Accelerator Physics

Education facts

Code: FK7055

The course is open to physics students who want to work in research on particle accelerators or use particle accelerators in experimental or medical research. The course describes: - technical components such as electromagnets, radio frequency systems, vacuum, ion sources and beam diagnostics - transversal and longitudinal beam dynamics - overview of circular and linear accelerators and applications: colliders, cyclotrons, synchrotron light sources, free electron lasers, ion traps and storage rings and their applications. - accelerators with Swedish connection: for example MAX I-IV, ESS, XFEL, FAIR, LHC och DESIREE. -accelerators used for cancer therapy: for example Skandion Clinic in Uppsala and HIT in Heidelberg.

Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires knowledge equivalent to passed courses (excluding introductory courses) of 45 credits in mathematics and 60 credits in physics, where the courses Quantum Mechanics, 7.5 credits (FK5020) and Electromagnetism and Waves, 7.5 credits (FK5019) should be included. Additionally, requires knowledge equivalent to at least one of the courses Atomic and Molecular Physics, 7.5 credits (FK5023) or Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, 7.5 credits (FK5024). Finally, requires knowledge equivalent to upper secondary school English B/English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Accelerator Physics

  Stockholm University

  Start date: 23 March 2026

  End date: 7 June 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %