Michaelmas Term 2025

16 Oct 2025, 09:00 → 4 Dec 2025, 17:15 Europe/London

John Adams Institute - Accelerator Courses Accelerator Physics

Thursday 16 October

09:00 → 16:00 Week 1

10:00 Lecture 1 - Types of Accelerators

Speaker: Prof. Emmanuel Tsesmelis

Tsesmelis Lecture 1 Introduction.pdf

Tsesmelis Lecture 1 Introduction.pptx

14:00 Lecture 2 - Applications of Accelerators

Speaker: Prof. Emmanuel Tsesmelis

Tsesmelis Lecture 2 AcceleratorApplications.pdf

Tsesmelis Lecture 2 AcceleratorApplications.pptx

15:00 Lecture 3 - Live Feed - LHC Control Centre

Speaker: Prof. Emmanuel Tsesmelis

Tsesmelis Lecture 3 CERN CCC.pdf

Tsesmelis Lecture 3 CERN CCC.pptx

Wednesday 22 October

11:00 → 16:00 Week 2

11:00 Lecture 4 - Transverse Optics I

Speaker: Dr Hector Garcia-Morales (University of Oxford)

12:00 Lecture 5 - Transverse Optics II

Speaker: Dr Hector Garcia-Morales (University of Oxford)

14:00 Tutorial 1 - Introduction to Accelerators

Speaker: Prof. Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

Exercises Introduction 22Oct2025.pdf

Thursday 23 October

14:00 → 16:00 Week 2

14:00 Visit to Diamond Light Source (Harwell Science and Innovation Campus)

Speaker: Ian Martin

Thursday 30 October

12:00 → 18:00 Week 3

14:00 Lecture 6 - Basic Plasma Physics Concepts for Plasma Accelerators

Speaker: Prof. Stuart Mangles

15:00 Lecture 7 - Plasma-based Electron Acceleration

Speaker: Prof. Stuart Mangles

16:00 Lecture 8 - Plasma-based Ion Acceleration

Speaker: Prof. Zulfikar Najmudin

Wednesday 5 November

14:00 → 15:00 Week 4

14:00 Lecture 9 - Lattice Design

Speaker: Dr Hector Garcia-Morales (University of Oxford)

Thursday 6 November

10:00 → 16:00 Week 4

10:00 Lecture 10 - Longitudinal Dynamics

Speaker: Dr Billy Kyle (ISIS, STFC, UKRI)

12:00 Lecture 11 - Momentum Effects

Speaker: Dr Billy Kyle (ISIS, STFC, UKRI)

14:00 Tutorial 2 - Transverse Optics

Speaker: Dr Hector Garcia-Morales (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 12 November

11:00 → 13:00 Week 5

11:00 Lecture 12 - Hamiltonian Dynamics I

Speaker: Dr David Kelliher (STFC)

12:00 Lecture 13 - Hamiltonian Dynamics II

Speaker: Dr David Kelliher (STFC)

Thursday 13 November

11:00 → 13:00 Week 5

11:00 Lecture 14 - Properties of Synchrotron Radiation

Speaker: Dr Ian Peter Stephen Martin

12:00 Lecture 15 - Undulators & Wigglers

Speaker: Dr Ian Peter Stephen Martin

Wednesday 19 November

11:00 → 13:00 Week 6

11:00 Lecture 16 - Cavities I

Speaker: Dr Ciprian Plostinar (ESS)

12:00 Lecture 17 - Cavities II

Speaker: Dr Ciprian Plostinar (ESS)

Thursday 20 November

12:00 → 16:00 Week 6

12:00 Lecture 18 - Cavities III

Speaker: Dr Ciprian Plostinar (ESS)

14:00 Lecture 19 - RF Cavity Design

Speaker: Dr Ciprian Plostinar (ESS)

Wednesday 26 November

11:00 → 12:00 Week 7

11:00 Lecture 20 - Beam Diagnostics & Instr.

Speaker: Mr David Posthuma de Boer

Thursday 27 November

11:00 → 16:00 Week 7

11:00 Lecture 21 - Radiation Damping

Speaker: Dr Ian Peter Stephen Martin

12:00 Lecture 22 - Radiation Excitation

Speaker: Dr Ian Peter Stephen Martin

14:00 Tutorial 3 - Hamiltonian Dynamics

Speaker: Dr David Kelliher (STFC)

Wednesday 3 December

10:00 → 16:00 Week 8

10:00 Tutorial 4 - Longitudinal Dynamics

Speaker: Dr Billy Kyle (ISIS, STFC, UKRI)

14:00 Tutorial 5 - Cavities

Speaker: Dr Ciprian Plostinar

Thursday 4 December

11:00 → 16:00 Week 8

11:00 Lecture 23 - Beams and Imperfections

Speaker: Prof. Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

12:00 Lecture 24 - Parameters for Project Design

Speaker: Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN)

14:00 Tutorial 6 - Synchrotron Radiation

Speaker: Dr Ian Peter Stephen Martin