Current and future accelerators in particle physics

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

Familiarize students with knowledge related to major projects of current and future nuclear and particle physics. Discussion of the need for additional experimental facilities and their planned use. Discussion of open questions in nuclear and particle physics.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Particle accelerators

2. Experiments at accelerators at CERN

3. Experimentsat accelerators at BNL

4. Projects at the KEK laboratory

5. Overview of projects in nuclear physics

6. Open questions of particle physics

7. CEPC project

8. Future projects at CERN: FCC

9. ILC large linear accelerator project

10. Electron-ion accelerator EIC

11. Muon accelerators

12. Acceleration and production of particles using lasers

13. Projects in astroparticle physics

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Study Objective:

Familiarize students with knowledge related to major projects of current and future nuclear and particle physics. Discussion of the need for additional experimental facilities and their planned use. Discussion of open questions in nuclear and particle physics.

Study materials:

Required literature:

[1] Tavernier, S.:Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics, Springer 2010, 301 s.

[2] Chao, A.W. et al.: Handbook Of Accelerator Physics And Engineering (2nd Edition), World Scientific Publishing

Co Pte Ltd 2012, 848 s

[3] Wiedemann, H.: Particle Accelerator Physics, Springer Cham 2015, 1021 s.

Recommended literature:

[4] Benedikt, M. (CERN) et al.: Future Circular Collider – European Strategy Update Documents, CERN-ACC-2019-

0007, 2019, 19 s.

[5] Delahaye, J.P. et al.: Muon Colliders, arXiv:1901.06150v1, 2019, 11 s.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: