From the reviews: Praise for Helmut Wiedemann's Synchrotron Radiation OPN "This well organized book makes the complicated field of synchrotron radiation easy to understand. Each chapter includes a set of exercises; also the formulas and constants are compiled in appendices. This book could be used both as a textbook and as a reference." "A key strength of this book is that subsequent to introducing the fundamentals, important physical processes that are implemented in technologies at synchrotron facilities are also described ... . This book certainly capitalises on the need for an in-depth physics text in this field, because few books tend to specifically focus on synchrotron radiation. ... this book will be a valuable resource that serves as both a reference for synchrotron users and as a text for courses at the honours or graduate level." (Jamie Quinton, The Physicist, Vol. 40 (4), 2003) "Prof. Wiedemann brings his impressive expertise to this book through his confident and flowing writing style. The text is clear, understandable and pedagogical, and each chapter is almost complete in itself. ... The pace is gentle and the reader is gradually introduced to the fundamental process of radiation from moving particles and subsequently eased into the basics of the generation and properties of synchrotron radiation ... . I can say that I really did enjoy the experience of reading this book ... ." (Dr. J. T. Costello, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 44 (6), 2003)

• 1. Charges and Fields.- 2. Fundamental Processes.- 3. Overview of Synchrotron Radiation.- 4. Radiation Sources.- 5. Accelerator Physics.- 6. Particle Beam Optics.- 7. Radiation Effects.- 8. Storage Ring Design as a Synchrotron Light Source.- 9. Theory of Synchrotron Radiation.- 10. Insertion Device Radiation.- 11. Free Electron Lasers.- A. Solutions to Exercises.- B. Mathematical Constants and Formulas.- B.1 Constants.- B.2 Series Expansions.- B.3 Multiple Vector Products.- B.4 Differential Vector Expressions.- B.5 Theorems.- B.6 Coordinate Systems.- B.7 Gaussian Distribution.- B.8 Miscelaneous Mathematical Formulas.- C. Physical Formulas and Parameters.- C.1 Constants.- C.2 Unit Conversion.- C.3 Relations of Fundamental Parameters.- C.4 Energy Conversion.- C.5 Maxwell’s Equations.- C.5.1 Lorentz Force.- C.6 Wave and Field Equations.- C.7 Relativistic Relations.- C.8 Four-Vectors.- D. Electromagnetic Radiation.- D.1 Radiation Constants.- D.2 Bending Magnet Radiation.- D.3 Periodic Insertion Devices.- D.3.1 Insertion Device Parameter.- D.3.2 Field Scaling for Hybrid Wiggler Magnets.- D.3.3 Particle Beam Parameter.- D.4 Undulator Radiation.- D.5 Photon Beam Brightness.- D.5.1 Effective Source Parameter.- References.