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

Duke University (2013)

USPAS sponsored by Duke University
held in Durham, NC
January 14-25, 2013

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January 14-25, 2013 two-week full courses

Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab (undergraduate level)
Stuart Henderson, Cheng-Yang Tan and Bob Zwaska, Fermilab

Accelerator Physics
Todd Satogata, Jefferson Lab and Waldo MacKay, Brookhaven National Lab (Ret.)

Experimental Beam Physics
Ying K. Wu, Stepan F. Mikhailov and Hao Hao, Duke University

January 14-18, 2013 one-week half courses

Vibrational Aspects for Accelerators - this course has been cancelled
Mike McGee and Warren Schappert, Fermilab; Stef Janssens, CERN


Vacuum Science and Technology for Accelerator Vacuum Systems
Yulin Li and Xianghong Liu, Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education (CLASSE)

Principles of RF Superconductivity
Sergey Belomestnykh and Wencan Xu, Brookhaven National Lab

High Current Beam Physics in Induction Accelerators
George Caporaso and Yu-Jiuan Chen, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Laser Applications to Accelerators
Triveni Rao and Brian Sheehy, Brookhaven National Lab

January 21-25, 2013 one-week half courses

Large Scale Metrology of Accelerators - this course has been cancelled
Catherine LeCocq and Georg Gassner, SLAC National Accelerator Lab


Cryogenic Engineering
Tom Peterson, Fermilab and John Weisend, European Spallation Source

Principles of Superconducting Linear Accelerators
Sang-ho Kim and Marc Doleans, Oak Ridge National Lab

Cyclotrons and Their Design
Timothy Koeth, University of Maryland and Amber Johnson, Fermilab

Laser-Plasma Accelerators
Carl Schroeder and Eric Esarey, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab