| CODE | MNE5411 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Accelerator and Detector Technologies | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit gives students an overview of accelerator and detector technology and its applications. General Accelerator Concepts Students are introduced to particle physics, particle optics, accelerator design, beam dynamics, injection and extraction systems, space charges, wake fields, instabilities, linear imperfections, non-linear effects, linear accelerators, cyclotrons, synchrotrons, synchrotron radiation, free-electron lasers and laser plasma acceleration. Accelerator Technology and Applications Accelerator technologies and their applications are discussed including acceleration cavities, vacuum systems, accelerator driven systems, normal conducting magnets, superconducting magnets, beam instrumentation, accelerators for hadron therapy, accelerator controls, particle sources, low energy electron accelerators, accelerators for medical and industrial applications, life-cycle and reliability of particle accelerators, radiation oncology, biology and physics clinical applications, high current proton linacs and radiation safety. Detector Technology Students are introduced to interactions of particles and radiation with matter, detector properties, units of radiation measurements and radiation sources, physical phenomena used for particle detection, track detectors, calorimetry, particle identification, neutrino detectors, momentum measurement and muon detection, aging and radiation effects, detector electronics and data analysis. A number of applications of particle detectors in industry are also covered. Students are also exposed to the various accelerator and detector infrastructures world wide as well as the future projects that are currently being discussed and designed. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to give students an overview of accelerator and detector design concepts, the technology used and their applications. Accelerators and detectors have applications in radiotherapy, ion implantation, industrial processing, biomedicine, medical imaging, nuclear security, power transmission, fluid systems, grid computing, molecular biology, pharmaceutical research, material science and art restoration. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Describe general accelerator physics concepts; • Describe the general principles of accelerator technology; • Integrate the operation of various accelerator subsystems; • Examine the applications of accelerators in research and industry; • Describe general detector physics concepts; • Describe the general principles of detector technology; • Integrate the operation of various detector subsystems; • Examine the applications of detectors in research and industry. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Design a basic particle accelerator; • Employ the technological concepts to various accelerator based applications; • Design a basic detector accelerator; • Employ the technological concepts to various detector based applications. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - E. Wilson, “An Introduction to Particle Accelerators”, OUP Oxford, 1st Edition, (2001), ISBN-13: 978-0198520549 - Chao Alexander Wu et al, “Handbook of Accelerator Physics and Engineering”, World Scientific, 2nd Edition, (2013), ISBN-13: 978-9814417174 - Claus Grupen, Boris Schwartz, “Particle Detectors”, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, (2011), ISBN-13: 978-0521187954 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Blended Learning | |||||||||
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