Special PS Accelerator Seminar: Magnets and focusing. Introduction to accelerators

The course is intended for anyone with a technical or scientific background who would like to become familiar with the principles of accelerator design. The level of the course is chosen with the intention of preparing those with no specialist knowledge of accelerator theory for the CERN Accelerator School in September but il will also be of interest to a much wider audience from all the technical Divisions. This is the first in a series of seven talks on all aspects of circular machines which will cover in a simple way the principles of focusing betatron motion dispersion chromaticity radio frequency systems and phase stability and beam instabilities. The special features of electron machines will be emphasized in preparation for LEP.