PHY542 spring 2014
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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.
Students will be evaluated based on the following performances: class participation (85%) and final presentation on specific research paper (15%)
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
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 Diagnostics | Operation of position monitors, beam profile monitors, energy analyzer |
| 11 | Mon, Mar 30 | Coherent Synchrotron Radiation (CSR) | Experimental demonstration of CSR effect; bunch compression |
| 12 | Mon, Apr 06 | Masking Techniques | Beam masking techniques and bunch-train production |
| 13 | Mon, Apr 13 | Advanced accelerator concepts | Wake-field demonstration |
| 14 | Mon, Apr 20 | Course Review & Pizza Day | None |
| 13 | Mon, Apr 27 | Advanced accelerator concepts | Wake-field demonstration |
| 14 | Mon, May 04 | Student presentations | None |
