Accelerator Physics at the Tevatron Collider

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lebedev, Valery (Editor), Shiltsev, Vladimir (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Particle Acceleration and Detection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Particle acceleration.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

This book presents the developments in accelerator physics and technology implemented at the Tevatron proton-antiproton collider, the world’s most powerful accelerator for almost twenty years prior to the completion of the Large Hadron Collider. The book covers the history of collider operation and...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Beam Orbits and Optics, Methods Used at the Tevatron Accelerators
• Magnets and Magnetic Field Effects
• Longitudinal Beam Manipulations
• Collective Instabilities in the Tevatron Collider Run II Accelerators
• Emittance Growth and Beam Loss
• Antiproton Production and Cooling
• Beam-Beam Effects and Their Simulations
• Beam Instrumentation
• Appendix A.