and academia. I will review exciting recent developments in beam physics and accelerator technology, with a focus on colliders for nuclear and particle physics.

Bio: Dr. Shiltsev is a world leader in high-energy particle beam and accelerator physics. He earned a PhD from the Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics in 1994, then joined Fermilab in 1996. From 2001-2018 he led the Tevatron Collider Department and the Fermilab Accelerator Physics Center: In 2018 he chaired the APS Division of Beam Physics. He has won the Robert Siemann Prize (APS), the G. Gamov Prize (RASA), and the European Accelerator Prize. He has published over 450 papers, and supervised over 30 graduate students and postdocts. In 2026, he joined the Austin-based startup Subcritical Systems, Inc. which is developing a new technology to sustain safe nuclear fission in a subcritical fuel by using a particle accelerator.