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Spin transport, spin diffusion and Bloch equations in electron storage rings

Accelerator Physics 2011-04-20 v2 Condensed Matter Classical Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We show how, beginning with the Fokker--Planck equation for electrons emitting synchrotron radiation in a storage ring, the corresponding equation for spin motion can be constructed. This is an equation of the Bloch type for the polarisation density.

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@article{arxiv.physics/9901045,
  title  = {Spin transport, spin diffusion and Bloch equations in electron storage rings},
  author = {K. Heinemann and D. P. Barber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9901045},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

7 pages. No figures. Latex: Minor corrections in the text