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Free energy and emittance growth in nonstationary charged particle beams

M. Reiser

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Charged particle beams that are not perfectly matched or centered when injected into a focusing channel (or accelerator) have a higher total transverse energy than the equivalent ideal stationary beam. The excess energy ΔE represents free energy that can cause emittance growth. A general relationship between the possible emittance growth and ΔE is derived, and analytical results are presented for nonuniform, mismatched, and off-centered beams.

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Key concepts: Thermal emittance, Beam emittance, Charged particle, Transverse plane, Physics, Beam (structure), Charged particle beam, Energy (signal processing)