RELAXATION IN A STRONGLY COUPLED PARTICLE-BEAM

Authors
SPREITER Q SEURER M TOEPFFER C
Citation
Q. Spreiter et al., RELAXATION IN A STRONGLY COUPLED PARTICLE-BEAM, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 364(2), 1995, pp. 239-242
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
364
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
239 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)364:2<239:RIASCP>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We investigate temperature relaxation processes in bunched and coastin g ion beams at high phase-space densities using the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation technique. A simple model is presented which describe s emittance growth in the framework of extended envelope equations. Th e relaxation rate tau(c)(-1) for the temperature anisotropy is obtaine d from MD simulations. In the regime of strong coupling it decreases p recursing the transition to an ordered beam. Some implications relevan t for beam cooling and beam crystallization are discussed.