Speaker
Description
The goal of this lecture is to present the contemporary methods and numerical
tools of non-linear dynamical systems in order to analyse the motion in particle accelerators.
After a short introduction to non-linear effects and their impact to beam performance,
the lecture will briefly review elements of classical mechanics, essential for the study
of non-linear dynamics, including the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism, canonical transformation and simplicity. Starting from the relativistic Hamiltonian for E/M fields, elements
of canonical perturbation theory will be presented, showing its limitation, for particle
accelerators. In this respect, concepts of linear and non-linear beam transport will
be introduced, represented by matrices or more generally maps. The Lie formalism will
be employed in order to elaborate and analyse these maps through non-linear normal
form construction. An introduction to Truncated Power Series through differential Algebra will be also given, as it is essential for constructing 1-term maps. Finally,
elements of symplectic integration will be reviewed.
