The Equilibrium State of Colliding Electron Beams
We study a nonlinear integral equation that is a necessary condition on the equilibrium phase space distribution function of stored, colliding electron beams. It is analogous to the Haissinski equation, being derived from Vlasov-Fokker-Planck theory, but is quite different in form. The equation is analyzed for the case of the Chao-Ruth model of the beam-beam interaction in one degree of freedom, a so-called strong-strong model with nonlinear beam-beam force. We prove existence of a unique solution, for sufficiently small beam current, by an application of the implicit function theorem. We have not yet proved that this solution is positive, as would be required to establish existence of an equilibrium. There is, however, numerical evidence of a positive solution. We expect that our analysis can be extended to more realistic models.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 826599
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-10275; TRN: US0403461
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 12 Dec 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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