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PHYSICS OF INTENSE CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS IN HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATORS

by Ronald C Davidson & Hong Qin (Plasma Physics Laboratory and Department of Astrophysical Sciences Princeton University)

Physics of Intense Charged Particle Beams in High Energy Accelerators is a graduate-level text — complete with 75 assigned problems — which covers a broad range of topics related to the fundamental properties of collective processes and nonlinear dynamics of intense charged particle beams in periodic focusing accelerators and transport systems. The subject matter is treated systematically from first principles, using a unified theoretical approach, and the emphasis is on the development of basic concepts that illustrate the underlying physical processes in circumstances where intense self fields play a major role in determining the evolution of the system. The theoretical analysis includes the full influence of dc space charge and intense self-field effects on detailed equilibrium, stability and transport properties, and is valid over a wide range of system parameters ranging from moderate-intensity, moderate-emittance beams to very-high-intensity, low-emittance beams. This is particularly important at the high beam intensities envisioned for present and next generation accelerators, colliders and transport systems for high energy and nuclear physics applications and for heavy ion fusion. The statistical models used to describe the properties of intense charged particle beams are based on the Vlasov–Maxwell equations, the macroscopic fluid–Maxwell equations, or the Klimontovich–Maxwell equations, as appropriate, and extensive use is made of theoretical techniques developed in the description of one-component nonneutral plasmas, and multispecies electrically-neutral plasmas, as well as established techniques in accelerator physics, classical mechanics, electrodynamics and statistical physics.

Physics of Intense Charged Particle Beams in High Energy Accelerators emphasizes basic physics principles, and the thorough presentation style is intended to have a lasting appeal to graduate students and researchers alike. Because of the advanced theoretical techniques developed for describing one-component charged particle systems, a useful companion volume to this book is Physics of Nonneutral Plasmas by Ronald C Davidson.


Contents:

  • Theoretical Models of Intense Nonneutral Particle Beams
  • Particle Orbits in Periodic Focusing Field Configurations
  • Nonlinear Kinetic Stability Theorem, Vlasov–Maxwell Description of Periodically-Focused Intense Beam Equilibria
  • Statistically-Averaged Rate Equations
  • Hamiltonian Averaging Techniques Applied to the Nonlinear Vlasov–Maxwell Equations
  • Kinetic Stability Properties and Collective Oscillations in Intense Particle Beams
  • Warm-Fluid Stability Properties and Collective Oscillations in Intense Particle Beams
  • Special Topics on Intense Beam Propagation


Readership: Graduate students, researchers and academics in accelerator, experimental and plasma physics.

604pp Pub. date: Oct 2001
ISBN 978-1-86094-300-3
1-86094-300-4
US$103 / £76
ISBN 978-1-86094-301-0(pbk)
1-86094-301-2(pbk)
US$46 / £34
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