U.S. Particle Accelerator School
U.S. Particle Accelerator School
Education in Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology
Course Materials - Vanderbilt University - January 2010
Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab (undergraduate level)
course given by Stuart Henderson, Jeff Holmes, and Yan Zhang, Oak Ridge National Lab
Class Lectures
Lecture 1a, Introduction to Accelerators
Lecture 1b, Relativity, Maxwell's Equations, Coordinate Systems
Lecture 2, Magnetic Fields and Magnet Design
Lecture 3, Particle Acceleration
Lecture 4, RF Acceleration in Linacs 1
Lecture 5, RF Acceleration in Linacs 2
Lecture 6, Transverse Beam Optics 1
Lecture 7, Transverse Beam Optics 2
Lecture 8, Off-Momentum Effects and Longitudinal Dynamics in Rings
Lecture 9a, Synchrotron Radiation
Lecture 9b, Collective Effects
Lab and Computer Assignments
Homework Assignments