Accelerator Physics (ePub)

Research and development of high energy accelerators began in 1911. Since then, progresses achieved are:

The impacts of the accelerator development are evidenced by the many ground-breaking discoveries in particle and nuclear physics, atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics, biology, biomedical physics, nuclear medicine, medical therapy, and industrial processing. This book is intended to be used as a graduate or senior undergraduate textbook in accelerator physics and science. It can be used as preparatory course material in graduate accelerator physics thesis research. The text covers historical accelerator development, transverse betatron motion, synchrotron motion, an introduction to linear accelerators, and synchrotron radiation phenomena in low emittance electron storage rings, introduction to special topics such as the free electron laser and the beam-beam interaction. Hamiltonian dynamics is used to understand beam manipulation, instability and nonlinearity. Each section is followed by exercises, which are designed to reinforce the concept discussed and to solve a realistic accelerator design problem.

Sample Chapter(s)Chapter 1: Introduction

• Introduction:
  • Historical Developments
  • Layout and Components of Accelerators
  • Accelerator Applications
• Transverse Motion:
  • Hamiltonian for Particle Motion in Accelerators
  • Linear Betatron Motion
  • Effect of Linear Magnet Imperfections
  • Off-Momentum Orbit
  • Chromatic Aberration
  • Linear Coupling
  • Nonlinear Resonances
  • Collective Instabilities and Landau Damping
  • Synchro-Betatron Hamiltonian
• Synchrotron Motion:
  • Longitudinal Equation of Motion
  • Adiabatic Synchrotron Motion
  • RF Phase and Voltage Modulations
  • Nonadiabatic and Nonlinear Synchrotron Motion
  • Beam Manipulation in Synchrotron Phase Space
  • Fundamentals of RF Systems
  • Longitudinal Collective Instabilities
  • Introduction to Linear Accelerators
• Physics of Electron Storage Rings:
  • Fields of a Moving Charged Particle
  • Radiation Damping and Excitation
  • Emittance in Electron Storage Rings
• Special Topics in Beam Physics:
  • Free Electron Laser (FEL)
  • Beam-Beam Interaction
• Classical Mechanics and Analysis:
  • Hamiltonian Dynamics
  • Stochastic Beam Dynamics
  • Methods of Data Anlysis in Beam Physics
• Numerical Methods and Physical Constants:
  • Fourier Transform
  • Cauchy Theorem and the Dispersion Relation
  • Useful Handy Formulas
  • Maxwell's Equations
  • Physical Properties and Constants