Joint International Accelerator School (now the "International Accelerator School")

History

The U.S. Particle Accelerator School, the CERN Accelerator School, the Asian Committee on Future Accelerators and the Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics in Russia are partners in organizing the Joint International Accelerator School. This international series compliments the general schools by providing in-depth courses and seminars in specialized areas. The immediate purpose of the Joint International School is to better our relations by working together on an advanced topical course every two years, alternating between the U.S., Western Europe, Japan and Russia. It is also hoped that these schools will foster a collaborative atmosphere among the accelerator communities of the four regions in scholarly work, both writing and teaching.

This international program provides educational opportunities for young scientists and engineers in this important and growing field and encourages students to work in accelerator physics. In particular, the program is intended for individuals with professional interests in accelerator physics and technology, for graduate students, for post-docs and for those working in accelerator-based sciences. The program consists of intensive lectures, seminars and mini-courses on the wide range of technologies that form the base of the beam/accelerator field.

In 1985, the US Particle Accelerator School and the CERN Accelerator School jointly organized their first program. In 1994, Japan joined the partnership. In 1998, Russia formally joined the effort. In 2023, many new member states participated and the school was renamed the International Accelerator School (IAS).

Past Programs

Year	Location	Program Details	Proceedings and Course Materials
2023***	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Superconducting Science and Technology for Particle Accelerators	Materials
2019	Dubna, Russia	Ion Colliders	Poster Time Table
2017	Hayama-machi, Japan	RF Technologies
2014	Newport Beach, California, USA	Beam Loss and Accelerator Protection	"Beam Loss and Accelerator Protection", CERN Yellow Report (2016) ISBN 978–92–9083–426–7 (paperback), ISBN 978–92–9083–427–4 (PDF) Lectures
2013	Shizuoka, Japan	Introduction to Particle Accelerators (regional session)	Photos
2011	Erice, Sicily, Italy	Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Lasers	Lectures
2002	Long Beach, California, USA	Frontiers of Accelerator Technology in Linacs	"Linear Accelerators" edited by H. Wiedemann, D. Brandt, E. Perevedentsev and S.I. Kurokawa World Scientific, 2004) ISBN 981-238-463-4
2000	St. Petersburg, Russia	Frontiers of Accelerator Technology: High Quality Beams	"High Quality Beams" edited by S.I. Kurokawa, S.Y. Lee, J. Miles and E. Perevedentsev (AIP, 2001) ISBN 0-7354-0034-2
1998**	Montreux, Switzerland	Beam Measurement	"Beam Measurements" edited by S-I. Kurokawa, S.Y. Lee, E. Perevedentsev, S. Turner (World Scientific, 1999) ISBN 981-02-3881-9
1996	Hayama-machi, Japan	Frontiers of Accelerator Technology: RF Engineering for Particle Accelerators	"Frontiers of Accelerator Technology" edited by S.I. Kurokawa, M. Month and S. Turner (World Scientific, 1999) ISBN 981-0203838-X
1994*	Maui, Hawaii, USA	Frontiers of Accelerator Technology	"Frontiers of Accelerator Technology" edited by S.I. Kurokawa, M. Month, and S. Turner (World Scientific, 1996) ISBN 981-02-2537-7
1992	Benalmadena, Spain	Frontiers of Particle Beams: Factories with e+e- Rings	Lecture Notes in Physics No. 425 Springer-Verlag
1990	Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA	Frontiers of Particle Beams: Intensity Limitations	Lecture Notes in Physics No. 400 Springer-Verlag
1988	Anacapri, Italy	Frontiers of Particle Beams: Observation, Diagnosis and Correction	Lecture Notes in Physics No. 343 Springer-Verlag
1986	South Padre Island, Texas, USA	Frontiers of Particle Beams	Lecture Notes in Physics No. 296 Springer-Verlag
1985	Santa Margherita di Pula, Sardinia	Nonlinear Dynamics	Lecture Notes in Physics No. 247 Springer-Verlag

*becomes the US-CERN-Japan International Accelerator School
**becomes the US-CERN-Japan-Russia International Accelerator School
***becomes the International Accelerator School