CAS course on "Introduction to Accelerator Physics", 20 September - 03 October 2026, Peebles, United Kingdom

from Sunday, 20 September 2026 (08:30) to Saturday, 3 October 2026 (21:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
20 Sept 2026
21 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
23 Sept 2026
24 Sept 2026
25 Sept 2026
26 Sept 2026
27 Sept 2026
28 Sept 2026
29 Sept 2026
30 Sept 2026
1 Oct 2026
2 Oct 2026
3 Oct 2026
AM
08:30 --- Arrival day and Registration ---
08:30 Opening - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
09:10 Electromagnetic Theory - Christine Vollinger (CERN)  
10:10 --- Coffee break ---
10:40 Kinematics of Particle Beams - Special Relativity - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
11:45 History of particle accelerators - Maurizio Vretenar  
08:30 Normal conducting Magnets - Gijs De Rijk  
09:35 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics II - Wolfgang Hillert  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 RF systems I - Christine Vollinger (CERN)  
08:30 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics III - Wolfgang Hillert  
09:35 RF systems II - Christine Vollinger (CERN)  
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 Sustainability for Accelerators - Mike Gerd Seidel  
08:30 Cyclotrons - Mike Gerd Seidel  
09:35 Longitudinal BD in Circular Machines II - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Electron Beam Dynamics I - Lenny Rivkin (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
08:30 --- Excursion Day ---
08:30 Sources - Daniel Charles Faircloth  
09:35 Collective Effects I - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:10 Introduction to Non-Linear longitudinal Beam Dynamics - Heiko Damerau (CERN)  
08:30 Collective Effects III - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
09:35 Secondary beams and targets - Daniel Charles Faircloth  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Collective Effects IV - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
08:30 --- Free study time ---
08:30 Computational tools II - Andrea Latina (CERN)  
09:35 A first taste of Non-Linear Beam Dynamics I - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)  
10:35 --- Coffee break ---
11:05 Colliders and luminosity - Hermann Schmickler  
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 Particle motion in Hamiltonial Formalism II - Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN)  
08:30 --- Departure day ---
PM
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:45 Local Introduction - Christos Leonidopoulos (The University of Edinburgh (GB))  
13:15 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics I - Wolfgang Hillert  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Accelerator Applications - Maurizio Vretenar  
17:25 1S1M  
18:30 --- Welcome reception ---
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:10 Superconducting Magnets - Gijs De Rijk  
13:15 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Beam Diagnostics I - Peter Forck  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Hands-ON Lattice calculations I  
17:25 Hands-ON Lattice calculations II  
18:30 --- Poster session ---
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:10 Beam Diagnostics II - Peter Forck  
13:15 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Linear Imperfections I - Davide Gamba (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Hands-ON Lattice calculations III  
17:25 Hands-ON Lattice calculations IV  
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:05 --- Lunch ---
13:50 Transverse Linear Beam Dynamics V - Wolfgang Hillert  
14:50 Vacuum - Mike Gerd Seidel  
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 ---
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:10 Linear Accelerators II - David Alesini  
13:15 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Longitudinal BD in Circular Machines I - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffe break ---
16:20 Hands-ON Lattice calculations V  
17:25 Hands-ON Lattice calculations VI  
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:10 Injection and Extraction - Matthew Alexander Fraser (CERN)  
13:15 --- Lunch ---
14:45 Electron Beam Dynamics II - Lenny Rivkin (Paul Scherrer Institute (CH))  
15:45 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 --- Discussion session ---
17:25 --- Study time ---
20:00 --- Dinner ---
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:15 Collective Effects II - Kevin Shing Bruce Li (CERN)  
13:15 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - Intro - Simon Albright (CERN) Heiko Damerau (CERN) Alexandre Lasheen (CERN) Mathieu Taquet  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - I  
17:25 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - II  
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:10 Computational tools I - Andrea Latina (CERN)  
13:15 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - III - Alexandre Lasheen (CERN) Heiko Damerau (CERN) Simon Albright (CERN) Mathieu Taquet  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - IV  
17:25 Hands-ON calculations (longitudinal) - V  
18:45 Seminar - The Big Picture: from Particles to the Universe - Neil Turok  
20:00 --- Dinner ---
21:00 --- Cinema event ---
12:05 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Time and Frequency domain signals I - Hermann Schmickler  
14:50 Advanced accelerator concepts I - Massimo Ferrario  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Time and Frequency domain signals II - Hermann Schmickler  
17:25 Advanced accelerator concepts II - Massimo Ferrario  
20:00 --- Dinner ---
12:10 A first taste of Non-Linear Beam Dynamics II - Hannes Bartosik (CERN)  
13:15 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Particle motion in Hamiltonial Formalism I - Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN)  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 --- Discussion session ---
17:25 --- Study time ---
12:10 Designing a synchrotron - a real life example - Yannis Papaphilippou (CERN)  
13:15 --- Lunch ---
14:50 Putting it all together - Hermann Schmickler  
15:50 --- Coffee break ---
16:20 Closing - Frank Tecker (CERN)  
20:00 --- Banquet Dinner ---