U.S. Particle Accelerator School
U.S. Particle Accelerator School
America's National School of Accelerator Science and Technology
Course Materials - Cornell University- June 2005
Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab (undergraduate level)
course given by Yannis Papaphilippou, ESRF and Nuria Catalan-Lasheras, CERN
- History of Accelerators
- Basic definition and formulas
- Principles of charged particle optics
- Magnet design
- Hill's equations and transport matrices
- Betatron functions
- Off-momentum dynamics
- Lattice design
- Phase space concepts
- Longitudinal dynamics
- RF cavities
- Imperfections and correction
- Synchrotron radiation