Technical training: AXEL-2009 - Introduction to Particle Accelerators

CERN Technical Training 2009: Learning for the LHC!

AXEL-2009 is a course series on particle accelerators, given at CERN within the framework of the 2009 Technical Training Program. Known in the past as the PS Complex Operation Course (or the ‘PS Shutdown Course’), the general accelerator physics module as been organized since 2003 as a joint venture between the AB Department and Technical Training Service, and is open to a wider CERN community.

The AXEL-2009 course series is designed for technicians who are operating an accelerator, or whose work is closely linked to accelerators, but it is also open to technicians, engineers, and physicists interested in this field. The course does not require any prior knowledge of accelerators. However, some basic knowledge of trigonometry, matrices and differential equations, and some basic notions of magnetism would be an advantage.

The course series will be composed of 10 one-hour lectures (mornings and afternoons) from 19 to 23 January 2009, and will be given in English with questions and answers also possible in French. The lecturer is Rende Steerenberg, engineer and supervisor in the AB-OP Group. The program will cover: Basic Mathematics; Transverse Optics; Lattice calculations; Resonances; Longitudinal Motion; Leptons; Transfer Lines, Injection and Ejection; Longitudinal and Transverse Beam Instabilities.

This course series is free of charge, but registration is required: participation in all lectures is encouraged to allow people to gain maximum benefit from the course; registered participants will be invited, and attendance will be recorded in the personal training records. If you are interested in AXEL-2009, please talk to your supervisor and/or your Departmental Training Officer. Online registration is available via the training catalogue and the detailed program is available on the AXEL-2009 web page, accessible from http://www.cern.ch/TechnicalTraining/

Organizers: Rende STEERENBERG / AB-OP / 79086, Silvia SCHUH-ERHARD / HR-SMD / 79871

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