USPAS 2011 Accelerator Physics
lkyoung Shin, grader (ilkyoung@jlab.org)
June 13-24 2011, Huntington, NY
- Class roster, annotated class photo, and second week class photo
- Syllabus
- Some handy computer tools, (Todd, Last updated 13 Jun 2011)
- Textbook errata (Waldo)
- Computer lab files using gnuplot,tcl in Ubuntu Linux: [zip file 5.5 Mb], [gzipped tar file 4.9 Mb]
- Mon Jun 13: Lecture: Introduction, Relativity, E&M, Accelerator Overview (Todd, 7.03 Mb pdf)
- Mon Jun 13: Homework 1
- Tue Jun 14: Homework: Conte/MacKay problems 3-2, 3-6, 3-8
- Wed Jun 15: Lecture: Magnets (Todd, 4 Mb pdf)
- Wed Jun 15: Homework: Conte/MacKay problems 4-8, 4-11, 4-12
- Thu Jun 16: Lecture: Lattice Exercises 1 (Todd, 313kb pdf handout) and FODO movie (4.7 Mb animated gif)
- Thu Jun 16: Homework: Conte/MacKay problems 5-4, 5-5, 5-10
- Fri Jun 17: Lecture: Lattice Insertions (Todd, 312k pdf)
- Fri Jun 17: Homework: Read Conte/MacKay section 6-9 and handout of solution of problem 6-5, do problem 6-8.
- Mon Jun 20: Extras: Longitudinal synchrobetatron coupling and longitudinal canonical variables (Waldo, 116kb pdf)
- Mon Jun 20: Lecture: RF Harmonic Oscillators (Todd, 900k pdf)
- Mon Jun 20: Homework 6 (Conte/MacKay 7-3, 3-4, and one more not in the book)
- Tue Jun 21: Lecture: Synchrotron Radiation (Waldo, 155k pdf)
- Tue Jun 21: Homework: Conte/MacKay problems 8-3, 8-4, 8-5
- Wed Jun 22: Lecture: Nonlinear Dynamics (Todd, 630k pdf)
- Wed Jun 22: Extras: Symplecticity and Lie algebras (Todd, 190k pdf)
- Wed Jun 22: Lecture: SRF (Leo Bellantoni, 23.6 Mb pdf)
- Wed Jun 22: Extras: Ginzburg-Landau Theory for SRF (Leo Bellantoni, 1.24 Mb pdf)
- Wed Jun 22: Homework 8
- Thu Jun 23: Extras: Comments on orbit response matrix and orbit correction via SVD (Waldo, 88k pdf)
- Thu Jun 23: Lab: Nonlinear dynamics lab (Todd, 105k pdf) and Java applets
- Thu Jun 23: Lab: FINAL EXAM (192k pdf).
- Fri Jun 24:
- Interesting paper: The Tangled Tale of Phase Space, David Nolte, Physics Today Apr 2010 [purdue.edu].
- Interesting paper: Energy Upgrade As Regards Quench Performance, W.W. MacKay and S. Tepikian, BNL C-AD AP Note 422, 30 Jan 2011.
- Interesting paper: Theory of the Alternating-Gradient Synchrotron, E.D. Courant and H.S. Snyder, Ann. Phys. 281, pp. 360-408 (1957) [cern.ch]
- Interesting document: The RHIC Design Manual [bnl.gov]
- Interesting paper: D. Douglas, R.C. York, and J. Kewisch, "Optical Design of the CEBAF Beam Transport System", Proc. of the 1989 Particle Accelerator Conference, Chicago, IL. [jlab.org]
- Interesting paper: N. Tsoupas, D. Kayran, V. Litvinenko and W.W. MacKay, "Uncoupled Achromatic Tilted S-Bend", Proc. of the 2008 Particle Accelerator Conference, Genoa, Italy. [local copy, 493 kb pdf]
- Interesting papers: CERN Yellow Reports
Last update: 11 Jul 2011
