2014/03/20 by S. R. Mane, S R Mane, Mane, S R · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Inertial Sensor and Navigation #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1403.5023
13 pages, 1 figure
arxiv created 2014/03/20 · openalex publication_date 2014/03/20 · arxiv updated 2014/03/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
I derive an expression for the spin decoherence rate for a smooth focusing electrostatic ring with a radial electric field. The answer contains some salutary lessons about spin decoherence calculations in electrostatic storage rings: the numerical tracking results disagreed with naive analytical calculations, but it was the tracking results which were correct, and more careful analytical calculations (canonical transformations) were required.