Quickstart
Welcome to the Quickstart page! This guide will cover most of the essential features of the Accelerator Knowledge Portal and help you get right in. Should you have any further questions, please feel free to send us an email, or check the FAQ.
What is the Accelerator Knowledge Portal ?
The Accelerator Knowledge Portal (AKP) is a website hosted by the Physics Section of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) dedicated to ion beam accelerators. Its intent is to cover all applications including Ion Beam Analysis (IBA), Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS), Medical Applications, Ion-Matter Interactions, Technical Aspects,...
It offers not only a fully functional database of accelerators in the world, but many networking and community features in an attempt to bring together the ion beam accelerator community, as well as provide an introduction for those unfamiliar to this field. The basis of the Accelerator site is that it is community driven, that is, most of the content is expected to be provided by the users
How do I get started?
Below is an overview of the features on the AKP at your disposal. As mentioned before, the Accelerator portal is designed to be user-driven, so YOU are welcome to submit content and liven this place up.
- The Accelerator Database is the core of the site. It provides a comprehensive list of all the accelerators in the world, along with their geographic location, beam types and voltages, contact details, and more.
- This database has been created and updated by the AKP administrators. Should any information be missing or contain errors, please send please send us an email, to which answer will be given as soon as possible.
- The Knowledge Repository is an online library for accelerator related resources, namely :
- Douments, including educational material, conference presentations, or any other document of relevance in agreement with copyrights
- Codes, a list of useful codes used in accelerator physics, whether available on the web, or uploaded by users
- Reports
- Online Resources, a list of theoretical calculation tools or databases of use for the community.
This material is expected to be provided by the users, and shared among the community. Individual repositories can be accessed from the navigation bar on the left.
- The calendar keeps track of upcoming events in the accelerator community. For instance, meetings, lectures and training events can be added, and will then be displayed as an event on the front page. These events can be created by any user.
- The slideshow is an opportunity for all members to upload their accelerator pictures, and have it be displayed on the front page. All members are welcome to upload pictures.
- There are two news rotators featured on the main page, for keeping the community up to date with the latest news. They are the “Announcements” and the “Highlights” boxes. The Announcements box is for future events, mainly professional or academic news – for instance, job openings, or calendar events on which you wish to place particular emphasis. The Highlights box is for things that have already happened, general content - this includes scientific achievements, new facilities, anything you would like the community to know about can be posted here. We would like users to make use of these two boxes to share their news with the rest of the community.
- The forum is a discussion board, allowing for greater interaction between the community. Currently, only one main discussion board exists, named “General Discussion”, but more will be created if necessary.
- The marketplace is intended to facilitate discussion regarding the transfer of accelerators and accelerator-related equipment. See the top post in the Marketplace for further details.
- Opportunities is a page where accelerator position opportunities can be announced by an Institution ("Job Opportunities"), or wherer candidates looking for a position in the field of accelerator physics can post their "Individual Profile".
All users can submit/upload content, and we strongly encourage you to contribute, as this is a communal effort! However, users are reminded to use the site in a responsible and mature manner, as stated in the Terms of Use. Failure to do so may result in the restriction of privileges and/or termination of your account.
We would like to let users know that they can also work on projects on our website using our Sharepoint Workspace function. Please visit the Workspaces for more information.
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