A practical introduction to beam physics and particle accelerators / Santiago Bernal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernal, Santiago, author.

Series:

IOP Ebooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particle beams.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : IOP Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

This book provides an exposition of the principles of beam physics and particle accelerators with an emphasis on numerical examples employing readily available computer tools. Two new chapters cover coupled optics, and small machines employed for physics research in scaled experiments.

Contents:

Intro

Preface to the third edition

Acknowledgements

Author biography

Santiago Bernal

Chapter 1 Rays, matrices, and transfer maps

1.1 Paraxial approximation

1.2 Thin lenses

1.3 Thick lenses

1.4 Transfer maps

1.5 Computer resources

References

Chapter 2 Linear magnetic lenses and deflectors

2.1 Magnetic rigidity, momentum, and cyclotron frequency

2.2 Solenoid focusing

2.3 Quadrupole focusing

2.4 The Kerst-Serber equations and weak focusing

2.5 Dipoles and edge focusing

2.6 Computer resources

Chapter 3 Periodic lattices and functions

3.1 Solenoid lattice

3.2 FODO lattice

3.3 Lattice and beam functions

3.4 Uniform-focusing ('smooth') approximation

3.5 Linear dispersion

3.6 Momentum compaction, transition gamma, and chromaticity

3.7 Computer resources

Chapter 4 Emittance and space charge

4.1 Liouville's theorem and emittance

4.2 The Kapchinskij-Vladimirskij (K-V) and thermal distributions

4.3 Thermodynamics of charged-particle beams?

4.4 The K-V envelope equations and space-charge (SC) intensity parameters

4.5 Incoherent space-charge (SC) betatron tune shift

4.6 Coherent tune shift and Laslett coefficients

4.7 Computer resources

Chapter 5 Beam (sigma) matrix and coupled optics

5.1 Solenoid focusing revisited

5.2 Skew quadrupole

5.3 Beam (sigma) matrix

5.4 Coupled optics

5.5 Angular momentum and the envelope equation in solenoid

5.6 Round-to-flat (RTF) and flat-to-round (FTR) beam adapters

5.7 Computer resources

Chapter 6 Longitudinal beam dynamics and radiation

6.1 Radio-frequency (RF) linacs [1]

6.2 Beam bunch stability and RF buckets

6.3 Synchrotron radiation [1]

6.4 Insertion devices and free-electron lasers (FELs) [1].

6.5 Longitudinal beam emittance and space charge

6.6 Computer resources

References and additional reading

Chapter 7 Envelope matching, resonances, and dispersion

7.1 Cell envelope FODO matching

7.2 Source-to-cell envelope matching

7.3 Betatron resonances

7.4 Betatron resonances and space charge

7.5 Dispersion and space charge

7.6 Computer resources

Chapter 8 Linacs and rings (examples), closed orbit, and beam cooling

8.1 Examples of linacs

8.2 Examples of rings

8.3 Closed orbit and correction

8.4 Beam cooling

8.5 Computer resources

Chapter 9 Small machines and scaled experiments

9.1 The University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER): a storage ring for space-charge research

9.1.1 UMER lattice and injection

9.1.2 Closed orbit

9.1.3 Betatron tunes and space charge

9.1.4 Betatron resonances and space charge

9.1.5 Soliton trains and multistream instability

9.1.6 Nonlinear optics

9.2 Small Isochronous Ring (SIR): space-charge effects in the isochronous regime

9.3 Integrable optics and other physics in IOTA

9.3.1 IOTA lattice and diagnostics

9.3.2 Nonlinear integrable and quasi-integrable optics

9.3.3 Optical stochastic cooling

9.3.4 Space-charge compensation and other experiments

9.4 Fixed-field alternating-gradient accelerators (FFAGs): lessons from EMMA

9.5 Beam stability and betatron resonances: Paul traps as model accelerators

9.6 Computer resources

Chapter

A.1 Hamiltonian dynamics and the symplectic condition

A.2 Lie algebra methods

A.3 Software and hardware

A.4 General tools

A.4.1 Mathcad

A.4.2 Matlab

A.4.3 Python

A.5 Matrix/map codes

A.5.1 MAD-8 and MAD-X

A.5.2 Elegant

A.5.3 Winagile

A.5.4 Marylie

A.6 Envelope codes

A.6.1 SPOT and MENV

A.6.2 TRACE 2-D and TRACE 3-D.

A.7 Particle-in-cell codes

A.7.1 Warp

A.8 Mobile applications

A.9 Cloud computing

B.1 Multipole expansion

B.2 Linear magnets

B.3 Lowest-order nonlinear magnets: sextupole and octupole magnets

B.4 Effective hard-edge model of fringe fields in focusing magnets

B.5 Computer resources

References.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780750340380

9780750345972

0750345977

OCLC:

1429723475