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Anita Olofsson

2025-09-02T11:40:19Z

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'''Anita Olofsson''' held a position as a secretary in the [[Scientific Information Service]] until her retirement. She was married to [[Knut Soren Olofsson]].

Anita Olofsson

2025-09-02T11:38:11Z

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'''Anita Olofsson''' held a position as a secretary in the [[Scientific Information Service]] until her retirement.

Helge Wang

2025-09-02T11:34:57Z

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'''Helge Wang''' held a position as a CERN purchaser until his retirement.

Category:Accelerator physicists

2025-09-01T09:45:44Z

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This category groups accelerator physicists related to CERN.

Fritz Caspers

2025-09-01T09:43:16Z

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'''Friedhelm “Fritz” Caspers''', was born in Bonn, Germany in 1950. He passed away on 12 March 2025.

Caspers studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen. He joined CERN in 1981, first as a fellow and then as a staff member. During the 1980s Caspers contributed to stochastic cooling in CERN’s antiproton programme. In the team of [[Georges Carron]] and [[Lars Thorndahl]], he helped devise ultra-fast microwave stochastic cooling systems for the then new antiproton cooler ring. He also initiated the development of power field-effect transistors that are still operational today in CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator ring. Fritz Caspers conceived novel geometries for pickups and kickers, such as slits cut into ground plates, as now used for the GSI FAIR project, and meander-type electrodes. From 1988 to 1995, Caspers was responsible for all 26 stochastic-cooling systems at CERN. In 1990 he became a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), before being distinguished as an IEEE Life Fellow later in his career.

Obituary: https://cerncourier.com/a/fritz-caspers-1950-2025/

List of publications: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1014329?format=json

[[Category: Accelerator physicists]]

Fritz Caspers

2025-09-01T09:42:07Z

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Fritz Caspers

2025-09-01T09:41:18Z

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'''Friedhelm “Fritz” Caspers''', was born in Bonn, Germany in 1950. He passed away on 12 March 2025.

Caspers studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen. He joined CERN in 1981, first as a fellow and then as a staff member. During the 1980s Fritz contributed to stochastic cooling in CERN’s antiproton programme. In the team of [[Georges Carron]] and [[Lars Thorndahl]], he helped devise ultra-fast microwave stochastic cooling systems for the then new antiproton cooler ring. He also initiated the development of power field-effect transistors that are still operational today in CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator ring. Fritz Caspers conceived novel geometries for pickups and kickers, such as slits cut into ground plates, as now used for the GSI FAIR project, and meander-type electrodes. From 1988 to 1995, Caspers was responsible for all 26 stochastic-cooling systems at CERN. In 1990 he became a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), before being distinguished as an IEEE Life Fellow later in his career.

Obituary: https://cerncourier.com/a/fritz-caspers-1950-2025/

List of publications: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1014329?format=json

Fritz Caspers

2025-09-01T09:39:37Z

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'''Friedhelm “Fritz” Caspers''', was born in Bonn, Germany in 1950, He passed away on 12 March 2025.

Obituary: https://cerncourier.com/a/fritz-caspers-1950-2025/

List of publications: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1014329?format=json

Edda Gschwendtner

2025-09-01T09:36:10Z

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'''Edda Gschwendtner''' obtained her PhD in physics from the Vienna University of Technology,Austria, working CERN on benchmarking the particle background in the LHC ATLAS experiment.
During the last 25 years she has contributed significantly to several accelerator and particle physics
projects. She was involved in the development of the LHC beam loss detection system, the LHC
luminosity detectors and high-resolution detectors for future neutrino factory experiments. She was
the responsible beam physicist for the CERN Neutrino Gran Sasso beam, led as liaison physicist the
design, commissioning and operation of beam lines from the CERN SPS to the experimental areas and
was SPS supervisor, responsible for optimizing the performance of the SPS.

Since 2012 Edda Gschwendtner is the Project Leader of CERN’s plasma wakefield acceleration
experiment, AWAKE; This accelerator R&D experiment demonstrated for the first time ever plasma
wakefield acceleration of electrons in wakefields driven by a SPS proton bunch and has the aim to
bring the R&D development to a point where particle physics applications can be proposed and
realized in the near future.

Gschwendtner’s area of research involves also Physics Beyond Colliders studies on particle physics applications
based on the AWAKE technology.

As co-chair of the “Expert Panel on High-Gradient – Plasma and Laser Accelerators” she was involved
in the preparation of a plasma accelerator R&D roadmap for HEP colliders and applications for the
European Strategy for Particle Physics.

Edda Gschwendtner is Section Leader of the ‘Lepton Accelerator Facilities’ section at CERN, which is
responsible for theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies on the beam dynamics of future
lepton accelerators, facilities, and colliders such as FCCee, CLIC and the Muon collider.

Gschwendtner is co-author of more than 150 papers and has supervised undergraduate students, PhD students
and post-doctoral students, some of them winning PhD thesis prizes and young career awards.
Edda Gschwendtner is Principal Scientist at CERN and is member of several international scientific
advisory committees and review panels.

List of publications: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1007387?format=json

Edda Gschwendtner

2025-09-01T09:34:59Z

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'''Edda Gschwendtner''' obtained her PhD in physics from the Vienna University of Technology,Austria, working CERN on benchmarking the particle background in the LHC ATLAS experiment.
During the last 25 years she has contributed significantly to several accelerator and particle physics
projects. She was involved in the development of the LHC beam loss detection system, the LHC
luminosity detectors and high-resolution detectors for future neutrino factory experiments. She was
the responsible beam physicist for the CERN Neutrino Gran Sasso beam, led as liaison physicist the
design, commissioning and operation of beam lines from the CERN SPS to the experimental areas and
was SPS supervisor, responsible for optimizing the performance of the SPS.

Since 2012 Edda Gschwendtner is the Project Leader of CERN’s plasma wakefield acceleration
experiment, AWAKE; This accelerator R&D experiment demonstrated for the first time ever plasma
wakefield acceleration of electrons in wakefields driven by a SPS proton bunch and has the aim to
bring the R&D development to a point where particle physics applications can be proposed and
realized in the near future.

Edda’s area of research involves also Physics Beyond Colliders studies on particle physics applications
based on the AWAKE technology.

As co-chair of the “Expert Panel on High-Gradient – Plasma and Laser Accelerators” she was involved
in the preparation of a plasma accelerator R&D roadmap for HEP colliders and applications for the
European Strategy for Particle Physics.

Edda Gschwendtner is Section Leader of the ‘Lepton Accelerator Facilities’ section at CERN, which is
responsible for theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies on the beam dynamics of future
lepton accelerators, facilities, and colliders such as FCCee, CLIC and the Muon collider.

Edda is co-author of more than 150 papers and has supervised undergraduate students, PhD students
and post-doctoral students, some of them winning PhD thesis prizes and young career awards.
Edda Gschwendtner is Principal Scientist at CERN and is member of several international scientific
advisory committees and review panels.

List of publications: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1007387?format=json

Edda Gschwendtner

2025-09-01T09:32:10Z

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'''Edda Gschwendtner''' obtained her PhD in physics from the Vienna University of Technology,
Austria, working at CERN on benchmarking the particle background in the LHC ATLAS experiment.
During the last 25 years she has contributed significantly to several accelerator and particle physics
projects. She was involved in the development of the LHC beam loss detection system, the LHC
luminosity detectors and high-resolution detectors for future neutrino factory experiments. She was
the responsible beam physicist for the CERN Neutrino Gran Sasso beam, led as liaison physicist the
design, commissioning and operation of beam lines from the CERN SPS to the experimental areas and
was SPS supervisor, responsible for optimizing the performance of the SPS.
Since 2012 Edda Gschwendtner is the Project Leader of CERN’s plasma wakefield acceleration
experiment, AWAKE; This accelerator R&D experiment demonstrated for the first time ever plasma
wakefield acceleration of electrons in wakefields driven by a SPS proton bunch and has the aim to
bring the R&D development to a point where particle physics applications can be proposed and
realized in the near future.
Edda’s area of research involves also Physics Beyond Colliders studies on particle physics applications
based on the AWAKE technology.
As co-chair of the “Expert Panel on High-Gradient – Plasma and Laser Accelerators” she was involved
in the preparation of a plasma accelerator R&D roadmap for HEP colliders and applications for the
European Strategy for Particle Physics.
Edda Gschwendtner is Section Leader of the ‘Lepton Accelerator Facilities’ section at CERN, which is
responsible for theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies on the beam dynamics of future
lepton accelerators, facilities, and colliders such as FCCee, CLIC and the Muon collider.
Edda is co-author of more than 150 papers and has supervised undergraduate students, PhD students
and post-doctoral students, some of them winning PhD thesis prizes and young career awards.
Edda Gschwendtner is Principal Scientist at CERN and is member of several international scientific
advisory committees and review panels.

List of publications: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1007387?format=json

Edda Gschwendtner

2025-09-01T09:29:52Z

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Dr. Edda Gschwendtner obtained her PhD in physics from the Vienna University of Technology,
Austria, working at CERN on benchmarking the particle background in the LHC ATLAS experiment.
During the last 25 years she has contributed significantly to several accelerator and particle physics
projects. She was involved in the development of the LHC beam loss detection system, the LHC
luminosity detectors and high-resolution detectors for future neutrino factory experiments. She was
the responsible beam physicist for the CERN Neutrino Gran Sasso beam, led as liaison physicist the
design, commissioning and operation of beam lines from the CERN SPS to the experimental areas and
was SPS supervisor, responsible for optimizing the performance of the SPS.
Since 2012 Edda Gschwendtner is the Project Leader of CERN’s plasma wakefield acceleration
experiment, AWAKE; This accelerator R&D experiment demonstrated for the first time ever plasma
wakefield acceleration of electrons in wakefields driven by a SPS proton bunch and has the aim to
bring the R&D development to a point where particle physics applications can be proposed and
realized in the near future.
Edda’s area of research involves also Physics Beyond Colliders studies on particle physics applications
based on the AWAKE technology.
As co-chair of the “Expert Panel on High-Gradient – Plasma and Laser Accelerators” she was involved
in the preparation of a plasma accelerator R&D roadmap for HEP colliders and applications for the
European Strategy for Particle Physics.
Edda Gschwendtner is Section Leader of the ‘Lepton Accelerator Facilities’ section at CERN, which is
responsible for theoretical, numerical, and experimental studies on the beam dynamics of future
lepton accelerators, facilities, and colliders such as FCCee, CLIC and the Muon collider.
Edda is co-author of more than 150 papers and has supervised undergraduate students, PhD students
and post-doctoral students, some of them winning PhD thesis prizes and young career awards.
Edda Gschwendtner is Principal Scientist at CERN and is member of several international scientific
advisory committees and review panels.

List of publications: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1007387?format=json

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Andreas Gruber

2025-09-01T09:04:36Z

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Andreas Gruber is an Austrian physicist.
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