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[Opal] normalized emittance OPAL

From: "Haj Tahar, Malek" <mhajtahar AT bnl.gov>
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Subject: [Opal] normalized emittance OPAL
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 18:11:57 +0000
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Dear all,

I have little experience with OPAL and I would like to know if anyone has already encountered this problem: I track a KV beam distribution in an injection line and compute the x-rms emittance which is expected to be constant (since this is a KV beam). Instead, I obtain a strange behavior: when space charge is off, the x-normalized emittance is constant, however, once space charge is on, I have an overshoot in certain locations, specifically at the entrance and exit of some quadrupoles (attached).

I wonder if anyone has an experience with this problem.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Malek Haj Tahar UJF/BNL
PhD student / ADS-R Group

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Collider Accelerator Department
35 Lawrence Drive, Bldg. 911B, Off. 211
11973 UPTON, NY, USA

Phone: +1 (631)-344-5573
Email: mhajtahar AT bnl.gov

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[Opal] normalized emittance OPAL, Haj Tahar, Malek, 09/09/2015
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