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Contents
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to introduce the fundamentals of beam physics via experimental investigation on scaled experiments employing electrons beams. The course is intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduate students who want to familiarize themselves with principles of accelerating charged particles and gain knowledge about contemporary particle accelerators and their applications.
Learning Goals
The graduate/senior undergraduate level course focuses on the fundamental physics and key concepts of modern particle accelerators. While emphasis will be given on experiments, it will also offer exposure to the latest accelerator computer simulation techniques.
It will cover the following contents:
- Introduction to the dynamics of electron and ion beams, including particle accelerator systems;
- focusing and transport optics; collective phenomena
- Magnets, Transverse motion, Strong focusing, simple lattices; Non-linearities and resonances;
- Emittance growth and control; radiation and applications
- Applications of accelerators: light sources, medical uses
Textbook and suggested materials
- “The Theory and Design of Charged Particle Beams” by Martin Reiser, published by Wiley (1994)
- “Fundamentals of Beam Physics” by James Rosenzweig, published by Oxford 2003
- “Classical Electrodynamics”, third edition, by J.D. Jackson, published by Wiley (1999). Chapters 11 and 12 are of particular relevance to this course.
- Accelerator Physics, by S. Y. Lee
Grading
Students will be evaluated based on the following performances: class participation (85%) and final presentation on specific research paper (15%). There will be no final exam.
Course Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic covered | Experiment goal |
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| 1 | Mon, Jan 26 | Course overview, administrative issues | None |
| 2 | Mon, Feb 02 | Review of accelerator physics, Review of basic accelerator codes | Tour of the ATF Accelerator |
| 3 | Mon, Feb 09 | Magnetic Measurements | Magnet field map of basic accelerator beam line components: dipole, quadrupole, chicane |
| 4 | Mon, Feb 16 | HOLIDAY | |
| 5 | Mon, Feb 23 | Beam sources, Source physics, space-charge | Operation of a Electron gun, measure quantum efficiency |
| 6 | Mon, Mar 02 | Transport of particle beams, magnet basics | Operation of a Quadrupole and solenoidal magnets, study of magnet misalignments |
| 7 | Mon, Mar 09 | Concept of beam emittance | Emittance measurement with a magnet scan |
| 9 | Mon, Mar 16 | SPRING BREAK | |
| 10 | Mon, Mar 23 | Beam Acceleration | Operation of radio-frequency cavities, phase-dependence, alignment errors |
| 11 | Mon, Mar 30 | Beam Diagnostics | Operation of position monitors, beam profile monitors, energy analyzer |
| 12 | Mon, Apr 06 | Coherent Synchrotron Radiation (CSR) | Experimental demonstration of CSR effect; bunch compression |
| 13 | Mon, Apr 13 | Masking Techniques | Beam masking techniques and bunch-train production |
| 14 | Mon, Apr 20 | Advanced accelerator concepts | Wake-field demonstration |
| 15 | Mon, Apr 27 | Course Review & Pizza Day | None |
| 16 | Mon, May 04 | Student presentations | |
| 17 | Mon, May 11 | Student presentations |
