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An introductory text covering the important field of accelerator physics, including collision and beam dynamics, and engineering considerations for particle accelerators.
List of contents
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Linear motion; 3. Strong focusing transverse optics; 4. Longitudinal and off-momentum motion; 5. Action and emittance - one particle or many?; 6. Magnets; 7. RF cavities; 8. Linear errors and their correction; 9. Sextupoles, chromaticity and the Hénon map; 10. Octupoles, detuning and slow extraction; 11. Synchrotron radiation - classical damping; 12. Synchrotron radiation - quantum excitation; 13. Linacs - protons and ions; 14. Linacs - electrons; 15. The beam-beam interaction and 1-D resonances; 16. Routes to chaos; Appendix: selected formulae for accelerator design; References; Index.
About the author
Stephen Peggs is a Senior Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, and an Adjunct Professor of Physics at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, where he was closely involved in building and commissioning the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). He has worked internationally on a variety of accelerators, including the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, the Super Proton Synchotron collider at CERN, the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas, the Tevatron and the Main Injector at Fermilab, and the European Spallation Source in Sweden. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.Todd Satogata is a Senior Physicist at the Center for Advanced Studies of Accelerators at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) and a Jefferson Lab Professor at the Centre for Accelerator Science at Old Dominion University, Virginia. During his career he has worked on the commissioning, design, building, and operation of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, and commissioning and operation of the 12 GeV CEBAF upgrade at Jefferson Lab, in addition to developing medical accelerators, proton beam imaging techniques, and accelerator control systems.
Summary
This introductory text presents a detailed account of the field of accelerator physics, including particle acceleration, collision and beam dynamics, and the important engineering considerations inherent in the effective construction and operation of particle accelerators. It is appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, accelerator scientists, and engineers.
