Frontiers of Particle Beams; Observation, Diagnosis and Correction [electronic resource] : Proceedings of a Topical Course Held by the Joint US-CERN School on Particle Accelerators at Anacapri, Isola di Capri, Italy, October 20–26, 1988 / edited by M. Month, S. Turner.

Accelerator physics as a profession -- Single particle motion -- Trajectory and closed orbit correction -- Transverse betatron tune measurements -- Theory of emittance invariants -- Methods of emittance measurement -- Coupled transverse motion -- Measurement of the longitudinal parameters of an electron beam in a storage ring -- Absolute luminosity and energy determination in bunched colliding-beam machines -- Polarization in large e+/e? storage rings -- Experimental study of resonances -- Experimental particle tracking -- Nonplanar machines -- An overview of collective effects in circular and linear accelerators -- Beam transfer function and Landau damping -- Wake fields measurements -- Cures for instabilities -- Physical phenomena used in beam observation -- Electromagnetic detectors -- Beam intercepting monitors -- Diagnostics with schottky noise -- Signal analysis -- Synchrotron radiation from magnetic undulators as a prospective diagnostic tool -- Monitoring in future e + e ? colliders -- The commissioning of accelerators.

This volume presents the latest ideas and developments in the world of beam diagnostics in particle accelerators and storage rings. It brings together papers by internationally recognized experts and by the younger scientists in the field. The lectures treat three main themes: - Phenomena used in beam observation - Single particle parameters - Collective parameters Each theme is introduced by one or more general lectures followed by detailed lectures on specific topics such as Schottky noise, closed orbits and impedance measurements. The overall aim was to show how to observe the diverse behavior of a beam, how to interpret and classify the observations and then how to control or correct the relevant parameters. The resulting volume contains much of the information needed to operate or commission a machine. The lecture program was supplemented by three seminars that looked at monitoring in e+e- colliders and at the special problems of nonplanar machines and experimental particle tracking. This unique and comprehensive collection of papers is the most up-to-date presently available.