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Glenn Patrick Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk/pust/masterclass.htm

INTRODUCTIONA Very Brief Guide

to Accelerators

RAL Masterclasses 2009

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Microscopes & Telescopes ~ 400 Years Ago

Galileo’s telescope, ~1609, FlorenceMagnification ~30

Compound microscope

~1670, Glasgow

Magnification ~30

Siderius Nuncius,Galileo Galilei, 1610

MicrographiaRobert Hooke, 1665

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Small Scales and Large Scales - Today

Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2004)

Large Hadron Collider (2009)

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E = mc2E = mc2

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Particle Physics

Astronomy

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Probing Matter

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Higher energies means shorter wavelengths.

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Cosmic Particles

Accelerators!

Interactions in the atmosphereLow flux of particlesDifficult to identify/control

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Force on charged particle is given by the Lorentz Force

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Charged Particle Beams

Electric FieldAcceleration Magnetic Field

Bending

Cathode(-) Anode(+)

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John Cockroft & Ernest Walton Voltage Multiplier

Cavendish Laboratory, 1932.

1897 – J.J. Thomson

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Cockroft/WaltonPre-Injectors

750kV FermiLab

665 kV ISIS, RAL(replaced 2004)

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Fermilab (400 MeV)

+ - ++ + --Alternating RF voltage. Each step gives a small energy increase to the particle.

LINEAR ACCELERATORS

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2 mile Linear Accelerator, SLAC, Stanford

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Cyclotron

First circular particle accelerator built by Ernest O. Lawrence & Stanley

Livingston at Berkeley in 1930.

Energy = 80 keV, Diameter = 13cm

Circular Accelerators

13 cm

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Principal Components of a Synchrotron

In a Collider, bunches of particles/antiparticlescirculate in opposite directions.

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Super Proton Synchrotron CERN, Geneva

(6km circumference)

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Radio Frequency Cavities

Large Electron Positron Collider (LEP) 1989-2000

27 km circumference

3,000 bending magnets

800 focussing magnets

11,000 revolutions/sec

LEP (CERN)

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Electromagnetic waves accelerate particles in the same way that waves propel surfers.

Timing is vital!

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Sextupole (LEP)Correction of chromatic spread.

Focussing Magnets

Quadrupole (LEP)

Strong FocussingBeam alternatelyfocussed in horizand vert planes.

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HERA – Electron Proton Collider (6.3 km)

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27.5 GeV electrons/positrons

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Hamburg, 1992-2007Hamburg, 1992-2007

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Tevatron, FermiLab, Chicago

Collides protons and anti-protonsEnergy = 1 TeV (1000 GeV)

4 mile circumference

Main injector

Tevatron

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Synchrotron RadiationDiamond Light Source

Started operation Feb 2007. Uses synchrotron radiation for studies at

molecular/atomic level.

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International Linear Collider

~31 km

250 GeV electrons colliding with 250 GeV positrons

8 February 2007 Reference Design Report2010 – 2012 Technical Design Phase? Construction/Operation

The Next Generation?

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Masterclass Programme09:30 Arrival, Coffee and Doughnuts (R18)

10:00 Welcome Caroline Callard10:05 A Very Brief Guide to Accelerators Dr. Glenn Patrick

10:20 Fundamentals of Particle Physics Dr. Stefania Ricciardi11:00 Introducing Diamond Dr. David Price11:15 Introducing ISIS Dr. Martyn Bull

11:35 Group A: Visit to ISIS or Diamond Group B: Computer Session Drs. Tricoli & Wielers

12:30 Buffet Lunch (R18)

13:30 The Large Hadron Collider Dr. Kristian Harder

14:15 Group B: Visit to ISIS or DiamondGroup A: Computer Session Drs. Tricoli & Wielers

15:15 Tea

15:30 Applications of Particle Accelerators Dr. Rob Edgecock

16:00 Question and Answer Session16:15+ End

Material can be found at: http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk/pust/masterclass.htm

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Energy Units!

1 eV = 1 electron VoltEnergy to ionise hydrogen = 13.6 eV

1 keV(kilo) = 1,000 eV = 103 eVMedical X-ray ~ 200 keV

1 MeV(Mega) = 1,000,000 eV = 106 eVAlpha particle decay of uranium 4.2 MeV

1 GeV(Giga) = 1,000,000,000 eV = 109 eVLEP collider beam (1989-200) = 45 GeV

1 TeV(Tera) = 1,000,000,000,000 eV = 1012 eVHighest energy accelerator in world = 1 TeV (Tevatron)

Electron Volt – Energy gained by an electron when accelerated in an electric field through a potential difference of 1 volt.

Highest energiesfound in cosmic rays (>1020 eV)