Accelerator Technology

Sören Möller obtained his Diploma in Physics from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 2010 on the subject of nuclear fusion materials and solid-state physics. He continued studying nuclear materials for his PhD thesis with a strong focus on ion-beam analysis and physical chemistry. He obtained his PhD in 2014 at the University of Düsseldorf in cooperation with Forschungszentrum Jülich. In direct continuation, he took a postdoctoral position studying nuclear materials for fusion applications at Forschungszentrum Jülich. In 2014 he became a German state-appointed radiation protection officer, enabling him to install and patent his own end-station designs at a MeV scale tandem accelerator. Since 2017 he has been working as Senior Scientist for Ion-Beam Analysis in the Institute for Energy and Climate Research at Forschungszentrum Jülich mostly in the fields of material analysis for nuclear fusion and battery research.

• Technology.- Vacuum.- Accelerators.- Ion and electron optics.- Ion sources.- Detectors.- Targets.- Radiation protection.- Interaction of particles and matter.- Absorption and reaction of photons.- Stopping power and range of ions and electrons.- Nuclear reactions and activation.- Depth-dependent reaction kinematics.- Computer modeling.- Particle generation with accelerators.- Reaction cross sections.- Neutrons.- Photons.- Particles of the standard model and antimatter.- Technical applications.- Generation of α-β-γ emitters.- Radiotracers.- Material modification.- Plasma applications.- Nuclear medicine.- Radiation therapy.- Diagnostics.- Material testing.- Ion, electron and photon beam analysis.- Neutron-based material analysis.- Radiation damage.- Heat and particle loading tests.- Energy production and storage.- Spallation.- Nuclear storage.- Accelerator fusion.