Particle Accelerators and Their Applications
This is a collection of links to video lectures related to particle accelerators and their applications from CERN - particle accelerators, linear colliders, particle detectors, and their applications.
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The Control Systems of the Large Hadron Collider |
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By Roman Gorbonosov, 2013. The accelerator control system has been developed with the primary target being the LHC machine. The approach used was pragmatic with the overall goal to design and develop a modular system, flexible and generic enough to be extended to the other accelerators at CERN. In the front-ends, the structure and behavior of equipment software was formalised, and an object-oriented programming framework (FESA) was developed based on the resulting formal model. ... |
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Particle Therapy using Proton and Ion Beams |
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By Andreas Peter, 2012. Part I: An introduction about the historical developments of accelerators and their use for medical applications: tumour treatment from X-rays to particle therapy. Description of the underlying physics and biology of particle therapy; implications on the requirements for the needed beam parameters (energy, intensity, focus, beam structure). ... |
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ACT Lectures on Detectors |
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By Pippa Wells et al., 2011. Lectures: 1. Inner Tracking Detectors by Pippa Wells; 2. Calorimeters by Philippe Bloch; 3. Muon Systems by Kerstin Hoepfner; 4. Particle Identification and Forward Detectors by Peter Krizan; 5. Trigger and Data Acquisition by Brian Petersen. ... |
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Detector Developments for High Luminosity LHC Era |
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By Arno Straessner et al., 2010. Lectures: 1. Calorimetry and Muon Spectrometers, Part I; 2. Calorimetry and Muon Spectrometers, Part II; 3. Tracking Detectors, Part I; 4. Tracking Detectors, Part II. ... |
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Detectors for Linear Colliders |
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By Marco Battaglia et al., 2010. Lectures: 1. Physics Requirements and Experimental Conditions; 2. Tracking and Vertexing; 3. Calorimetry at a Future Electron-Positron Collider; 4. Detector design for a Future Electron-Positron Collider. ... |
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Physics and Analysis at a Hadron Collider |
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By Douglas Glenzinski, 2010. This consists of three lectures which together discuss the physics of hadron colliders with an emphasis on experimental techniques used for data analysis. ... |
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Technology and applications of high field accelerator magnets |
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By Giorgio Ambrosio, 2008. In this lecture series we will look at needs and options for high field accelerator magnets from the point of view of: conductors, coil fabrication technologies, magnetic and mechanical designs, magnet assembly, quench protection and lifetime issues. Possible applications will be presented as case studies. ... |
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Positrons sources for electron-positron colliders. Application to ILC and CLIC |
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By Robert Chehab, 2008. The increased demanding qualities for positron sources dedicated to e+e- colliders pushed on investigations oriented on new kinds of e+ sources. The different kinds of positron sources polarized and no polarized are considered. Their main features (intensity, emittance) are described and analysed. Comparison between the different sources is worked out. ... |
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Applications of accelerators to tumour therapy |
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By Ugo Amaldi, 2008. The first lecture is devoted to an historical review of the developments of the teletherapy techniques which make use of hadron beams and are collectively called "hadrontherapy". The main emphasis is on the use of protons and light ions, but also neutrons, pions and antiprotons are considered. ... |
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Acceleration of particles in plasmas |
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By J. Faure, 2007. Plasma acceleration has been an emerging and fast growing field of research in the past two decades. In this series of lectures, we will review the principles of plasma acceleration. We will see how relativistic plasma waves can be excited using an ultra-intense laser or using a particle beam. We will see how these plasma waves can be used to accelerate electrons to high energy in short distances. ... |
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Physics at a e+e- linear collider |
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By K. Desch, 2004. Future e+e- Linear Colliders offer the potential to explore new physics at the TeV scale to very high precision. The lecture series introduces the possibilities of a TeV linear collider (the International Linear Collider, ILC) in the fields of Higgs physics, alternative Electro-weak Symmetry Breaking scenarios, Supersymmetry, Extra Dimensions, and more exotic models. ... |
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Progress on e+e- Linear Colliders |
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By P. Zerwas, 2002. The physics program will be reviewed for e+e- linear colliders in the TeV energy range. At these prospective facilities central issues of particle physics can be addressed, the problem of mass, unification and structure of space-time. ... |
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Ultra-high vacuum technology for accelerators |
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By C. Benvenuti, et al., 2002. The lectures will start with a review of the basics of vacuum physics required to build Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) systems, such as static and dynamic outgassing. Before reviewing the various pumping and measurement devices, including the most modern one like Non Evaporable Getter (NEG) coatings, ... |
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Introduction to future circular and linear colliders |
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By J. Ellis, et al., 2000. Following high energy physics requirements, a large R&D effort is presently developed worldwide by the accelerator physics community to define the possible colliders at the high-energy frontier for the post LHC era. Both circular and linear collider schemes are being vigorously researched for use as future multi-TeV accelerators. ... |
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Physics with next generation linear colliders |
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By K. Moenig, 2000. Currently in Asia, Europe and North America detailed plans for an e+e- Linear Collider with a centre of mass energy up to around 1 TeV are worked out. With such a machine precision measurements in many fields like top and Higgs production and decay, Supersymmetry or gauge boson selfcouplings are possible. ... |
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Introduction to particle accelerators |
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By E.J.N. Wilson, 1998. The course is intended for anyone with technical or scientific background who would like to become familiar with the principles of accelerator design. ... |
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Industrial and technical applications of accelerators |
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By Klaus Bethge, 1998. The course should cover the wide range of accelerator application in fields other than nuclear and atomic physics, or medicine. Ion as well as electron accelerators will be included in the discussion of their applications Examples from solid state physics, materials science, safety protection, art history and others will be discussed. ... |