Courses: P554 Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics, Spring 2014
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Contents
Course Overview
The course focuses on the fundamental physics and key concepts of modern particle accelerators.
It will cover the following contents:
- History of accelerators and basic principles (eg. centre of mass energy, luminosity, accelerating gradient, etc)
- Radio Frequency cavities, linacs, SRF accelerators;
- Magnets, Transverse motion, Strong focusing, simple lattices; Non-linearities and resonances;
- Circulating beams, Longitutdinal dynamics, Synchrotron radiation; principles of beam cooling,
- Applications of accelerators: light sources, medical uses
Students will be evaluated based on the following performances: final presentation on specific research paper (40%), homework assignments (40%) and class participation (20%).
Learning Goals
Students who have completed this course should
- Understand how various types of accelerators work and understand differences between them.
- Have a general understanding of transverse and longitudinal beam dynamics in accelerators.
- Have a general understanding of accelerating structures.
- Understand major applications of accelerators and the recent new concepts.
Textbook and suggested materials
Textbook is to be decided from the following:
- Accelerator Physics, by S. Y. Lee
- An Introduction to the Physics of High Energy Accelerators, by D. A. Edwards and M. J. Syphers
- Introduction To The Physics Of Particle Accelerators, by Mario Conte and William W Mackay
- Particle Accelerator Physics, by Helmut Wiedemann
- The Physics of Particle Accelerators: An Introduction, by Klaus Wille and Jason McFall
