The nonlinear properties of the Kapchinskij-Vladimirskij (KV) equilibrium and envelope equation are examined for an intense charged-particle beam propagating through an applied periodic solenoidal focusing magnetic field, including the effects of the self-electric and self-magnetic fields associated with the beam space charge and current. It is found that the beam emittance is proportional to the maximum canonical angular momentum achieved by the particles within the KV distribution. The Poincaré mapping technique is used to determine systematically the axial dependence of the radius of the matched (equilibrium) beam and to study nonlinear behavior in the nonequilibrium beam envelope oscillations. It is shown that the nonequilibrium beam envelope oscillations exhibit nonlinear resonances and chaotic behavior for periodic focusing magnetic fields and sufficiently high beam densities. Certain correlations are found between the nonlinear resonances and well-known instabilities for the KV equilibrium. It is also shown, in agreement with previous studies, that there exists a uniquely matched beam in the parameter regime of practical interest, i.e., ${\mathrm{\sigma }}_0$<90°, where ${\mathrm{\sigma }}_0$ is the vacuum phase advance over one axial period of the focusing field. The nonlinear resonances and chaotic behavior in the nonequilibrium beam envelope oscillations may play an important role in mismatched or multiple beam transport, including emittance growth and beam halo formation and evolution.

• Received 27 October 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.49.5679