Since the advent of charge particles as probes to
study atomic nuclei, ion-optics has played an increasingly important role
in Experimental Nuclear Physics research. While the accelerator physicist
will often provide the required beam, it is usually crucial for an experiment
that the physicist understands and operates - and often designs - the
electro-magnetic beam line and analysis instruments for his or her experiment.
This lectures series introduces physicists to the concepts,
tools and codes used in the optics of ions to understand, operate and
design beam lines, high resolution spectrometers and other advanced electro-magnetic
systems like recoil separators. The properties - and limitations - of
electro-magnetic systems depend very much on the properties of the electro-magnetic
elements and their design will be presented as well.
