I.14 — Accelerator design workshop

Abstract

After studying the relevant aspects of accelerators topic by topic, it is time to gain hands-on experience by designing a realistic particle accelerator. This chapter describes the accelerator design workshop which takes place at the end of JUAS course I. The core idea is to gain experience how such a large task can be split up and organised into collaborating teams with different expertise, with a particular focus on how certain design decisions affect everything else. In a collaborative effort, several teams participate in a top factory study tackling the design of a high-energy collider. The teams approach the design from three complementary angles viz., the general parameters teams determine a basic beam and machine parameter set, the RF teams design the radio-frequency systems with respect to acceleration and synchrotron radiation, and the lattice design teams work out an accelerator lattice using the MAD-X suite. The teams require inputs from the respective other topics to complete their tasks. During the workshop conclusion following the oral group examinations, selected teams present their results in a conference style setting. This approach sets the scene for a motivating, competitive and fun workshop event while fostering participants to understand the mutual dependencies between accelerator and beam parameters and the implications of design decisions, involving the knowledge they gained during the JUAS school.