Publications

Peking University

My journal articles

Emittance growth due to energy spread in a laser-driven proton beamline
M J Easton, Zhu K, Wang K D, Wu M J, Lin C and Yan X Q.
Results in Physics 29 104779, October 2021.
doi: 10.1016/j.rinp.2021.104779

Simulations of particle interactions in a high-current RFQ
M J Easton, Li H P, Wang Z, Lu Y R and Qiang J.
Journal of Instrumentation 14 T02003, February 2019.
doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/02/T02003

Permanent-magnet quadrupoles for an interdigital H-mode drift tube linear accelerator: Optimization code and adjustable magnet design
M J Easton, Li H P, Lu Y R, Zhu J and P-D Pfister.
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 21 122401, December 2018.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.21.122401

Group journal articles

Emittance growth analysis of laser-driven broad energy spectral proton beams
Wu M J, Li D Y, Yang T, Li Y Z, Cheng H, Xia Y D, Yan Y, Fang Y L, Zhu K, M  J Easton, Lin C and Yan X Q.
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 27 041303, April 2024.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.27.041303

Design of a beam line for simultaneous dual-beam ion implantation
Cai S X, Wang K D, Huang W, Wang K, M J Easton, Li J, Zhang C J, Zhu T R, Wang H, Ge H L, Xie X C, Lan H Y, Li Y J, Wei G H, Zhu K and Yan X Q.
AIP Advances 13 075107, July 2023.
doi: 10.1063/5.0144431

Beam distribution homogenization design for laser-driven proton therapy accelerator
Wang K D, Zhu K, M J Easton, Li Y J, Wang K, Xie X C, Lan H Y, Cai S X, Wang H, Ge H L, Zhu T R, Li J, Zhang C J, Zhao X Y, Lin C and Yan X Q.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1040 167196, October 2022.
doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167196

Demonstration of tailored energy deposition in a laser proton accelerator
Zhu J G, Wu M J, Zhu K, Geng Y X, Liao Q, Li D Y, Yang T, M J Easton, Li C C, Xu X H, Shou Y R, Yu J Q, Gong Z, Zhao Y Y, Wang P J, Wang D H, Tao L, Chen C E, Ma W J,Lu H Y, T Tajima, G Mourou, Lin C and Yan X Y.
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 23 121304, December 2020.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.121304

Achromatic beamline design for a laser-driven proton therapy accelerator
Wang K D, Zhu K, M J Easton, Li Y J, Lin C, and Yan X Q.
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 23 111302, November 2020.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.111302

Emittance measurement along transport beam line for laser driven protons
Wu M J, Li D Y, Zhu J G, Yang T, Hu X Y, Geng Y X, Zhu K, M J Easton, Zhao Y Y, Zhang A L, Lu H Y, Ma W J, Lin C, and Yan X Q.
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 23 031302, March 2020.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.031302

Beam commissioning and analysis of a continuous-wave window-type deuteron radio-frequency quadrupole
Tan Q Y, Zhu K, Gan P P, Fu Q, Li H P, M J Easton, Liu S, Gao S L, Wang Z, Lu Y R, Dou W P, Wu Q, Wang C, He Y, and Zhao H W.
International Journal of Modern Physics E, March 2020.
doi: 10.1142/S0218301319501118

Novel deuteron RFQ design with trapezoidal electrodes and double dipole four-vane structure
Li H P, Wang Z, Lu Y R, Tan Q Y, M J Easton, Zhu K, Liu S and Han M Y.
Journal of Instrumentation 15 (2)T02006, February 2020.
doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/02/T02006

Design of a CW linac for the Compact Intense Fast NEutron Facility
Li H P, Wang Z, Lu Y R, Tan Q Y, M J Easton, Zhu K, Guo Z Y, Gan P P and Liu S.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 930 pp. 156–166, June 2019.
doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.03.086

Development and beam commissioning of a continuous-wave window-type radio-frequency quadrupole
Gan P P, Zhu K, Fu Q, Li H P, M J Easton, Tan Q Y, Liu S, Gao S L, Wang Z, Lu Y R, Dou W P, Wu Q, Wang C, He Y, and Zhao H W.
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 22 030102, March 2019.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.22.030102

Beam dynamics design and irradiation experiment of beam loss for a CW 100-mA proton RFQ
Fu Q, Jia F J, Gan P P, Zhu K, Wang Z, M J Easton, Lu Y R, He Y and Wang Z J.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 905 pp. 1–11, October 2018.
doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.07.012

Beam dynamics design for a compact accelerator-driven neutron source
Li H P, Gan P P, Fu Q, Tan Q Y, Lu Y R, Wang Z, Zhu K and M J Easton.
International Journal of Modern Physics E 27 (4) 1850031, April 2018.
doi: 10.1142/S0218301318500313

Design study of an YBCO-coated beam screen for the super proton-proton collider bending magnets
Gan P P, Zhu K, Fu Q, Li H P, Lu Y R, M J Easton, Liu Y D, Tang J Y and Xu Q J.
Review of Scientific Instruments 89 045114, April 2018.
doi: 10.1063/1.5026932

Design and cold model experiment of a continuous-wave deuteron radio-frequency quadrupole
Fu Q, Zhu K, Lu Y R, M J Easton, Gao S L, Wang Z, Jia F J, Li H P, Gan P P and He Y.
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 20 120101, December 2017.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.120101

Conference proceedings

Simulations of particle interactions in a high intensity radio-frequency quadrupole for molecular hydrogen ions
M J Easton, Li H P, Lu Y R, Wang Z and Qiang J.
Presented at IPAC’18: the ninth International Particle Accelerator Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 2018, pp. 3405–3407 (THPAK075). doi: 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-THPAK075
Paper  Poster

Simulating particle interactions in transit with Impact-T
M J Easton.
Presented at the BLAST workshop at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, USA, May 2018.
https://conferences.lbl.gov/event/132/sessions/40

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Imperial College London

PhD thesis

RFQ design for PAMELA injector
M J Easton.
Doctoral thesis, supervised by J K Pozimski.
Department of Physics, Imperial College London, awarded July 2012.
https://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/9826

Journal articles

Novel integrated design framework for radio frequency quadrupoles
S Jolly, M J Easton, S Lawrie, A P Letchford, J K Pozimski and P Savage.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 735 pp. 240–259, January 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2013.08.072

Conceptual design of a nonscaling fixed field alternating gradient accelerator for protons and carbon ions for charged particle therapy
K J Peach, M Aslaninejad, R J Barlow, C D Beard, N Bliss, J H Cobb, M J Easton, T R Edgecock, R Fenning, I S K Gardner, M A Hill, H L Owen, C J Johnstone, B Jones, T Jones, D J Kelliher, A Khan, S Machida, P A McIntosh, S Pattalwar, J Pasternak, J K Pozimski, C R Prior, J Rochford, C T Rogers, R Seviour, S L Sheehy, S L Smith, J Strachan, S Tygier, B Vojnovic, P Wilson, H Witte and T Yokoi.
Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams 16 030101, March 2013. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.16.030101

Conference proceedings

Design optimisation and particle tracking simulations for PAMELA injector RFQ
M J Easton, M Aslaninejad, S Jolly, J K Pozimski and K J Peach.
Presented at IPAC’10: the first International Particle Accelerator Conference, Kyoto, Japan, May 2010, pp. 822–824, MOPD060.

Integrated design method and beam dynamics simulations for the FETS radio-frequency quadrupole
S Jolly, M J Easton, A P Letchford and J K Pozimski.
Presented at IPAC’10: the first International Particle Accelerator Conference, Kyoto, Japan, May 2010, pp. 645–647, MOPEC076.

Injection of proton and carbon 6+ into the non-scaling FFAG
M Aslaninejad, M J Easton, J Pasternak, J K Pozimski, K J Peach and T Yokoi.
Presented at IPAC’10: the first International Particle Accelerator Conference, Kyoto, Japan, May 2010, pp. 3957–3959, THPEB033.

The design of the MEBT for the PAMELA medical FFAG
M Aslaninejad, M J Easton, J Pasternak, J K Pozimski, K J Peach and T Yokoi.
Presented at IPAC’10: the first International Particle Accelerator Conference, Kyoto, Japan, May 2010, pp. 3960–3962, THPEB034.

PAMELA overview and status
K J Peach et al.
Presented at IPAC’10: the first International Particle Accelerator Conference, Kyoto, Japan, May 2010, pp. 112–114, MOPEA021.

RFQ design optimisation for PAMELA injector
M J Easton, M Aslaninejad, S Jolly and J K Pozimski.
Presented at PAC’09: the 23rd Particle Accelerator Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 2009, pp. 4926–4928, FR5REP066.

Injection layout for PAMELA
M J Easton, M Aslaninejad, J Pasternak, J K Pozimski, K J Peach and T Yokoi.
Presented at PAC’09: the 23rd Particle Accelerator Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 2009, pp. 414–416, MO6RFP029.

Novel integrated design method and beam dynamics simulations for the FETS RFQ cold model
S Jolly, M J Easton, A P Letchford, J K Pozimski and P Savage.
Presented at PAC’09: the 23rd Particle Accelerator Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 2009, pp. 4929–4931, FR5REP067.

PAMELA overview: design goals and principles
K J Peach et al.
Presented at PAC’09: the 23rd Particle Accelerator Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 2009, pp. 3142–3144, TH4GAC03.

Beam injection issues of FFAG for particle therapy
T Yokoi, J H Cobb, M J Easton, G Morgan, K J Peach and J K Pozimski.
Presented at EPAC’08: the 11th European Particle Accelerator Conference, Genoa, Italy, June 2008, pp. 3401–3403, THPP012.

Smiths Detection

Patents

Detector inlet and sampling method
A Clark, B Grant, M J Easton and F Fournier.
International patent WO2015145132 (A1), assigned to Smiths Detection—Watford, October 2015. See record at espacenet.com.

Cleaning of corona discharge ion source
M J Easton, S Taylor, B Grant, H McIntyre and A Clark.
International patent WO2014045051 (A1), assigned to Smiths Detection—Watford, March 2014. See record at espacenet.com.