U.S. Particle Accelerator School
U.S. Particle Accelerator School
Education in Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology

Vanderbilt University (2009)

USPAS sponsored by Vanderbilt University
held in Nashville, Tennessee
January 12-23, 2009

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January 12-23, 2009 two-week full courses

Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab (undergraduate level)
Stuart Henderson, Jeff Holmes, and Yan Zhang, Oak Ridge National Lab

Accelerator Physics
Todd Satogata, Brookhaven National Lab and William Gabella, Vanderbilt University

Microwave Measurements and Beam Instrumentation Laboratory
Sami Tantawi and Muralidhar Yeddulla, SLAC

Special Topics in Accelerator Physics
Alex Chao and Yunhai Cai, SLAC

Microwave Linear Accelerators
David Whittum, Varian Medical Systems and Eric Colby, SLAC

Managing Science in Research Laboratories
William Barletta, USPAS/MIT and David McGraw, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Ret.)

January 12-16, 2009 one-week half courses

The Physics of Free Electron Lasers
James Murphy, Brookhaven National Lab and Juhao Wu, SLAC

Design and Engineering of Neutron and X-Ray Beamlines for Accelerator-Driven Sources
R. Kent Crawford, Oak Ridge National Lab

Pulsed Power Engineering
Craig Burkhart, SLAC

January 19-23, 2009 one-week half courses

High Power Beam Targets (and Collimation)
John Haines, Phil Ferguson, Thomas McManamy, Erik Iverson, and Louis Mansur, Oak Ridge National Lab

Injection and Extraction of Beams
Michael Plum, Oak Ridge National Lab and H.-Ulrich (Uli) Wienands, SLAC