Statistical mechanics of colliding beams (Q761103)

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    Statistical mechanics of colliding beams (English)
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    The observed performance of electron-positron colliding-beam storage rings is poorly understood theoretically. The problem of a storage ring's behavior is a particular instance of statistical mechanics in an external environment that varies periodically with time, in the limit of weak - and not necessarily isotropic - friction and (additive) noise. As a practical starting point for a general theory of such problems, the following ansatz is suggested: Phase space submanifolds (tori) with fixed canonical actions are manifolds of approximately equal probability density. Such an approach is especially well suited to analysis of the long-time effects of nonlinear resonance on storage ring behavior. Formal consequences of this ansatz and some associated conceptual difficulties are discussed. These issues are considered from the standpoint of ''two- time'' analysis. An example of a concrete application, closely related to Kramers' analysis of noise-induced barrier crossing, is provided. This paper is meant to be self-contained, so that it can be understood by readers outside the storage-ring community.
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    Fokker-Planck equation
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    thermal averaging
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    electron-positron colliding- beam storage rings
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    statistical mechanics in an external environment
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    Phase space submanifolds
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    fixed canonical actions
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    approximately equal probability density
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    long-time effects
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    nonlinear resonance
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    ''two-time'' analysis
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    Kramers' analysis of noise-induced barrier crossing
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