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Physics 4456/7656: Introduction to Accelerator Physics and Technology

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View looking down the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) Tunnel.

Particle accelerators are some of the most complex instruments used for science. They are used for high energy physics, nuclear physics, x-ray science, in spectrometers, electron microscopes, and radiation therapy. 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 introduces into theoretical aspects of charged particle beams and into the technology used for their acceleration.

Syllabus

  1. A short history and principles of particle accelerators
  2. Charged particles in electromagnetic fields
  3. Linear beam optics
  4. Linear beam optics in circular accelerators
  5. RF systems for particle acceleration
  6. Synchrotron radiation and radiative damping effects

Suggested Literature

  1. The Physics of Particle Accelerators, Klaus Wille, Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN: 0198505493
  2. Particle Accelerator Physics, Helmut Wiedemann, Springer, 3nd edition, 2007, ISBN 3540490434
  3. Handbook of Accelerator Physics and Engineering, Alexander Wu Chao and Maury Tigner, 2nd edition, World Scientific, ISBN: 9810238584

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