Home Page of the Lectures "488 and 688: Introduction to Accelerator Physics and Technology", Fall 2003

Home Page of the Lectures

"488 and 688: Advanced Topics in Accelerator Physics"

Fall 2004

Professor:	Georg Hoffstaetter
	255-5197, Georg.Hoffstaetter@cornell.edu

Dates

Literature

Subjects covered

Exercises

Experiments

Grading

Formats

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 cover theoretical aspects of charged particle beams and their practical relevance. It is recommended that Physics 456/656 is taken before this course. However, basic concepts will be repeated at the beginning of this course, to make this class self contained.

Dates
Mo	08/ 30/ 04	132 Rockefeller Hall	First lecture
Fr	08/ 25/ 04		Start of add period
Fr	08/ 25/ 04		Start of drop period
	10/ 09 - 10/ 12		Fall break
	by arrangement	Room 301, Wilson Lab	Control room experiment
	11/ 24 - 11/ 28		Thanksgiving break
We	12/ 01/ 04	132 Rockefeller Hall	Last lecture
Mo	12/ 06/ 04	132 Room 301, Wilson Lab	Take home final help
Th	12/ 11/ 04	Room 118, Newman Lab Building closes at 16:30	Take home final due
Mo	14:40 - 15:55	132 Rockefeller Hall	Lecture
Mo	14:40	132 Rockefeller Hall	Exercises due
Mo	15:55	132 Rockefeller Hall	Handout of Exercises
We	14:55 - 16:10	132 Rockefeller Hall	Lecture
We	16:15 - 17:15	Room 118, Newman Lab	Office hours

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
Particle Accelerator Physics II, Helmut Wiedemann, Springer, 2nd edition, 1999, ISBN 3 540 64504-7

Related material:

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

Handouts

1) Introductory Overview
2) Linear Beam Optics
3) Nonlinear Beam Optics and Differential Algebra
4) Some Algebraic Structures

All 200 handouts in one file

Exercises

1st	handed out on	09/06/04, due on 09/13/04	Homework 1	question and answer
2nd	handed out on	09/13/04, due on 09/20/04	Homework 2	question and answer
3rd	handed out on	09/20/04, due on 09/27/04	Homework 3	question and answer
4th	handed out on	09/27/04, due on 10/04/04	Homework 4	question and answer
5th	handed out on	10/04/04, due on 10/18/04	Homework 5	question and answer
6th	handed out on	10/18/04, due on 10/25/04	Homework 6	question and answer
7th	handed out on	10/25/04, due on 11/01/04	Homework 7	question and answer
8th	handed out on	11/01/04, due on 11/08/04	Homework 8	question and answer
9th	handed out on	11/08/04, due on 11/15/04	Homework 9	question and answer
10th	handed out on	11/15/04, due on 11/22/04	Homework 10	question and answer
11th	handed out on	11/22/04, due on 11/29/04	Homework 11	question and answer
12th	handed out on	11/29/04, due on 12/11/04	Take home final	question and answer

Experiments

Direction

Final Exam

Take home final exam,

due on 12/11/04:

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.

Formats

All documents are in PDF format (free download)
For WORD format:

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Last Update: 08-13-2004