MSU PHY961 (ex962A) - Nonlinear Beam Dynamics is an interactive, web-based course part of VUBeam, MSU's Virtual University Beam Physics courses and degree programs. It consists of downloadable lecture notes, lecture audio and video, and homework problems.

The course can be started at any time, subject to final approval by the lecturer. Upon registration, a username and password are issued that allow access to the system of the course. A participant has a total of one semester to complete the requirements for the course, including self study based on downloadable audio and video, and work on interactive homework problems.

Topics: Hamiltonian dynamics in curvilinear coordinates, transfer maps, perturbation theories, maps of common elements, aberrations, tracking, differential algebraic methods, resonances and normal forms.

Course Material

· All course material for the main lectures and the guest lectures will be posted on the web.

· For each of the lectures homework problems are assigned. Many homework problems are fully interactive over the web and based on the WebCOSY system developed in the Beamtheory and Dynamical Systems Group at MSU.

· The grade for the course is determined by the performance with the homework problems.

Registration and Credits

                             To register for the course, please visit http://vubeam.pa.msu.edu/register.html. Students that are enrolled as degree candidates, should also enroll through the regular MSU computer or telephone enrollment system

· All out of state degree candidates will receive scholarship support to reduce their tuition obligation to the same level as that paid by Michigan residents.

· Financial aid is available for students regularly enrolled at an accredited US university or foreign universities. For information, see http://vubeam.pa.msu.edu/register.html. 

· The Virtual University Beam Physics Tuition Fellowship is awarded on a competitive basis; for more information, see http://vubeam.pa.msu.edu/register.html.

· Teaching- or Research Assistantships during any period of residency at MSU are awarded on a competitive basis.

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

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