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"456 and 656: Introduction to Accelerator Physics and Technology"

Fall 2003


Professor:
 Georg Hoffstaetter

255-5197, Georg.Hoffstaetter@cornell.edu


Literature Dates
Literature
Subjects covered
Exercises
Experiments
Grading

Accelerator Physics has applications in particle accelerators for high energy physics or for x-ray science, in spectrometers, in electron microscopes, and in lithographic devices. These instruments have become so complex that an empirical approach to properties of the particle beams is by no means sufficient and a detailed theoretical understanding is necessary.  This course will introduce into theoretical aspects of charged particle beams and into the technology used for their acceleration.

Electron Microscope     CESR at Cornell     LHC at CERN  

Dates
Th 08/ 28/ 03 Room 110, Rockefeller Hall First lecture
Fr 09/ 19/ 03
End of add period
Fr 10/ 17/ 03
End of drop period

10/ 14 - 10/ 15
Fall brake
Th
 11/ 20/ 04
 Room 301, Wilson Lab
 Control room experiment
Th
 12/ 04/ 03
 Room 309, Rockefeller Hall Last lecture
Mo
 12/ 15/ 03
 Room 301, Wilson Lab
 Take home final help
Fr
 19/ 11/ 03
 Room 118, Newman Lab
Building closes at 16:30
Take home final due
Tu 11:40 - 12:55 Room 309, Rockefeller Hall Lecture
Tu 13:00 - 15:00 Room 118, Newman Lab Office hours
Th 11:40 Room 309, Rockefeller Hall Exercises due
Th 12:55 Room 309, Rockefeller Hall Handout of Exercises
Th 11:40 - 12:55 Room 309, Rockefeller Hall Lecture


Literature

Required:

The Physics of Particle Accelerators, Klaus Wille, Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN: 19 850549 3

Optional:

Particle Accelerator Physics I, Helmut Wiedemann, Springer, 2nd edition, 1999, ISBN 3 540 64671 x

Related material:

Handbook of Accelerator Physics and Engineering, Alexander Wu Chao and Maury Tigner, 2nd edition, World Scientific, ISBN: 981 02 3858 4


Handouts

All 200 handouts in one file

Exercises

exercises for 1st week 1st handed out on 09/04/03, due on 09/11/03 Homework 1
 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 2nd handed out on 09/11/03, due on 09/18/03 Homework 2 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 3rd handed out on 09/18/03, due on 09/25/03 Homework 3 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 4th handed out on 09/25/03, due on 10/02/03 Homework 4 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 5th handed out on 10/02/03, due on 10/16/03 Homework 5 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 6th handed out on 10/16/03, due on 10/23/03 Homework 6 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 7th handed out on 10/23/03, due on 10/30/03 Homework 7 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 8th handed out on 10/30/03, due on 11/06/03 Homework 8 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 9th handed out on 11/06/03, due on 11/13/03 Homework 9 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 10th handed out on 11/13/03, due on 11/20/03 Homework 10 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 11th handed out on 11/20/03, due on 12/04/03 Homework 11 question and answer
exercises for 1st week 12th handed out on 11/27/03, due on 12/11/03 Take home final question and answer


Experiments

Direction

Energy during the experiments: 1.89GeV
Files:
ORB.95693
ORB.95696
ORB.95697
ORB.95698
ORB.95700
ORB.95702
ORB.95703
ORB.95704
ORB.95705
Optics-file

Evaluation (MATHEMATICA)



Final Exam

take home final Take home final exam, due on 19/11/03:
 questions and helpful Mathematica notebook


Auxiliary material for the take home final exam
1. Calculators, programmable calculators, computers
2. All literature, even if not mentioned above
3.
 Handouts from class
4. All questions and solutions of the exercises

Grading

This course is listed as S/U only. Nevertheless I will give points for homework and for the final exam. The sum of the average points per homework and the points for the final exam will determine whether you will have an S or a U grade.
Academic Integrity is mandatory.


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Last Update: 08-12-2003