| Slip
Factor/Transition |
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| A
particle which deviates from the |
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| nominal
momentum will travel a different |
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| path length
given by…. |
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| “Momentum
compaction |
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| factor” |
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| It
will also travel at a slightly |
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| different
velocity, given by |
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| “slip factor” |
| … so the time
it takes to make one revolution will change by an amount |
| This changes
sign at “transition”, defined by |
| Usually gT » n. In booster gT = 5.45 |