June 6, Monday: Introduction

Introduction (P. Snopok)

Getting started

[slides]

• Class introductions and course expectations

• Outline of the course and subject matter

• Comments on the textbook

• Words about the laboratory sessions

• Words about the homework problems

History of accelerators

[slides]

• Discussion of basic properties of particle beams desired in HEP, Nuclear Physics, Basic Energy Sciences, Industrial Applications, …, particularly:

  • efficient transport of produced beams to desired location at desired time with desired spot size, divergence, energy spread, time window, polarization.

• History of accelerator development

• General description of a few accelerator systems

• DC vs AC; linear vs circular

See also:

Lecture notes by Linda Spentzouris:

• Overview: introduction, particle sources, large accelerator complexes, manipulating particles, accelerating structures, circular machines