Abstract
AbstractThis chapter is an introduction to spinors and spinor algebra methods and their application in spin dynamics. Spinors and their manipulation are introduced, first, together with a number of properties of interest for the calculation of spin transport in special devices such as Siberian snakes, spin rotators, and in beam lines in general, and for the calculation as well of the effects of depolarizing resonances in cyclic accelerators. Practical application to spin transport follows. Spinor eigenvectors are introduced and applied to the calculation of stable spin precession direction in cyclic accelerators. Spin motion near integer and intrinsic resonances is derived using these techniques, and allows reproducing results obtained in the previous chapter.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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