Day 1 Introductions and Review of Basics

– AM –

1.1 Introductions (All) (15’)

slides

• Instructor and class introductions
• Outline of the course and expectations

1.2 The Fermilab Opportunity – The Muon Campus (Mike) (15’)

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• History of measuring \(a_\mu\)
• BNL E821 and its final analysis
• Repurposing of the Tevatron infrastructure
• The Big Move (BNL to FNAL)

1.3 Overview of Basic Accelerator Physics [1] (Mike) (100’)

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• Part I
  • Basics of particle transport
  • Courant-Snyder parameters and beam emittance
• Part II
  • Analytical solution of betatron motion
  • Weak focusing synchrotron/betatron
  • Connections to matrix approach

– PM –

1.4 Overview of Basic Accelerator Physics [2] (Mike) (100’)

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• Part III
  • The stability criterion and strong focusing
  • Periodic optics and tune calculations
  • Momentum dispersion

1.5 The Magnetic Dipole Moment (Dave) (35’)

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• Spin and polarization, spin tune, spin resonances
• The Thomas-BMT equation
• The “magic” momentum

1.6 Muon g-2 Beam/Ring Hardware (Dave) (50’)

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• General beam transport magnets
• Storage Ring magnet
• Electrostatic quadrupoles
• Inflector and kicker
• Collimators