Mission Statement:
The primary expertise of the department is the design of particle
accelerators. This includes calculation of the transport of particle beams
and their interaction with the vacuum environment, the design of rf structures for
acceleration and the design of rf power
sources.
The department has two primary missions, which are complementary:
- To provide
support to the Accelerator Department and PEP
II for the performance improvements and design
development of accelerators on-site.
- To lay the
theoretical and technical foundation for the next generation of
particle accelerators.
From time to time, ARDA also brings its expertise to bear on the
execution of special projects designed to advance the state of the
art of accelerator
physics; for example, the development of the Final
Focus Test Beam and the construction of the International
Linear Collider.
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