Section 3 Magnets and Cavities

3.1 Basic field calculations of accelerator magnets

[Special Guest: Nathan Froemming, NIU]

  • introduction to finite element methods –
    - Part APart B
  • ideal vs. real devices; modeling
  • principles of relaxation codes
  • introduction to FEMM
  • how to Download/Install/Run FEMM
  • a short FEMM tutorial
  • electrostatic calculations
  • magnetostatic calculations

3.2 Basic field calculations of accelerator cavities

[Special Guest: Jeremiah Holzbauer, Fermilab]

  • Lecture 1Lecture 2
  • RF Cavities and accelerators
  • electromagnetic resonator overview/The Helmholtz Equation
  • cavity Figures of Merit
  • cavities for various applications
  • technical considerations
  • simulation examples – slides
  • RF couplers and beam interaction

3.3 Linear longitudinal motion

  • longitudinal focusing – slides
  • longitudinal coordinates and distributions
  • time of flight
  • slip factor
  • RF, waveforms
  • linear motion near the ideal particle
  • bunching, re-bunching, debunching