Nicholaos Tsoupas

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Electron-Ion Collider
Bldg. 901A, Room 111
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-4979
(631) 495-6351
tsoupas@bnl.gov

Expertise | Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights | Awards | Certifications

Expertise

1. Experimental low energy nuclear physics.
2. Beam optics of charged particles.
3. Design of accelerator of charged particles
4. Magnet design for accelerators
5. Development of computer codes for transport of charged particles with spin in beam lines and accelerators.

Research Activities

1. Member of the team for the design of the accelerators of the EIC project
2. Commissioning of beamlines for charged particles
3. Research and Development Experiments of polarized beams in accelerators.
4. Design of magnets and analysis of experimentally measured magnetic fields of magnets.
5. Computer code development for the beam optics of beam lines and accelerators

Education

PhD in Nuclear Physics Ohio State University

Professional Appointments

Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Selected Publications

• Tsoupas N, Brown K, Méot F, et al (2019) A state of the art current-septum dipole magnet. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 923:8–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.127
• Tsoupas N (2020) A state of the art Lambertson septum magnet of the RHIC beam injection system. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 973:164167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164167
• Tsoupas N, Huang H, Méot F, et al (2016) PolarizedHe3+2ions in the Alternate Gradient Synchrotron to RHIC transfer line. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 19:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.19.094702
• Tsoupas N, Huang H, MacKay WW, et al (2013) BNL alternating gradient synchrotron with four helical magnets to minimize the losses of the polarized proton beam. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 16:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.16.043501
• Tsoupas N, Ahrens L, Bellavia S, et al (2007) Uniform beam distributions at the target of the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory's beam line. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 10:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.10.024701
• Tsoupas N, Berg JS, Brooks S, et al (2019) Computation of magnetic fields from field components on a plane grid. Journal of Computational Physics 396:653–668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2019.07.007

Research Highlights

1. The first in the world realization of a uniform beam distribution by the use of octupole.
2. Modification of the AGS beam optics to accept partial Helices for the preservation of the polarization of proton beam during the acceleration.

Awards & Recognition

Zero. Nothing.

Certifications

None