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A Stochastic model for the semiclassical collective dynamics of charged beams in particle accelerators

Nicola Cufaro Petroni, Fabrizio Illuminati, S. De Martino, Silvio De Siena

Published Mar 25, 1998• 1 citation
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In this paper we briefly review the main aspects of a recent proposal to simulate semiclassical corrections to classical dynamics by suitable classical stochastic fluctuations, and we apply it to the specific instance of charged beams in particle accelerators. The resulting picture is that the collective beam dynamics, at the leading semiclassical order in Planck constant can be described by a particular diffusion process, the Nelson process, that is time--reversal invariant. Its diffusion coefficient p N c represents a semiclassical unit of emittance (here N is the number of particles in the beam, and c is the Compton wavelength). The stochastic dynamics of the Nelson type can be easily recast in the form of a Schroedinger equation, with the semiclassical unit of emittance replacing Planck constant. Therefore we provide a physical foundation to the several quantum--like models of beam dynamics proposed in recent years. We also briefly touch upon applications of the Nelson and Schro...

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It is shown that the standard classical picture of charged-particle beam transport in paraxial approximation may be conveniently replaced by a Wigner-like picture in a semiclassical approximation. In this effective description, the classical phase-space equation for electronic rays is replaced by a von Neumann--like equation, where the transverse emittance plays the role of $\ensuremath{\Elzxh}$. Relevant remarks concerning the quantumlike corrections for an arbitrary potential in comparison with the standard classical description of the beam transport are given.
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