This volume expands upon the first volume published in 2014 with an initial focus on non-Anglophone European traditions such as Portugal, Germany and France. In Volume II, the authors cont
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This self-contained textbook with exercises discusses a broad range of selected topics from classical mechanics and electromagnetic theory that inform key issues related to modern accelerators.Part I
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This new edition of the volume is presented on the wave of the success which had its first edition (2003). It is entirely updated to the current situation of the disciplines covered, and expanded with
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