Nonexistence of Integrable Nonlinear Magnetic Fields with Invariants Quadratic in Momenta

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Main Authors: Erdelyi, Bela, Hamilton, Kevin, Pratscher, Jacob, Swartz, Marie
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Published: 2024
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author Erdelyi, Bela
Hamilton, Kevin
Pratscher, Jacob
Swartz, Marie
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Hamilton, Kevin
Pratscher, Jacob
Swartz, Marie
contents Nonlinear, completely integrable Hamiltonian systems that serve as blueprints for novel particle accelerators at the intensity frontier are promising avenues for research, as Fermilab's Integrable Optics Test Accelerator (IOTA) example clearly illustrates. Here, we show that only very limited generalizations are possible when no approximations in the underlying Hamiltonian or Maxwell equations are allowed, as was the case for IOTA. Specifically, no such systems exist with invariants quadratic in the momenta, precluding straightforward generalization of the Courant-Snyder theory of linear integrable systems in beam physics. We also conjecture that no such systems exist with invariants of higher degree in the momenta. This leaves solenoidal magnetic fields, including their nonlinear fringe fields, as the only completely integrable static magnetic fields, albeit with invariants that are linear in the momenta. The difficulties come from enforcing Maxwell equations; without constraints, we show that there are many solutions. In particular, we discover a previously unknown large family of integrable Hamiltonians.
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spellingShingle Nonexistence of Integrable Nonlinear Magnetic Fields with Invariants Quadratic in Momenta
Erdelyi, Bela
Hamilton, Kevin
Pratscher, Jacob
Swartz, Marie
Accelerator Physics
Nonlinear, completely integrable Hamiltonian systems that serve as blueprints for novel particle accelerators at the intensity frontier are promising avenues for research, as Fermilab's Integrable Optics Test Accelerator (IOTA) example clearly illustrates. Here, we show that only very limited generalizations are possible when no approximations in the underlying Hamiltonian or Maxwell equations are allowed, as was the case for IOTA. Specifically, no such systems exist with invariants quadratic in the momenta, precluding straightforward generalization of the Courant-Snyder theory of linear integrable systems in beam physics. We also conjecture that no such systems exist with invariants of higher degree in the momenta. This leaves solenoidal magnetic fields, including their nonlinear fringe fields, as the only completely integrable static magnetic fields, albeit with invariants that are linear in the momenta. The difficulties come from enforcing Maxwell equations; without constraints, we show that there are many solutions. In particular, we discover a previously unknown large family of integrable Hamiltonians.
title Nonexistence of Integrable Nonlinear Magnetic Fields with Invariants Quadratic in Momenta
topic Accelerator Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04145