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Title
The flight of a relativistic charge in matter : insights, calculations and practical applications of classical electromagnetism / Wade Allison.
ISBN
9783031234460 electronic book
3031234464 electronic book
3031234456
9783031234453
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-23446-0 doi
Call Number
QC631 .A55 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
537.6
Summary
This book is about the energy loss and the coherent radiation emitted by a relativistic charge in matter. These phenomena locally deposited energy, Cherenkov radiation and transition radiation are the basis of any charged particle detector able to discriminate charges by their velocity. This book describes these phenomena and how they are related. The fundamental field equations and first principles are used to derive the spectrum of energy-loss signals and thence the velocity resolution that can be achieved. Two specific applications are then followed: the first shows that this resolution has been achieved in practice with a multi-particle detector in the course of an experiment at CERN, and the second shows how, by including scattering, the technique of ionisation cooling of accelerator beams may be reliably simulated. The book is based on a series of lectures given at the University of Oxford to graduate students in experimental particle physics. Some knowledge of mathematical physics at an undergraduate level is assumed, specifically Maxwells equations and classical optics.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 06, 2023).
Series
Lecture notes in physics ; 1014. 1616-6361
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783031234453
Part I: Building on Simple Ideas
Chapter 1 Waves and Sources
Part II Calculations in Classical Electromagnetism
Chapter 2 The Influence of a Passing Charge
Chapter 3 The Field of a Moving Charge
Chapter 4 Radiation by the Apparent Angular Acceleration of Charge
Chapter 5 The Dispersion and Absorption of Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 6 Energy Loss of a Charge Moving in a Medium
Chapter 7 Scattering of a Charge Moving in a Medium
Part III Two Practical Applications
Chapter 8 Relativistic Particle Identification
Chapter 9 Ionisation Beam Cooling
List of Symbols
Bibliography
Index.
