Accelerator Physics

This work presents research results on a novel analytical model of electromagnetic systems coupling through small size holes. The key problem regarding coupling of two cavities through an aperture in separating screen of finite thickness without making assumption on smallness of any parameters is considered. We are the first to calculate on the base of rigorous electromagnetic approach the coupling coefficients of the cylindrical cavities within the limit of small aperture and infinitely thin separating screen. The numeric results of electromagnetic characteristic dependencies that have been impossible to perform on the base of previous models are given.

This paper presents the results of studies in elaboration of a mathematical model of the cavity-chain slow wave structures. Considered is the problem of coupling of an infinitely long cylindrical cavity chain coupled through centerholes in the dividing walls of finite thickness without the assumption about smallness of any parameters. On the basis of a rigorous electrodynamic approach it is shown that the cavity chain can be described by a set of equations that describe the coupling of an infinite number of similar-type modes of short-circuit cavities. At the same time the coupling coefficients are determined by solving the basic sets of linear algebraic equations which describe the coupling the tangential electric fields on the right and left cylindrical hole cross-sections of the disks. The results are given of numerical simulations of the dependence of electrodynamic characteristics on the number of connections between the modes taken into account. Based on these calculations for different cavity dimensions, the number of coupling connections that give the sufficient accuracy of the description was determined.

A treatment is given of the orbit dynamics for linear unstable motion that allows for the zeros in the beta function and makes no assumptions about the realness of the betatron and phase functions. The phase shift per turn is shown to be related to the beta function and the number of zeros the beta function goes through per turn. The solutions of the equations of motion are found in terms of the beta function.

O(ℏ) effects that modify the classical orbit of a charged particle are described for the case of a classical spin-1/2 particle moving in a constant magnetic field, using a manifestly covariant formalism reported previously. It is found that the coupling between the momentum and spin gives rise to a shift in the cyclotron frequency, which is explicitly calculated. In addition the orbit is found to exhibit O(ℏ) oscillations along the axis of the uniform static magnetic field whenever the gyromagnetic ratio g of the particle is not 2. This oscillation is found to occur at a frequency ∝ g 2 −1 , and is an observable source of electric dipole radiation.

This paper studies the motion of a particle whose tune is inside and near a linear half-integer stopband. Results are found for the tune and beta functions in the stable region close to an edge of the stopband. It is shown that the eigenvalues and the eigenfunctions of the transfer matrix are real inside the stopband. All the results found are also valid for small accelerators where the large accelerator approximation is not used.

This paper studies the particle motion when the tune is in the stable region close to the edge of linear sum resonance stopband. Results are found for the tune and the beta functions. Results are also found for the two solutions of the equations of motion. The results found are shown to be also valid for small accelerators where the large accelerator approximation may not be used.

The longitudinal and transverse coupling impedances of a small discontinuity on the accelerator chamber wall can be expressed in terms of the electric and magnetic polarizabilities of the discontinuity. The polarizabilities are geometrical factors and can be found by solving a static (electric or magnetic) problem. However, they are known in the explicit analytical form only for a few simple-shaped discontinuities, for example, for an elliptic hole in a thin wall. In the present paper the polarizabilities of a ring-shaped cut in the wall are obtained. The results are applied to calculate the coupling impedances of button-type beam position monitors.

The electric and magnetic polarizabilities of an aperture are its important characteristics in the theory of aperture coupling and diffraction of EM waves. The beam coupling impedances due to a small discontinuity on the chamber wall of an accelerator can also be expressed in terms of the polarizabilities of the discontinuity. The polarizabilities are geometrical factors which can be found by solving a static (electric or magnetic) problem. However, they are known in an explicit analytical form only for a few simple-shaped discontinuities, such as an elliptic hole in a thin wall. In the present paper the polarizabilities of a ring-shaped cut in the wall of an arbitrary thickness are studied using a combination of analytical, variational and numerical methods. The results are applied to estimate the coupling impedances of button-type beam position monitors.

In this paper the possibility of obtaining polarized beams in a high energy muon collider is discusssed

This paper presents a first overview on how to obtain and maintain polarized beams in a muon-collider