AXEL-2023/2024 is a course series on particle accelerators, given at CERN within the framework of the 2023 Technical Training Program. As part of the BE Department’s Operation Group Shutdown Lecture series, the general accelerator physics module has been organized since 2003 as a joint venture between the BE Department and Technical Training, and is open to a wider CERN community.

The AXEL-2023/2024 course series is designed for technicians who are operating an accelerator, or whose work is closely linked to accelerators, but it is also open to technicians, engineers, and physicists interested in this field. The course does not require any prior knowledge of accelerators. However, some basic knowledge of trigonometry, matrices and differential equations, and some basic knowledge of magnetism would be an advantage.

The series will be composed of 10 one-hour lectures 

Monday 27 November –  9h00 - 12h30   //   14h00 – 17h30

Tuesday 28 November –  9h00 - 12h30   //   14h00 – 17h30

Wednesday 29 November –  9h00 - 12h30

given in English with questions and answers also possible in French. The lecturer is Rende Steerenberg, Group leader of the BE-Operation Group. The program will cover: Basic Mathematics; Transverse Optics; Lattice calculations; Resonances; Longitudinal Motion; Transfer Lines, Injection and Ejection; Longitudinal & Transverse Beam Instabilities, Colliders.