Accelerators for High Energy Physicists

Draft Syllabus for a course of five sessions, each about one hour
to be given at the rate of one per week, beginning Mar. 12
MT Mar. 3, 1999

The emphasis of this course is to be on concepts and heuristic
presentations of the material directly of consequence to the use of
accelerators for high energy physics, HEP.  An attempt will be made
to give up to date performance figures for accelerator technology together
with "back of the envelope" calculating methods so that HEP practitioners
can evaluate accelerator ideas and problems for themselves.

The various accelerator types will be reviewed very briefly.  The bulk of the
time will be spent on electron storage rings together with some focus on
linear colliders.

One session at least will be devoted to a discussion of the physical and
technological limitations to accelerator performance, again focusing on
electron storage rings and the linear collider.  If time allows there 
will be a brief
review of so called "Advanced Accelerator Concepts", their achievements
to date and physical and technological problems they must overcome.

Perhaps of greatest importance, as much attention as needed will be given
to questions of the students to be solicited at the first session and 
welcomed
throughout the course presentation.

Proposed Syllabus

I.  Introduction
II. Confinement Systems
III.Acceleration Systems
IV. Particle Sources and begin discussion of Limitations
V.  Physics and Technological Limitations of Accelerator Performance
    and Introduction to "Advanced Accelerator Concepts" and their limitations
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I.  Introduction
        A. Characterization of beams
        B. Introduction to common accelerator types
        C. System analysis of accelerators:  Source, Confinement system,
           Acceleration system.
        D. Solicit questions of students to be answered in the course of
           the five sessions.

II. Confinement Systems
        A. Elementary discussion for synchrotrons and linacs: bends and 
lenses
        B. Lattices - FODO - on momentum particles - stability.
        C. Beta function, (emittance) Dispersion function (off momentum
           particles, fractional energy spread)
        D. Realization of lattices, physical parameters, the IP insertion

III.Acceleration Systems
        A. Phase stability, solution of motion equation, frequency limits
        B. Cavities for synchrotrons (storage rings) and linacs
        C. Power sources for acceleration
        D. Parameters of contemporary accelerating systems - examples to use
           for your own calculations

IV. Sources and Injection
        A. Positron source and Injector
        B. The problem of injection
        C. Emittance as dynamic equilibrium of synchrotron radiation effects
        D. Begin V if time.

V.  Limitations of Current Methods and Intro. to "Advanced Accelerator
    Techniques"
        A.  Limitations
                - Physics and technological limitations to luminosity of
                  storage rings and linear colliders.  Derive luminosity
      formulae in terms of limiting factors, i.e. non linearities, 
beam-beam  
      effect,  collective instabilities, etc.

        B.  "Advanced Accelerator Techniques" (If sufficient time)
                -fundamentals of acceleration, different aproaches: TBA, WF
                 PBWA and their achievements to date with an assessment of
                 their limitations and prospects for the future.