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"Advanced Topics in Accelerator Physics:"

"Fundamentals and Accelerator Simulation"

Physics Department, Cornell University

Professor:

Georg Hoffstaetter

 

Georg.Hoffstaetter@cornell.edu

 

118 Newman lab

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, and into the computer simulation of particle accelerators.

Electron Microscope    CESR at Cornell     LHC at CERN  

Dates

Mo

01/ 22/ 07

132 Rockefeller Hall

First lecture

 

03/ 17 - 03/ 25

No class

Spring break

Fr

05/ 04/ 06

132 Rockefeller Hall

Last lecture

Mo

12:20-13:10

132 Rockefeller Hall

lecture

We

12:20-13:10

132 Rockefeller Hall

lecture

Fr

12:20-13:10

132 Rockefeller Hall

lecture

Mo

11:00-12:10

118 Newman Lab

Office hours, Prof. Hoffstaetter

Literature

Required:

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

Optional:

Particle Accelerator Physics I and II, 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

Lecture notes

Class on Monday         07/01/22

Class on Wednesday    07/01/24

Class on Friday            07/01/26         Homework 01       Solutions 01

Class on Monday         07/01/29

Class on Wednesday    07/01/31         Homework 02       Solutions 02
Friday                          07/02/02         Accelerator Physics Seminar 12:00-13:00 in 301 Wilson Lab
                                                            Quantitative Experiments with Electrons in a Positive-Ion Beam.

Class on Monday          07/02/05

Class on Wednesday     07/02/07        Homework 03       Solutions 03
Friday                           07/02/09        Accelerator Physics Seminar 12:00-13:00 in 301 Wilson Lab
                                                            International Linear Collider Research Plans for CESR
Class on Monday          07/02/12
Class on Wednesday     07/02/14        No class due to snow-closing of the University
Class on Friday             07/02/16         Homework 04      Solutions 04
Class on Monday          07/02/19

Class on Wednesday     07/02/21
Class on Friday             07/02/23          Homework 05      Solution 05
Class on Monday          07/02/26

Class on Wednesday     07/02/28
Class on Friday             07/02/30          Homework 06      Solution 06
Class on Monday          07/03/05

Class on Wednesday     07/03/07
Class on Friday             07/03/09          Homework 07      Solution 07
Class on Monday          07/03/12

Class on Wednesday     07/03/14
Class on Friday             07/03/16
Class on Monday          07/03/26

Class on Wednesday     07/03/28
Class on Friday             07/03/30          Homework 08       Solution 08
Class on Monday          07/04/02

Class on Wednesday     07/04/04
Class on Friday             07/04/06
Class on Monday          07/04/09

Class on Wednesday     07/04/11          Accelerator simulation with TAO
Class on Friday             07/04/13          Accelerator simulation with TAO
Class on Monday          07/04/16

Class on Wednesday     07/04/18
Class on Friday             07/04/20          Accelerator simulation with TAO
Class on Monday          07/04/23

Class on Wednesday     07/04/25          Homework 9       Solution 9
Class on Friday             07/04/27          Accelerator simulation with TAO
Class on Monday          07/04/30

Class on Wednesday     07/05/02
Class on Friday             07/05/04          Accelerator simulation with TAO
                                                              Take home final and a possibly helpful mathematica notebook


Sove the exercise in the file: exercise.txt that you find in each directory.

1) Simulation files for Windows and Linux, TAO manual
2) Simulation files for Windows and Linux, FODO construction
3) Simulation files for Windows and Linux, particles in a FODO
4) Simulation files for Windows and Linux, optimizing a FODO
5) Simulation files for Windows and Linux, interaction region (IR) design
6) Simulation files for Windows and Linux, FODO and IR connection
7) Simulation files for Windows and Linux, ring collider design
8) Simulation files for Windows and Linux, chromaticity correction
9) Simulation files for Windows and Linux, particles in a ring collider:

Grading

The grade will be based on homework and a final project. This class will count for 3 credits.

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Last Update: 01-24-2007