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Microwave Linear Accelerators

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1. Why are you taking this course? (check all that apply)
   • ___employer or advisor suggested I take it
   • ___looked interesting
   • ___looked interesting and course credit will be useful
   • ___looked interesting, course credit will be useful, and it's a real bargain
   • ___I work or will work with accelerators and have to know this stuff
   • ___other__________________________
     
2. Are you taking this course for a letter grade ? __yes__no
3. Are you working
   • ___for a private company__________________________
   • ___for an government lab:__________________________
   • ___for a university:__________________________
   • ___toward a degree:______________
   • ___other__________________________
     
4. Your present/future work activities/duties are (check all that apply)
   • ___physics/applied physics
   • ___electrical engineering
   • ___mechanical engineering
   • ___research & coursework
   • ___prototype, test, manufacture
   • ___operations/field service/maintenance
   • ___software
   • ___other(please describe)
5. Your previous training/activities have concentrated on (check all that apply)
   • ___physics/applied physics
   • ___electrical engineering
   • ___mechanical engineering
   • ___research & coursework
   • ___prototype, test, manufacture
   • ___operations/field service/maintenance
   • ___software
   • ___other(please describe)
6. To solve mathematical problems what software tools do you tend to use? (Use Often --- Used Rarely --- Never Used)
   • ________ Spreadsheet
   • ________ Matlab
   • ________ MathCad
   • ________ Mathematica
   • ________ Fortran
   • ________ C
   • ________ C++
   • ________ Pascal
   • ________ Other (please specify):
     
7. For such problems, what computer platform do you most often use __Macintosh__Windows__Linux/Unix__other (please specify)
8. Do you use Maxwell's Equations? __daily __weekly __monthly __seldom__it's been a while.
   
9. If you work on, or plan to work on an rf accelerator, fill in any information that you know off the top of your head:
   • What kind of injector (dc gun, rf, rf photocathode)?
   • RF frequency: ________________
   • Accelerator structure (describe): ________________
   • Tubes (describe): _____________________
   • Application for this accelerator (describe): __high energy physics__nuclear physics__basic energy sciences __medical__industrial__other______________
   • Most unreliable sub-system on this accelerator______________
   • What are your most difficult measurement/control/design/operational problems?
     
10. If there are specific ("basic" or specialized) topics that you would like to hear about, please describe them.
    

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