DIFFUSION DUE TO BEAM-BEAM INTERACTION AND FLUCTUATING FIELDS IN HADRON COLLIDERS

Random fluctuations in the tune, beam offsets, and beam size in the pr esence of the beam-beam interaction are shown to lead to significant p article diffusion and emittance growth in hadron colliders. We find th at far from resonances high frequency noise causes the most diffusion while near resonances low frequency noise is responsible for the large emittance growth observed. Comparison of different fluctuations shows that offset fluctuations between the beams cause the largest diffusio n for particles in the beam core.