In this book the characteristics of synchrotron radiation including insertiondevice radiation are described and derived from first principles. The readeris firs... » 

In this book the characteristics of synchrotron radiation including insertiondevice radiation are described and derived from first principles. The readeris first introduced to the subject in an intuitive way in order to gainfamiliarity with the underlying physical processes. A rigorous mathematicalderivation of the theory then follows. Since the characteristics of synchrotronradiation are intimately connected with the parameters of the electron beam andits accelerator a basic introduction to electron beam dynamics and acceleratordesign is included. The book is aimed at graduate students and scientistsworking with synchrotron radiation and is designed to serve both as a textbookand as a reference work. It includes numerous exercises some with solutions. «