Approximate kinetic quasiequilibrium distributions for intense beam propagation through a periodic focusing quadrupole lattice

Abstract

The transverse dynamics of an intense charged particle beam propagating through a periodic quadrupole focusing lattice is described by the nonlinear Vlasov-Maxwell system of equations, where the propagation distances play the role of time. To determine matched-beam quasiequilibrium distribution functions, one needs to determine a dynamical invariant for the beam particles moving in the combined applied and self-generated fields. In this paper, a perturbative Hamiltonian transformation method is developed which is an expansion in the particle’s vacuum phase advance ϵ[over ¯]∼σ_{v}/2π, treated as a small parameter, which is used to transform away the fast particle orbit oscillations and obtain the average Hamiltonian accurate to order ϵ[over ¯]^{3}. The average Hamiltonian is an approximate invariant of the original system, and can be used to determine self-consistent beam quasiequilibrium solutions that are matched to the focusing channel. The equation determining the average self-field potential is derived for general boundary conditions by taking into account the average contribution of the charges induced on the boundary. It is shown for a cylindrical conducting boundary that the average self-field potential acquires an octupole component, which results in the average motion of some beam particles being nonintegrable and their trajectories chaotic. This chaotic behavior of the beam particles may significantly change the nature of the Landau damping (or growth) of collective excitations supported by an intense charged particle beam.