By Stephen Peggs and Todd Satogata
Cambridge University Press
This concise book provides an overview of accelerator physics, a field that has grown rapidly since its inception and is progressing in many directions. Particle accelerators are becoming more and more sophisticated and rely on diverse technologies, depending on their application.
With a pedagogical approach, the book presents both the physics of particle acceleration, collision and beam dynamics, and the engineering aspects and technologies that lay behind the effective construction and operation of these complex machines. After a few introductory theoretical chapters, the authors delve into the different components and types of accelerators: RF cavities, magnets, linear accelerators, etc. Throughout, they also show the connections between accelerator technology and the parallel development of computational capability.
This text is aimed at university students at graduate or late undergraduate level, as well as accelerator users and operators. An introduction to the field, rather than an exhaustive treatment of accelerator physics, the book is conceived to be self-contained (to a certain extent) and to provide a strong starting point for more advanced studies on the topic. The volume is completed by a selection of exercises at the end of each chapter and an appendix with important formulae for accelerator design.
