Practical Introduction to Beam Physics and Particle Accelerators

by Santiago Bernal

Overview

This book provides a brief exposition of the principles of beam physics and particle accelerators with an emphasis on numerical examples employing readily available computer tools. Two new chapters in this new edition cover special lattice configurations known as coupled optics, and small machines employed for physics research in scaled experiments which cannot be easily tested in large accelerators. In addition, the general theory of accelerator magnets is presented in a new appendix.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750340373
Publisher:	Iop Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	01/30/2023
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	7.36(w) x 10.11(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Santiago Bernal is an Associate Research Scientist in the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP) at the University of Maryland. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland in 1999. He has been a leading experimentalist on the University of Maryland Electron Ring since joining IREAP. Dr. Bernal's research interests are beam and accelerator physics, all aspects of experimental physics of intense charged particles beams (instrumentation, diagnostics, computer simulations). He is also interested in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in general and in educational aspects of physics.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: Preface / Acknowledgments / Author biography / Rays and matrices / Linear magnetic lenses and deflectors / Periodic lattices and functions / Emittance and space charge / Longitudinal beam dynamics and radiation / Applications and examples