Accelerators

Drawing upon nearly every area of physics, particle accelerator physics requires a solid understanding of just about every undergraduate module available, with the focus ultimately coming down to preference, i.e. vacuum systems requires more classical mechanics than does beam optics. Accelerator physics can be roughly split into two sections of classical and novel accelerator physics’, with the former concerning what is currently known as a particle accelerator, e.g. the Large Hadron Collider, and the latter focussing on future generations of accelerators, which aim to do the same job for less money and with fewer resources.

Classical accelerator physics:

Novel accelerator physics:

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