Science and Technology of Particle Accelerators / Rob Appleby [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Appleby, Rob, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particle accelerators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2020.

Summary:

"The Science and Technology of Particle Accelerators provides an accessible introduction to the field, and is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and academics, as well as professionals in national laboratories and facilities, industry and medicine who are designing or using particle accelerators. Providing integrated coverage of accelerator science and technology, this book presents the fundamental concepts alongside detailed engineering discussions and extensive practical guidance, including many numerical examples. For each topic, the authors provide a description of the physical principles, a guide to the practical application of those principles, and a discussion of how to design the components that allow the application to be realised. Features: Written by an interdisciplinary and highly-respected team of physicists and engineers from the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology in the UK. Accessible style, with many numerical examples. Contains an extensive set of problems, with fully-worked solutions available"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

1. An Invitation: Acceleration!

2. ABC: Accelerators, Beams, and Charges

3. Acceleration 4. Magnets for Beam Control and Manipulation

5. Single Particle Motion

6. Particles and Radiation

7. Multi-Particle Motion.

Notes:

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