Formalities

1. Formalities Eric Prebys, FNAL

2. Goals of this course Lecture 0 - Formalities • I hope this course will provide you with… • a rigorous foundation of the underlying physics of particle accelerators, • Fairly sophisticated understanding of their operations. • The background to pursue more advanced studies on your own (or in further classes). • a quantitative overview of the state of the art, as well as current and future challenges. • familiarity with enabling and related technologies: • Magnets • RF • Instrumentation • etc.

3. Course Personnel Lecture 0 - Formalities • Instructor: Eric Prebys, FNAL • prebys@fnal.gov • 630-336-1893 • TA,Computer labs: TimofeyZolkin, University of Chicago • zolkin@fnal.gov • Grader: Patrick McChesney, Indiana University • pmcchesn@indiana.edu

4. Some warnings right up front Lecture 0 - Formalities • USPAS “Accelerator Physics” is intended to cover in two very intense weeks the material that would be in a full semester graduate course at a top tier university • That’s the mandate; there’s nothing I can do about it • Students have a pretty broad range of backgrounds, so some will struggle more than others. • If you get behind, you will never catch up! • Ask questions • Attend help sessions • Work together • This is my first time teaching this course, and if I go off track, we all will never catch up • I appreciate feedback and constructive criticism

5. General Plan Lecture 0 - Formalities • I’m going to spend today on the basics, as well as a fairly quantitive overview of everything we’re going to learn • This will hopefully level the playing field in terms of previous experience and exposure to the concepts • From tomorrow through about the middle of next week, we will cover the “classic” accelerator physics material. • I’ll spend the last couple of days focusing in detail on topics of current interest • Might have to sacrifice a little rigor to leave time for this.

6. A note on texts Lecture 0 - Formalities • I chose Edwards and Syphers “An Introduction to the Physics or High Energy Accelerators” as the primary course text because • It’s the book I learned from • The scope is appropriate to the course (we’ll pretty much cover the whole book). • I find the mathematical level appropriate to a broad range of students. • It was written by Fermilab people, so it uses conventions that I’m familiar with. • Like most people who use it, I’ll switch the order of Chapter 2 (longitudinal motion) and 3 (transverse motion)

7. Other references Lecture 0 - Formalities • WelmutWiedemann, “Particle Accelerator Physics” • Probably the most complete and thorough book around (originally two volumes) • Well written • Scope and mathematical level perhaps a bit much for this class • Edmund Wilson, “Particle Accelerators” • Concise reference on a number of major topics • Available in paperback (important if you are paying) • A bit light for this course • Klaus Wille “The Physics of Particle Accelerators” • Same comments • S.Y. Lee, “Accelerator Physics” • More or less equivalent to Edwards and Syphers • I prefer the organization of E&S • Fermilab “Accelerator Concepts” (“Rookie Book”) • http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/rookie_books/Concepts_v3.6.pdf • Particularly chapters II-IV

8. Tentative Schedule Lecture 0 - Formalities • Most days, we’ll lecture until 4-5. • We will have computer labs (at least) • This week: Wednesday and Friday mornings 9-12 • Next week: Monday through Wednesday, 1-2PM • Perhaps some small assignments in addition • Homework every day except Friday and next Thursday, to be turned in the next day. • Students are encouraged to work together on homework • Take home exam next Thursday • Students are to work alone on exam. • As lectures, homework, and other material are ready, they will be put at: • http://home.fnal.gov/~prebys/misc/uspas_2014/

9. Course Schedule (very approximate) Lecture 0 - Formalities