17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

Limitations of intrabeam scattering theories for high-density beams

TUP2302
19 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Board: Tuesday wine: WA03
Poster Presentation MC2.A24: Photon sources: Accelerators and Storage Rings, Other Poster session

Speaker

Victor Smaluk (National Synchrotron Light Source II)

Description

We revisit the applicability of standard intrabeam scattering (IBS) theories to modern high-density, ultra-low-emittance beams in diffraction-limited storage rings. Classical IBS formalisms by Piwinski, Martini and Bjorken–Mtingwa are derived under assumptions of Gaussian phase-space distributions, small-angle diffusion and weak perturbations. For the parameter range of interest these premises fail: non-Gaussian cores and tails develop, longitudinal–transverse correlations become significant, and the IBS–Touschek continuum renders growth-rate predictions highly sensitive to the specific choice of Coulomb-log and tail-cut parameters. We quantify where these limitations are most severe for multi-bend achromat lattices and discuss consequences for reliable emittance and lifetime predictions in future high-brightness rings.

Paper status Resubmitted proceeding files received and assigned to an editor. Accepted.

Author

Aamna Khan (National Synchrotron Light Source II)

Co-authors

Victor Smaluk (National Synchrotron Light Source II) Timur Shaftan (National Synchrotron Light Source II) Gennady Stupakov (xLight Incorporated)

Presentation materials