Effect of RF phase noise on the SSC beam

The effect of white, low-pass, and notched RF phase noise on the SSC beam is investigated. The authors present and compare results from Monte-Carlo tracking simulations using a linear transfer map and from numerical solutions of an associated diffusion equation. Good agreement was found between simulation and Dome's theory on the diffusion process of the SSC beam due to RF phase noise. It is shown that the beam core is much less perturbed by low-pass and notched noise than by white noise. >