Rob Appleby - The Science and Technology of Particle Accelerators

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Appleby, Rob, author. | Burt, Graeme (Graeme C.), author. | Clarke, J. A. (James A.), author. | Owen, Hywel, author.

Title: The science and technology of particle accelerators / Rob Appleby, Graeme Burt, James Clark, Hywel Owen.

Description: First edition. | Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019059103 | ISBN 9781138499874 (hardback) | ISBN 9781351007962 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Particle accelerators. | Particle accelerationMathematics.

Classification: LCC QC787.P3 A66 2020 | DDC 539.7/3dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019059103

ISBN: 978-1-138-49987-4 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-351-00796-2 (ebk)

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There are already a number of excellent textbooks which cover the subject of particle accelerators, so why have we decided that there is a need for yet another one? The motivation comes from our experience at the Cockcroft Institute of supervising and teaching scientists and engineers who are new to the subject. We have found that schools, lectures, and textbooks are great at passing on the fundamentals which are absolutely core to our subject but that it is the more practical side of particle accelerators that our staff and students sometimes fail to connect with. The aim of this book is therefore to not just explain the principles that underpin our field, but to also pass on some of the experience that we all need to design, build, and operate these marvellous machines. Many of the things we highlight are straightforward to convey, but before they are actually pointed out they can appear a little mysterious. We hope this book will give some useful guidance.

Over the last ten years or so, the Cockcroft Institute of Accelerator Science and Technology in the UK has built up a teaching programme that encompasses the range of skills and methods required to design, construct, and operate particle accelerators across the range of uses to which they can be put. This range covers: the research required to understand and improve particle acceleration methods; the traditional uses of accelerators in particle, nuclear, and atomic physics; and the applications outside of academic research in such areas as medicine, security, and industry. This book tries to reflect that scope; although we cannot cover all the myriad topics our rich subject has to offer, we have tried to cover enough topics to give a core understanding.

Whilst there are a number of excellent reference guides on the subject Chao and Tigners excellent handbook being a notable one, since it is found on the desk of nearly every accelerator scientist we have met we found it difficult to find a practical introduction to the key topics and calculations an early-career professional in our field might encounter. That is the motivation for our textbook: as well as developing a number of topics in accelerator physics (radio-frequency and other acceleration technology, magnetic design, beam dynamics, and radiation), we hope also to provide guidance on how to correctly apply those ideas, and in what practical situations different calculations ought to be used. This book therefore includes numerous worked examples that show the typical numerical quantities that may be encountered. Exercises are also included for the reader on key points, and these can be found at the end of the chapters. The solutions to all the exercises are freely available to download from the publishers web site page for this book.