Resonance Crossing in the Presence of Space Charge

Abstract

In circular accelerators the tune of a particle may cross a resonance line due to space charge. A self-consistent treatment requires taking into account the time-dependent space charge force in addition to the driving field errors. This is investigated by means of computer simulation for linear and non-linear resonances. The new features as compared with resonance crossing in the absence of space charge are discussed. In the case of a dipole resonance space charge is found to have a stabilizing effect, whereas it can lead to undesirable tune locking for non-linear resonances.