After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• name accelerator types, their applications and relevant research centers,
• describe essential properties of transverse and longitudinal particle motion,
• explain the impact field errors, nonlinearities, collective effects and synchrotron radiation on the beam motion,
• discuss different methods of beam manipulation,
• choose appropriate computational, simulation and measurement methods for a problem,
• to know and discuss the challenges of future particle accelerators.

1. Accelerator technologies, applications and laboratories
2. Transverse beam dynamics
3. Longitudinal beam dynamics
4. Chromatic effects
5. Lattice design
6. Field errors, nonlinear dynamics and resonances
7. Collective effects
8. Injection and extraction methods
9. Electron beam dynamics and synchrotron radiation
10. Future accelerator facilities: research topics and challenges

Slides and blackboard lecture. Slides are provided.

Blocked April-June

Recommended literature:

• A.W. Chao „Lectures on Accelerator Physics“ (ISBN: 9789811227967)
• Video recordings of the CERN Accelerator School 2016 (https://indico.cern.ch/event/532397/timetable/)

Preliminary to a possible Austrian doctoral studentship at CERN

Oral exam

VO "Particle Accelerators" (141.944) and Electrodynamics 1 are recommended.

LU "Exercises in accelerator physics" is offered as accompanying and in-depth LVA.