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Accelerator Physics

Prof. Pitamber Singh, Prof. Rajni Pande and Prof. Amalendu Sharma · IIT Bombay

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About

Accelerators have an important role both in basic and applied research, eg., medical science, industry, national security, environmental science etc Electron accelerators are built for food irradiation etc and as Synchrotron Radiation Source for material science research.

Depending on how particles are accelerated, accelerators are categorized as DC accelerators, Linear and Cyclic accelerators and Laser-Plasma Accelerators. Today, accelerators in the energy range of keV to TeV have been designed, built and used. In order to design, operate and utilise them efficiently, the physics of the accelerators should be well understood. In this course, physics of DC, Linear and Cyclic accelerators will be discussed and high energy accelerators will be briefly reviewed.

Intended audience: Ph. D. Students and researchers, Hospital Doctors and Staff and Industry people and Defence personnel.

Prerequisites: B.Sc in Physics or B.E, The course is a stand-alone course for application of accelerators in research in Physics, medical sciences, industrial applications and national security.

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Lecture 1A: Why accelerators YouTube
  2. Lecture 1B: Why accelerators YouTube
  3. Lecture 2A: Charging and discharging of capacitors YouTube
  4. Lecture 2B: Charging and discharging of capacitors YouTube
  5. Lecture 3A: Introduction to DC accelerators YouTube
  6. Lecture 3B: Introduction to DC accelerators YouTube

Week 2

  1. Lecture 4A: Van-de-Graaff accelerator and Tandem & Pelletron accelerators YouTube
  2. Lecture 4B: Van-de-Graaff accelerator and Tandem & Pelletron accelerators YouTube
  3. Lecture 5A: Voltage measurement and stabilisation YouTube
  4. Lecture 5B: Voltage measurement and stabilisation YouTube
  5. Lecture 6A: Beam energy calibration/ measurement YouTube
  6. Lecture 6B: Beam energy calibration/ measurement YouTube

Week 3

  1. Lecture 7A: Beam focussing using electrostatic & magnetic lenses and beam optics YouTube
  2. Lecture 7B: Beam focussing using electrostatic & magnetic lenses and beam optics YouTube
  3. Lecture 7C: Beam focussing using electrostatic & magnetic lenses and beam optics YouTube
  4. Lecture 8A: Ion Sources YouTube
  5. Lecture 8B: Ion Sources YouTube
  6. Lecture 9A: Introduction and Basic concepts of linear accelerators YouTube
  7. Lecture 9B: Introduction and Basic concepts of linear accelerators YouTube

Week 4

  1. Lecture 10A: RF Acceleration-1 YouTube
  2. Lecture 10B: RF Acceleration-1 YouTube
  3. Lecture 11A: RF Acceleration-2 YouTube
  4. Lecture 11B: RF Acceleration-2 YouTube
  5. Lecture 12A: RF Acceleration-3 – Waveguides and cavities YouTube
  6. Lecture12B: RF Acceleration-3 – Waveguides and cavities YouTube

Week 5

  1. Lecture 13A: Accelerating structures-Pillbox cavity and DTL YouTube
  2. Lecture 13B: Accelerating structures-Pillbox cavity and DTL YouTube
  3. Lecture 14A: Accelerating structures- Travelling wave linacs and periodic accelerating structures YouTube
  4. Lecture 14B: Accelerating structures- Travelling wave linacs and periodic accelerating structures YouTube
  5. Lecture 15A: Superconducting cavities YouTube
  6. Lecture 15B: Superconducting cavities YouTube

Week 6

  1. Lecture 16A: Transverse Dynamics -1 YouTube
  2. Lecture 16B: Transverse Dynamics -1 YouTube
  3. Lecture 17A: Transverse Dynamics -2 YouTube
  4. Lecture 17B: Transverse Dynamics -2 YouTube
  5. Lecture 18A: Transverse Dynamics – 3 YouTube
  6. Lecture 18B: Transverse Dynamics – 3 YouTube

Week 7

  1. Lecture 19A: Longitudinal Dynamics – 1 YouTube
  2. Lecture 19B: Longitudinal Dynamics – 1 YouTube
  3. Lecture 20A: Longitudinal Dynamics – 2 YouTube
  4. Lecture 20B: Longitudinal Dynamics – 2 YouTube
  5. Lecture 21A: Radio Frequency Quadrupole YouTube
  6. Lecture 21B: Radio Frequency Quadrupole YouTube

Week 8

  1. Lecture 22A: Cyclic accelerators: Some basic principles YouTube
  2. Lecture 22B: Cyclic accelerators: Some basic principles YouTube
  3. Lecture 23A: About the cyclotron YouTube
  4. Lecture 23B: About the cyclotron YouTube
  5. Lecture 24: Microtron YouTube

Week 9

  1. Lecture 25A: Equation of motion, Focusing YouTube
  2. Lecture 25B: Equation of motion, Focusing-Copy YouTube
  3. Lecture 26A: Strong focusing, Edge focusing, AG principle YouTube
  4. Lecture 26B: Strong focusing, Edge focusing, AG principle-Copy YouTube
  5. Lecture 27A: Matrix methods YouTube
  6. Lecture 27B: Matrix methods YouTube

Week 10

  1. Lecture 28A: Hill’s equation and parameterization-1 YouTube
  2. Lecture 28B: Hill’s equation and parameterization-1 YouTube
  3. Lecture 29A: Hill’s equation and parameterization-2 YouTube
  4. Lecture 29B: Hill’s equation and parameterization-2 YouTube
  5. Lecture 30A: Hill’s equation and parameterization-3 YouTube
  6. Lecture 30B: Hill’s equation and parameterization-3 YouTube

Week 11

  1. Lecture 31A: Chromaticity YouTube
  2. Lecture 31B: Chromaticity YouTube
  3. Lecture 32A: Basics of longitudinal dynamics YouTube
  4. Lecture 32B: Basics of longitudinal dynamics YouTube
  5. Lecture 33A: Synchrotron Radiation Source YouTube
  6. Lecture 33B: Synchrotron Radiation Source YouTube

Week 12

  1. Lecture 34A: Proton synchrotron for spallation source YouTube
  2. Lecture 34B: Proton synchrotron for spallation source YouTube
  3. Lecture 35A: Colliders YouTube
  4. Lecture 35B: Colliders YouTube
  5. Lecture 36A: Laser Plasma accelerators and Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS) YouTube
  6. Lecture 36B: Laser Plasma accelerators and Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS) YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Bombay
Department
Physics
Taught by
Prof. Pitamber Singh, Prof. Rajni Pande, Prof. Amalendu Sharma
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
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