International Committee for Future Accelerators Sponsored by the Particles and Fields Commission of IUPAP
BEAM DYNAMICS NEWSLETTER
No. 13 edited by K. Hirata, J. Jowett and S.Y. Lee
April 1997 Contents
1 Forewords 4 1.1 From the chairman of ICFA Beam Dynamics Panel ...... 4 1.1.1 Congratulations! ...... 4 1.1.2 News from Beam Dynamics Panel ...... 4 1.2 On the Newsletter No. 13 ...... 5
2 Letters to the Editors 7 2.1 Letter to the Editors (C. Zhang) ...... 7 2.2 Letter to the editors (Y. Yan) ...... 8 2.3 Letter to the Editors (G. Guignard, J. Hagel) ...... 10
3 Reviews of Beam Dynamics Problems 13 3.1 Linear Colliders ...... 13 3.1.1 Introduction ...... 13 3.1.2 Studies in Progress ...... 13 3.1.3 Luminosity ...... 15 3.1.4 Emittance Preservation ...... 15 3.1.5 Technologies ...... 16 3.2 The Challenge of Tau-Charm Factories ...... 17 3.2.1 What is a “Factory” Machine? ...... 17 3.2.2 Comparison of the Three Factories ...... 18 3.2.3 The “High Luminosity” Operating Mode ...... 18 3.2.4 The “Monochromator” Operating Mode ...... 19 3.2.5 The “Polarization” Operating Mode ...... 19 3.2.6 General Remarks ...... 20 3.3 Quantum Mechanics of Accelerator Optics ...... 21
4 Activity Reports 28 4.1 The RHIC Sextant Test ...... 28 4.1.1 Overview ...... 28 4.1.2 Diary ...... 28 4.1.3 Test results ...... 29 4.1.4 Where does RHIC go from here? ...... 30 4.2 Status report on the commissioning of INDUS1 ...... 30 4.3 Beam Dynamics in ATF Damping Ring ...... 31 4.3.1 Overview ...... 31 4.3.2 Beam Dynamics ...... 32 4.3.3 Prospects ...... 38 4.4 The COoler SYnchrotron: COSY ...... 39 4.5 Progress Reports from CERN ...... 40 4.5.1 LEP ...... 40 4.5.2 Studies of non-Gaussian tails in LEP ...... 41
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4.5.3 LHC ...... 42 4.5.4 Beam Dynamic Activities at CERN PSB and PS ...... 43
5 Workshop Reports 44 5.1 Round Beams and Related Concepts in Beam Dynamics ...... 44 5.1.1 “Round” Beams and Other Concepts: Theory, Simulations, Experiment . . 44 5.1.2 Methods to Improve Dynamic Aperture ...... 47 5.1.3 Discussion ...... 47 5.2 Workshop on Electron Effects in High Current ...... 48 5.3 Beam Dynamics & Optimization Workshops ...... 49 5.3.1 Summary ...... 50 5.3.2 Perspectives ...... 52 5.3.3 Organization ...... 52 5.4 Mathematical Aspects of Accelerator Physics ...... 53 5.5 Report on the School on the Physics of Beams in India ...... 54
6 Forthcoming Beam Dynamics Events 55 6.1 Fixed Target Physics at Main Injector ...... 55 6.2 PAC97 ...... 55 6.3 Muon-Muon Collider Workshop ...... 55 6.4 OCPA Beam Physics Symposium ...... 55
7 Announcements of the Panel 56
7.1 The 13th Advanced ICFA Beam Dynamics Workshop on Plasma Acc...... 56