本书是一部英文版的物理学专著。本书的第2版具有与第1版相同的一般特征，简要说明了束流物理学原理和粒子加速器原理，并着重于数值示例的阐释。我们已经修订了每个部分，并以新的材料和图形、改进的符号以及新的或增强的计算机资源扩展了原讨论内容。我们还重新对书中内容进行了组织编排，并增加了一些新的章节。后者包括传递贴图的材料、束的热力学、包络匹配的其他方面、电子感应加速器共振和空间电荷的色散、闭合轨道和束流冷却。附录已被接近重组、修订和更新，现在包括了对地图符号 MARYLIE和粒子网络代码WARP的简短描述。

Preface to the second edition
Acknowledgements
Author biography
1 Rays,matrices,and transfer maps
1.1 Paraxial approximation
1.2 Thin lens
1.3 Thick lens
1.4 Transfer maps
1.5 Computer resources
References
2 Linear magnetic lenses and deflectors
2.1 Magnetic rigidity,momentum,and cyclotron frequency
2.2 Solenoid focusing
2.3 Quadrupole focusing
2.4 The Kerst-Serber equations and weak focusing
2.5 Dipoles and edge focusing
2.6 Effective hard-edge model of fringe fields in focusing magnets
2.7 Computer resources
References
3 Periodic lattices and functions
3.1 Solenoid lattice
3.2 FODO lattice
3.3 Lattice and beam functions
3.4 Uniform-focusing('smooth') approximation
3.5 Linear dispersion
3.6 Momentum compaction,transition gamma,and chromaticity
3.7 Computer resources
References
4 Emittance and space charge
4.1 Liouville's theorem and emittance
4.2 The Kapchinskij-Vladimirskij(K-V)and thermal distributions
4.3 Thermodynamics of charged-particle beams?
4.4 The K-V envelope equations and space-charge (SC)intensity parameters
4.5 Incoherent space-charge (SC) betatron tune shift
4.6 Coherent tune shift and Laslett coefficients
4.7 Computer resources
References
5 Longitudinal beam dynamics and radiation
5.1 Radio-frequency (RF) linacs [1]
5.2 Beam bunch stability and RF bucket
5.3 Synchrotron radiation [1]
5.4 Insertion devices and free-electron lasers (FELs) [1]
5.5 Longitudinal beam emittance and space charge
5.6 Computer resources
References
6 Envelope matching, resonances, and dispersion
6.1 Cell envelope FODO matching
6.2 Source-to-cell envelope matching
6.3 Betatron resonances
6.4 Betatron resonances and space charge
6.5 Dispersion and space charge
6.6 Computer resources
References
7 Linacs and rings (examples),closed orbit, and beam cooling
7.1 Examples of linacs
7.2 Examples of rings
7.3 Closed orbit and correction
7.4 Beam cooling
7.5 Computer resources
References
Appendix: Computer resources and their use
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