U.S. Particle Accelerator School
U.S. Particle Accelerator School
America's National School of Accelerator Science and Technology

Course Materials - Michigan State University - January 2025

Accelerator Physics

course given by S. Alex Bogacz, Jefferson Lab; Geoff Krafft, Old Dominion University and Jefferson Lab; Subashini De Silva, Old Dominion University and Isurumali Neththikumara, Jefferson Lab

Lectures:

0. Introduction
1. Relativity, EM Forces: Historical Introduction
2. Weak Focusing
3. Phase Stability, Synchrotron Motion
4. Linear Optics
5. Magnetic Multipoles, Magnet Design
6. Synchrotron Radiation
7. Coupled Betatron Motion
8. Radiation Distributions
9. Fundamentals of RF Cavities
10. Radiation Damping
11. Low Emittance Lattices
12. Particle Acceleration
13. Statistical and Collective Effects I
14. Statistical and Collective Effects II
15. Energy Recovery Linacs

Dispersion Suppressor
Practicum