Particle Accelerator Physics

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This well-established classic text by Helmut Wiedemann offers a comprehensive introduction to high-energy particle acceleration and beam dynamics, now in its significantly revised and expanded 4th edition. The new Part I serves as an elementary introduction for undergraduate students. Part II prepares readers for advanced topics by summarizing essential concepts in electrostatics, electrodynamics, and particle dynamics in electromagnetic fields. Part III provides an extensive primer on beam dynamics, while Part IV introduces key beam parameters, including a new chapter on beam emittance and lattice design. Part V addresses perturbations in beam dynamics, and Part VI covers the intricacies of charged particle acceleration. Parts VII and VIII delve into advanced topics such as coupled beam dynamics and intense beams, including a review of additional beam instabilities featured in this edition. Part IX offers an exhaustive examination of radiation from accelerated charges, discussing significant sources of coherent radiation like synchrotrons and free-electron lasers. The appendices compile useful mathematical and physical formulas, parameters, and units, with solutions to many end-of-chapter problems provided. This textbook is ideal for an intensive two-semester course aimed at senior undergraduate students.