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Longitudinal Beam Dynamics in Circular Accelerators

Accelerator Physics 2021-09-16 v1

Abstract

This paper gives an introduction of longitudinal beam dynamics for circular accelerators. After briefly discussing some types of circular accelerators, it focuses on particle motion in synchrotrons. It summarizes the equations of motion, discusses phase-space matching during beam transfer, and introduces the Hamiltonian of longitudinal motion.

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@article{arxiv.2011.02932,
  title  = {Longitudinal Beam Dynamics in Circular Accelerators},
  author = {Frank Tecker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.02932},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

17 pages, contribution to the CAS - CERN Accelerator School: Introduction to Accelerator Physics. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2004.11908, arXiv:1601.04901

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