Quantum-like approaches to the beam halo problem

1999/05/13 by Sameen Ahmed Khan, Khan, Sameen Ahmed, Modesto Pusterla +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #physics.acc-ph #physics.optics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/9905034

7 pages. To appear in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations, (ICSSUR'99), 24-29 May 1999, Napoli, ITALY, (NASA Conference Publication Series). http://www.pd.infn.it/~khan/ and http://www.pd.infn.it/~pusterla/

Abstract

An interpretation of the ``halo problem'' in accelerators based on quantum-like diffraction is given. Comparison between this approach and the others based on classical mechanics equations is discussed.

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