CAS course on "Introduction to Accelerator Physics", 21 September - 04 October 2025, Santa Susanna, Spain

from Sunday 21 September 2025 (08:30) to Saturday 4 October 2025 (22:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
21 Sept 2025
22 Sept 2025
23 Sept 2025
24 Sept 2025
25 Sept 2025
26 Sept 2025
27 Sept 2025
28 Sept 2025
29 Sept 2025
30 Sept 2025
1 Oct 2025
2 Oct 2025
3 Oct 2025
4 Oct 2025
AM
08:30 Arrival day and registration  
08:30 Opening - Francis Perez (ALBA Synchrotron) Frank Tecker (CERN)  
09:35 Electromagnetic Theory - Christine Vollinger (CERN)  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 History of particle acceleration - Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)  
08:30 Accelerator Applications - Maurizio Vretenar (CERN)  
09:35 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics II - Wolfgang Hillert  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Sources - Klaus Knie  
08:30 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics III - Wolfgang Hillert  
09:35 Beam Diagnostics I - Peter Forck  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics IV - Wolfgang Hillert  
08:30 Free study time  
08:30 Linear Imperfections III - Davide Gamba (CERN)  
09:35 Linear Accelerators I - David Alesini  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Vacuum - Mike Gerd Seidel  
08:30 Electron Beam Dynamics I - Lenny Rivkin (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
09:35 Cyclotrons - Mike Gerd Seidel  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Longitudinal BD in Circular Machines II - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
09:15
Boat trip from Santa Susanna to Tossa de Mar, (until 19:15)
08:30 Collective Effects I - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
09:35 RF systems I - Christine Vollinger (CERN)  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Collective Effects II - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
08:30 Collective Effects III - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
09:35 Introduction to Non- Linear longitudinal Beam Dymanics - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Collective Effects IV - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
08:30 ALBA Visit  
08:30 Time and Frequency domain signals II - Hermann Schmickler  
09:35 A first taste of Non- Linear Beam Dynamics I - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 A first taste of Non- Linear Beam Dynamics II - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)  
08:30 Synchrotron light circular machines & FELs I - Eduard Prat Costa  
09:35 Synchrotron light circular machines & FELs II - Eduard Prat Costa  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Colliders and luminosity - Hermann Schmickler  
08:30 Departure Day  
PM
12:10 Kinematics of Particle Beams - Special Relativity - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics I - Wolfgang Hillert  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Warm Magnets - Gijs De Rijk Gijs De Rijk  
17:25 1 slide 1 minute  
18:45 --- Welcome reception ---
12:10 Superconducting Magnets - Gijs De Rijk Gijs De Rijk  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Secondary beams and targets - Klaus Knie  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Hands-ON Lattice calulations I - Davide Gamba (CERN) Antonio Gilardi Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)  
17:25 Hands-ON Lattice calulations II - Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN) Antonio Gilardi Davide Gamba (CERN)  
18:45 --- Poster session ---
12:10 Beam Diagnostics II - Peter Forck  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Linear Imperfections I - Davide Gamba (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Hands-ON Lattice calulations III - Davide Gamba (CERN) Antonio Gilardi Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)  
17:25 Hands-ON Lattice calulations IV - Antonio Gilardi Davide Gamba (CERN) Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)  
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics V - Wolfgang Hillert  
14:50 Injection and Extraction - Pablo Arrutia (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics VI - Wolfgang Hillert  
17:25 Linear Imperfections II - Davide Gamba (CERN)  
18:25 Discussion session  
12:10 Linear Accelerators II - David Alesini  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Longitudinal BD in Circular Machines I - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Hands-ON Lattice calulations V - Antonio Gilardi Davide Gamba (CERN) Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN)  
17:25 Hands-ON Lattice calulations VI - Tirsi Prebibaj (CERN) Antonio Gilardi Davide Gamba (CERN)  
18:45 Seminar: Supercomputer - based virtual humans - Dr Eva Casoni (ELEM Biotech & Barcelona Supercomputing Center)  
12:10 Electron Beam Dynamics II - Lenny Rivkin (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Sustainability for Accelerators - Mike Gerd Seidel  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Discussion session  
17:25 --- Study time ---
12:10 RF systems II - Christine Vollinger (CERN)  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - Intro - Jake Flowerdew (CERN) Simon Albright (CERN) Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - I - Simon Albright (CERN) Heiko Damerau (CERN) Jake Flowerdew (CERN)  
17:25 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - II - Heiko Damerau (CERN) Jake Flowerdew (CERN) Simon Albright (CERN)  
12:10 Advanced accelerator concepts I - Massimo Ferrario  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - III - Jake Flowerdew (CERN) Heiko Damerau (CERN) Simon Albright (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - IV - Jake Flowerdew (CERN) Heiko Damerau (CERN) Simon Albright (CERN)  
17:25 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - v - Heiko Damerau (CERN) Simon Albright (CERN) Jake Flowerdew (CERN)  
21:00 --- Cinema event ---
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Advanced accelerator concepts II - Massimo Ferrario  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Time and Frequency domain signals I - Hermann Schmickler  
17:25 Particle motion in Hamiltonian Formalism I - Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN)  
12:10 Particle motion in Hamiltonian Formalism II - Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN)  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Computational tools I - Andrea Latina (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Computational tools II - Andrea Latina (CERN)  
17:25 Discussion session  
12:10 Designing a synchrotron - a real life example - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)  
13:10 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Putting it all together - Hermann Schmickler  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Closing - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
20:15 --- Banquet show ---