Acceleration and transport of charged particles

Students will learn the basics of particle accelerators design and operation, including the underlying physical conepts and their possible applications. They will also learn basic mechanisms of particle acceleration in astrophysical sources.

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1. Introduction and historical overview
   - Linear accelerators
   - Circular accelerators

2. Motion of charged particles in EM field
   - Linearized equations of motion
   - Beam focusing systems
   - Acceleration systems
   - Synchrotron radiation
   - Beam parameters and its lifetime
   - Collective effects

3. Acceleration of charged particles in astrophysical sources

Students will learn:

• understanding of the basics of particle accelerator design and operation, including light sources;

• introduction to possible application of particle accelerators in basic science, aplicative science and medicine.

• H. Wiedemann, Particle Accelerator Physics, Springer (2007). Catalogue E-version
• K. Wille, The physics of particle accelerators: An Introduction, Oxford University Press (2001).
• Wiedemann, Particle Accelerator Physics II, Springer (1995). Catalogue E-version
• M. S. Longair, High Energy Astrophysics, Cambridge University Press, 3 edition (2011). Catalogue E-version

• written report
• oral presentation

Prof. dr. Samo Stanič je redni profesor za področje fizike na Univerzi v Novi Gorici. Samo Stanič is full professor of physics at the University of Nova Gorica.

Izbrane novejše objave / selected recent references:

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2. B. Sripathi Acharya et al., Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre, JCAP 01 057 (2021).
3. B.P. Abbott et al., Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger, The
   Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848, 1-59 (2017).
4. A. Aab et al., AUGER Collaboration. Observation of a large-scale anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays above 8 × 1018eV , Science, 357, 1266-1270 (2017).
5. S.-W. Lin et al., Belle Collaboration. Difference in direct charge-parity violation between charged and neutral B meson decays, Nature, 452, 332–335 (2008).