Betatron Motion
For a particular particle, the deviation from an idea orbit will
undergo “pseudo-harmonic” oscillation as a function of the
path along the orbit:
Lateral deviation
in one plane
The “betatron function” b(s) is
effectively the local wavelength
and  also defines the beam
envelope.
Phase advance
Closely spaced strong quads -> small b -> small aperture
Sparsely spaced weak quads -> large b -> large aperture
b(s) is has the fundamental cell periodicity of the lattice
length of one, e.g., FODO cell
However, in general the phase (and therefore particle motion) does not, and indeed
must not, follow the periodicity of the ring…