Courses

PHY 861 - Introduction to Beam Physics

 

Fall and Spring Semesters

3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)

Recommended Background: PHY 820 and PHY 841

Topics: Ion Sources, Methods of Acceleration, Storage of Charged Particles, Magnet Design, Motion and Transfer Maps, Transfer Matrices and Aberrations, Fields and Potentials, Beamline Modules, Particle Optical Devices

Links

PHY861 Course Page: http://www.bt.pa.msu.edu/index_files/phy861.htm

 

PHY 961 - Non-Linear Beam Dynamics

 

Fall and Spring Semesters

3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)

Recommended Background: PHY 861

Topics: Hamiltonian dynamics in curvilinear coordinates, transfer maps, perturbation theories, maps of common elements, aberrations, tracking, differential algebraic methods, resonances and normal forms.

Links

PHY961 Course Page: http://www.bt.pa.msu.edu/index_files/phy961.htm

 

PHY 962 - Particle Accelerators

 

Fall and Spring Semesters

3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)

Recommended Background: PHY 861

Topics: Live videoconference presentations from sites of major accelerator sites outlining the properties and purposes of the respective devices. Included are Tevatron, LHC, RHIC, CEBAF, Hera, NLC, Muon Colliders, and many others.

Links

PHY962 Course Page: http://www.bt.pa.msu.edu/index_files/phy962.htm

 

PHY 963 - U.S. Particle Accelerator School

 

Fall and Spring Semesters

3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)

Recommended Background: PHY 861

Participation in suitable courses offered by the U.S. Particle Accelerator School. Various topics in Beam Physics

Links

PHY963 Course Page: http://uspas.fnal.gov/

PHY 964 - Seminar in Beam Physics Research

 

Fall and Spring Semesters

3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)

Recommended Background: PHY 861

Special topics in Beam Physics, arranged by mutual interest.

Links

PHY964 Course Page1: http://www.bt.pa.msu.edu/index_files/phy964.htm

PHY964 Course Page2: http://www.bt.pa.msu.edu/index_files/phy964_muon.htm