The Cockcroft Institute
Post-graduate
Lecture Courses: Academic Year 2005-6
Specialist
Course
RF
Structure Design
Tutor : Dr R Seviour
Location : TBA
Duration : TBA
Syllabus
1. RF resonant cavities
Overview
Superconducting / normal cavities
2. Intro to Superconductivity
Type I & II, Meissner effect,
penetration depth
BCS theory, Vortex States
Max B field, residual resistance ratio, super
heating magnetic
Impurities (Not dirty SC), grain boundaries,
mesoscopic transport
3. Design issues
Materials, geometry
Multipactor, Electron Cloud, Wakefields
4. Numerical Techniques
FD, FE, FIT, BI, and Hybrid Techniques
Effects of griding space
Staircasing, dispersion
5. Numerical Package overview
MWS, MAFIA, MAGIC, FEMLAB, Lorentz
6. Possible Future developments
Bandgap engineered resonant structures
Dielectric Loaded structures
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