CAS course on "Introduction to Accelerator Physics", 25 September - 08 October 2023, Santa Susanna, Spain

from Monday 25 September 2023 (08:30) to Sunday 8 October 2023 (22:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
25 Sept 2023
26 Sept 2023
27 Sept 2023
28 Sept 2023
29 Sept 2023
30 Sept 2023
1 Oct 2023
2 Oct 2023
3 Oct 2023
4 Oct 2023
5 Oct 2023
6 Oct 2023
7 Oct 2023
8 Oct 2023
AM
08:30 Arrival day and registration  
08:30 Opening - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
09:45 Electromagnetic Theory I - Irina Shreyber  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 History of particle acceleration - Dr Suzie Sheehy (University of Oxford and University of Melbourne)  
08:30 Kinematics of Particle Beams - Relativity - Irina Shreyber  
09:45 Warm Magnets - Gijs De Rijk  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics II - Wolfgang Hillert  
08:30 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics IV - Wolfgang Hillert  
09:45 Computational tools I - Andrea Latina (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics V - Wolfgang Hillert  
08:30 Free  
08:30 Beam Instrumentation - Peter Forck  
09:45 Computational tools II - Andrea Latina (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Beam Diagnostics - Peter Forck  
08:30 Electron Beam Dynamics I - Lenny Rivkin (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
09:45 Electron Beam Dynamics II - Lenny Rivkin (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Injection and Extraction - Yann Dutheil (CERN)  
08:00
Excursion - Buses leave at 8:00 (until 19:30)
08:30 Cyclotrons - Mike Seidel  
09:45 RF systems I - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Sustainability for Accelerators - Mike Seidel  
08:30 Vacuum - Mike Seidel  
09:45 Collective Effects I - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Introduction to Non- Linear longitudinal Beam Dymanics - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
08:00 Visit of the ALBA Synchrotron - Departure 8:00 AM  
08:30 A first taste of Non- Linear Beam Dynamics I - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)  
09:45 Secondary beams and targets - Klaus Knie  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 A first taste of Non- Linear Beam Dynamics II - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)  
08:30 Advanced accelerator concepts II - Massimo Ferrario  
09:45 Particle motion in Hamiltonian Formalism II - Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN)  
10:45 --- Coffee break ---
11:15 Synchrotron light circular machines & FELs I - Eduard Prat Costa  
08:30 Departure Day  
PM
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Electromagnetic Theory II - Irina Shreyber  
15:00 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics I - Wolfgang Hillert Wolfgang Hillert  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Accelerator Applications - Dr Suzie Sheehy (University of Oxford and University of Melbourne)  
17:45 1 slide 1 minute  
18:45 Welcome reception  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Linear Accelerators I - David Alesini  
15:00 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics III - Wolfgang Hillert  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Linear Accelerators II - David Alesini  
17:45 Superconducting Magnets - Gijs De Rijk  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Longitudinal BD in Circular Machines I - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
15:00 Time and Frequency domain signals I - Hermann Schmickler  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Hands-ON Lattice calulations I - Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN) Davide Gamba (CERN) Giulia Russo (CERN)  
17:45 Hands-ON Lattice calulations II - Davide Gamba (CERN) Giulia Russo (CERN) Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Longitudinal BD in Circular Machines II - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
15:00 Linear Imperfections I - Volker Ziemann  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Time and Frequency domain signals II - Hermann Schmickler  
17:45 Linear Imperfections II - Volker Ziemann  
18:45 Discussion session  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Colliders and luminosity - Hermann Schmickler  
15:00 Linear Imperfections - corrections - Volker Ziemann  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Hands-ON Lattice calulations III - Davide Gamba (CERN) Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN) Giulia Russo (CERN)  
17:45 Hands-ON Lattice calulations IV - Davide Gamba (CERN) Giulia Russo (CERN) Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Machine & People Protection Issues - Peter Forck  
15:00 ALBA presentation - Discussion session - Caterina Biscari (ALBA Synchrotron) Caterina Biscari (CELLS (ES))  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Hands-ON Lattice calulations V - Giulia Russo (CERN) Davide Gamba (CERN) Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)  
17:45 Hands-ON Lattice calulations VI - Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN) Davide Gamba (CERN) Giulia Russo (CERN)  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 RF systems II - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
15:00 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - Intro - Simon Albright (CERN) Danilo Quartullo (CERN) Alexandre Lasheen (CERN) Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - I - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
17:45 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - II - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Collective Effects II - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
15:00 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - III - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
Exercise files - Empty
Exercise files - Solutions
Introductory presentation - Longitudinal tracking
Longitudinal beam dynamics cheat sheet
Python cheat sheet
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - IV - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
17:45 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - v - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
21:00 --- Cinema event ---
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Collective Effects III - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
15:00 Sources - Klaus Knie  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Collective Effects IV - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
17:45 Discussion session  
18:45
Poster session (until 19:45)
18:45 Poster session  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Advanced accelerator concepts I - Massimo Ferrario  
15:00 Particle motion in Hamiltonian Formalism I - Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN)  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Study time  
18:45
Seminar - Paco Sanchez (until 20:00)
18:45 **Seminar** ITER - The Way to Fusion Energy - Paco Sánchez (Fusion for Energy)  
12:15 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Synchrotron light circular machines & FELs II - Eduard Prat Costa  
15:00 Designing a synchrotron - a real life example - Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN)  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:30 Closing - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
20:30 --- Banquet ---