Beam-beam interaction

Layer 1 — Physicsin the accelerator-physics subtree

Colliding bunches exert nonlinear EM force on each other, perturbing tunes and emittances; sets the fundamental luminosity limit of colliders. Characterised by the beam-beam parameter ξ = Nr_e β*/(2πγσ(σ+σ*)) with ξ_max ≈ 0.01 (hadron) to…

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