Landau Damping
Accelerator Physics
2025-10-20 v1
Abstract
Landau damping is a key mechanism to preserve the stability of particle beams under the influence of various collective forces that would otherwise spoil its quality through beam instabilities. We describe its root cause as well as ways to control it in order to design and operate particle accelerators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.15417,
title = {Landau Damping},
author = {Xavier Buffat},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.15417},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
17 pages, contribution to the CAS - CERN Accelerator School: Advanced Accelerator Physics, 10-22 November 2024, Spa, Belgium