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Canonical Variables in MAD. John Jowett. Motivation. Since the 1980s, MAD has used a set of canonical variables that are different from those found in accelerator physics textbooks Stems from a traditional separation between
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Canonical Variables in MAD John Jowett
Motivation • Since the 1980s, MAD has used a set of canonical variables that are different from those found in accelerator physics textbooks • Stems from a traditional separation between • transverse motion, treated by “optics” people, using s as independent variable and using normalised magnet strengths • longitudinal motion, treated by “RF” people, using t as independent variable
Particle motion Reference trajectory Coordinate system for cyclic accelerator Radius of curvature Particles move in a neighbourhood of a reference trajectory (ideally a curve passing through centres of all magnets) defined by “bends”, etc
Change of independent variable Azimuthal coordinate scan play role of time (independent variable) provided the particle never moves backwards (s is monotonic in t). Time t becomes the coordinate for the third degree of freedom (different particles pass s at different times).
Equations of motion No mass terms in transverse motion! Slightly more complicated to compute the kicks imparted by cavities and these do involve the particle mass. Still no problem to implement, eg, in tracking.
Synchrotron motion For remainder of the development and how to introduce the optical and dispersion functions (and synchrotron radiation), see my old USPAS lectures, available as SLAC-PUB 4033 (1986) or US Particle Accelerator School, AIP Conference Proceedings, No. 153 (1985) which also include the synchrotron radiation terms. See also lectures by R. Ruth in same volum.
Conclusion • One can have the benefits of working with “momentum deviations” in chromatic optics, without the messy terms containing mass, as usual (outside MAD) and treat synchrotron motion on the same footing • N.B. Transition energy emerges in a slightly different way • Recommend: