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Title: Elementary principles of linear accelerators

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6854191

These lectures come in five sections. The first is this introduction. The second is a short chronology of what are viewed as important milestones in the field. The third covers proton linacs. It introduces elementary concepts such as transit time, shunt impedance, and Q. Critical issues such as phase stability and transverse forces are discussed. The fourth section contains an elementary discussion of waveguide accelerating structures. It can be regarded as an introduction to some of the more advanced treatments of the subject. The final section is devoted to electron accelerators. Taking SLAC as an example, various topics are discussed such as structure design, choice of parameters, frequency optimization, beam current, emittance, bunch length and beam loading. Recent developments and future challenges are mentioned briefly. 41 figures, 4 tables.

Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (USA). Lab. of Nuclear Studies
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
6854191
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-3221; CONF-8208147-5; ON: DE84007911
Resource Relation:
Conference: SLAC summer school on high-energy particle accelerators, Stanford, CA, USA, 2 Aug 1982
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English