Accelerator Physics, January 2015, Old Dominion University

USPAS Accelerator Physics
January 19-30 2015
Old Dominion University and Jefferson Lab

Class Information
- Class Syllabus and Information [last updated 12 Jan 2015]
- Textbook: An Introduction to the Physics of Particle Accelerators (2nd Ed), Mario Conte and William W. MacKay
- Textbook errata and supplementary notes [Waldo MacKay, last updated Jan 2013]
- Some handy computer tools, [Todd, Last updated Jan 2013]

Class Materials

Date	Chapter	Slides [pdf] / Who	Topic and other notes	Reading/Lab	Homework
M Jan 19 AM	1	[3.8 Mb] TS	Introductions, Relativity, Relativistic E&M, Accelerator Overview
M Jan 19 PM	2	[1.2 Mb] TS	Weak Focusing, Stability Conditions		Homework 1
T Jan 20 AM	3	[85 kb] VM	Trajectory Mechanics, Hamiltonian Formalism
T Jan 20 PM	4	[1.9 Mb] TS	Magnets and Field Expansions	BNL-AP_80	Homework 2
W Jan 21 AM	5	[485 kb] VM	Strong Focusing Theory I
W Jan 21 PM	5	cont VM	Strong Focusing Theory II		Homework 3
H Jan 22 AM	6	[2.1 Mb] VM	Lattice Exercises I
H Jan 22 PM	6+	-- VM	Lattice Exercises II	Lab 1
W Jan 28 PM	App D	[5.8 Mb] AC	Colliders, Luminosity, Crabbing
F Jan 23 PM	--, 6	-- VM	Lattice Extras II (coupling)	Lab

Date	Chapter	Slides [pdf]	Topic and other notes	Reading/Lab	Homework
M Jan 26 AM	--	-- TS	Lattice Extras I (errors, doglegs, achromatic conditions)
M Jan 26 PM	7	-- TS	Longitudinal Motion (Synchrotron)	Lab
T Jan 27 AM	9, --	-- TS	Longitudinal Motion (Linac), Bunch Compression
T Jan 27 PM	8	-- TS	Synchrotron Radiation	Lab
W Jan 28 AM	--	-- TS	Synchrotron Light Source Lattices, Emittance Exchange
W Jan 28 PM	11	-- TS	Space Charge, Beam-Beam, and Collective Effects
H Jan 29 AM	10	-- TS	Nonlinear Dynamics and Resonant Extraction
H Jan 29 PM	14	-- TS	Measurement Methods
F Jan 30 AM	13	-- VM	Polarization and Spin Dynamics

Animations

Link	Description
[740 kb]	Kicked particle bunch centroid, turn by turn, no decoherence
[5.7 Mb]	Kicked particle bunch centroid, turn by turn, with decoherence
[1.0 Mb]	Particle motion through a drift space
[1.8 Mb]	Particle motion through a matched FODO lattice (short quads)
[4.8 Mb]	Particle motion through a matched FODO lattice (longer quads and dipoles)
[3.4 Mb]	Particle motion through a mismatched FODO lattice (short quads)
[2.4 Mb]	Particle motion through a coupled FODO lattice (long quads)

Last update: 21 Jan 2015