Chapter 7
Design and Principles of Linear
Accelerators and Colliders
J. Seeman, D. Schulte, J. P. Delahaye, M. Ross, S. Stapnes, A. Grudiev,
A. Yamamoto, A. Latina, A. Seryi, R. Tomás García, S. Guiducci,
Y. Papaphilippou, S. A. Bogacz, and G. A. Krafft
7.1 General Introduction on Linear Accelerators
J. Seeman
Linear accelerators (linacs) use alternating radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic
fields to accelerate charged particles in a straight line. Linacs were invented
about 95 years ago and have seen many significant technical innovations since. A
Coordinated by J. Seeman, J. P. Delahaye.
J. Seeman · M. Ross
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, USA
e-mail: seeman@slac.stanford.edu; mcrec@slac.stanford.edu
D. Schulte · J. P. Delahaye () · S. Stapnes · A. Grudiev · A. Latina · R. Tomás García ·
Y. Papaphilippou
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland
e-mail: daniel.schulte@cern.ch; Jean-Pierre.Delahaye@cern.ch; steinar.stapnes@cern.ch;
alexej.grudiev@cern.ch; andrea.latina@cern.ch; rogelio.tomas@cern.ch;
ioannis.papaphilippou@cern.ch
A. Yamamoto
KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland
e-mail: akira.yamamoto@cern.ch
A. Seryi · S. A. Bogacz · G. A. Krafft
Center for Advanced Studies of Accelerators, Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA, USA
e-mail: seryi@jlab.org; bogacz@jlab.org; krafft@jlab.org
S. Guiducci
National Laboratory of Frascati/National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Frascati, Roma, Italy
e-mail: susanna.guiducci@lnf.infn.it
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