Suggested Reading

This is a list of references for my lectures at the Workshop on "Mathematical Aspects of Accelerator Physics", held in Bad Honnef, Germany, 9-13 December 1996.

  1. M. Sands, The Physics of Electron Storage Rings, SLAC-121 (1970).
    1. Very clear for basic single particle dynamics and effects of synchrotron radiation.  

  2. J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, Wiley, New York 1975.
    1. Classic text on electrodynamics, includes relativistic dynamics and treatments of radiation from accelerated charges.

  3. A.W. Chao, J. Appl. Phys., 50 (2), p. 595 (1979).
    1. Simple but general approach to linear theory.

  4. A.W. Chao, “Equations for Multiparticle Dynamics”, Joint US/CERN School, South Padre Island 1986, Springer Lecture Notes in Physics No. 296 (1986).
    1. Applications of Fokker-Planck equations including beam lifetime calculations.

  5. Treatment of coupled motion, including quantu-lifetime calculations. D.P. Barber, K. Heinemann, H. Mais, G. Ripken, “Fokker-Planck treatment of stochastic Particle motion ….”, DESY 91-146 (1991)
    1. General linear theory including spin. See also references therein.

  6. J.M. Jowett, “Introductory Statistical Mechanics for Electron Storage Rings”, US Particle Accelerator School, AIP Conference Proceedings, No. 153 (1985). May also still be available as SLAC-PUB 4033 (1986).
    1. Base for present talk. Contains further details and many references.

  7. J.M. Jowett, “Electron Dynamics with Radiation and Non-linear Wigglers”, CERN Accelerator School, Oxford 1985, CERN Report 87-3 (1987).
    1. Similar treatment, contains some other material.