U.S. Particle Accelerator School
U.S. Particle Accelerator School
America's National School of Accelerator Science and Technology
Course Materials - University of Tennessee, Knoxville - January 2014
Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab (undergraduate level)
course given by Sarah Cousineau and Jeff Holmes, Oak Ridge National Lab and Yan Zhang, Michigan State University
- Lecture 1a: Introduction to Accelerators: Evolution of Accelerators and Modern Day Applications
- Lecture 1b: Basic Principles: Relativity, Maxwell’s Equation’s, and Accelerator Coordinate Systems
- Lecture 2: Particle Acceleration
- Lecture 3: RF Acceleration in Linacs, Part 1
- Lecture 4: RF Acceleration in Linacs, Part 2
- Lecture 5: Transverse Beam Optics, Part 1
- Lecture 6: Transverse Beam Optics, Part 2
- Lecture 7: Transverse Beam Optics, Part 3
- Lecture 8: Off-Momentum Effects and Longitudinal Motion in Rings
- Lecture 9a: Synchrotron Radiation
- Lecture 9b: Review of Collective Effects