Accelerator X-Ray Sources - Hardcover

Talman, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3527405909 ISBN 13: 9783527405909

Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 2006

Synopsis

A special topic within the field of high energy physics is the emission of x-rays in the electron acceleration process. Starting from the properties of the electron beams the work proceeds to the parameters of emitted synchrotron radiation. Especially the electron beams generated by means of the novel Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) devices allow for highly brilliant x-rays. They are given special attention in this monograph, which takes up where the other books on the market leave the matter. Because of the systematic treatment of the covered subjects the work can also serve as advanced textbook for young researchers.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This is the first monograph to cover in-depth the production of brilliant x-ray beams in accelerators, with emphasis on fourth generation designs, such as energy recovery linacs (ERL), fast cycling storage rings, and free electron lasers (FEL). Going beyond existing treatments of the influence of synchrotron radiation on accelerator operation, special emphasis is placed on the design of undulator-based beam lines, and the physics of undulator radiation.

Starting from the unified treatment of electron and photon beams both as bunches of particles and as waves, the author proceeds to analyse the main components, from electron gun, through linac and arc lattice, to the x-ray beam line. Designs are given for both an ERL and a more conventional storage ring complex, and their anticipated properties are compared in detail. Space charge effects are analysed with emphasis on coherent sychrotron radiation and emittance dilution. Beam diagnostics using synchrotron radiation or laser wire (Compton scattering) are also analysed in detail.

Written primarily for general, particle, and radiation physicists, the systematic treatment adopted by the work makes it equally suitable as an advanced textbook for young researchers.

About the Author:

Richard M. Talman is Professor of Physics at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. After receiving B.A and M.A. at the University of Western Ontario, he received his Ph.D. at the California Institute of Technology in 1963. Since then he has been at Cornell, accepting a full professorship for Physics in 1971. He has spent terms as visiting scientist at Stanford(2), CERN(2), Berkeley(2) and Saskatchewan, and served as leader of the Instrumentation and Diagnostics Group at the SSC project in Dallas. He has given courses on accelerators at Chicago, Austin, Rice, and Yale. Initially a particle physics experimentalist, Professor Talman has been engaged in the design of a series of accelerators, with recent emphasis on their use for x-ray production.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3527405909
• ISBN 13: 9783527405909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 494