Selected overview of the impact of ground motion on the vibrations of particle accelerators

Several research groups in the world have measured ground motion to estimate its influence on the parameters of particles in accelerators (e.g. luminosity, emittance). The chosen topics of the problem of influence of ground motion on vibrations of particle accelerators are discussed in this paper. The main purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the methods and techniques that can be utilized for estimating the impact of vibrations on the stability of the beam circulating inside a synchrotron (or moving within an accelerator in general). Specifically the paper presents the detailed results from the measurements performed at SOLARIS (National Synchrotron Radiation Centre, Cracow) and CERN (European Centre for Nuclear Research, Geneva).