Description:

Introduction to accelerators, their history and classification, and description of accelerators parameters. Description of ion sources, all types of linear accelerators (electro-static, induction, oscillating fields), circular accelerators (induction, oscillating fields, synchrotrons) and technologies connected to accelerators. The focus lies in accelerators applications, foremost in medicine and technology (industry), but also in basic research, with examples of such applications

Contents:

1. Classification of accelerators
2. Ion sources
3. Linear accelerators
4. Circular accelerators
5. Applications of accelerators ? medical and synchrotron radiation
6. Applications of accelerators ? technology and basic research
7. Technologies on accelerators

Recommended literature:

Key references:
[1] S. Humphries, Jr., Principles of Charged Particle Acceleration, Dover Publications 2012.
[2] E. Wilson, An Introduction to Particle Accelerators, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010.

Recommended references:
[3] H. Wiedemann: Particle Accelerator Physics (4th Edition), Springer 2015

Keywords:

linear accelerators, circular accelerators, applications, technology

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar