A Practical Introduction to Beam Physics and Particle Accelerators (Third Edition)

Particle accelerators use electromagnetic fields to propel particles in well-defined beams to very high speeds and energies. Accelerators and related devices are used in many areas of science and technology, from high-energy physics to medical and material sciences.

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. It invites the reader to use general high-end languages such as Mathcad and Matlab, as well as specialized particle accelerator codes (e.g. MAD, WinAgile, Elegant, and others) to explore the principles presented. This approach allows students to identify readily relevant design parameters and their scaling.

The new edition covers, as the first two editions, basic accelerator lenses and deflectors, lattice and beam functions, synchrotron radiation, beam envelope matching, betatron resonances with and without space charge, transverse and longitudinal emittance and space charge. Two new chapters 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.

The key audience for the book includes physics and engineering graduates and senior undergraduate students as well as instructors in accelerator/beam physics.

• Presents a concise presentation of key principles of beam and accelerator physics

• Covers single-particle to beam-dynamics physics descriptions, and from transverse to longitudinal dynamics

• Provides computer codes with worked-out examples in each chapter

• Includes an appendix with detailed information on compatibility, installation and use of readily available computer codes for accelerator modelling