Soliton Gas in Space-Charge Dominated Beams

Abstract

Based on the Vlasov-Maxwell equations describing the self-consistent nonlinear beam dynamics and collective processes, the evolution of an intense sheet beam propagating through a periodic focusing field has been studied. It has been shown that in the case of a beam with uniform phase space density the Vlasov-Maxwell equations can be replaced exactly by the hydrodynamic equations with a triple adiabatic pressure law coupled to the Maxwell equations. We further demonstrate that starting from the system of hydrodynamic and Maxwell equations a set of coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations for the slowly varying amplitudes of density waves can be derived. In the case where a parametric resonance between a certain mode of density waves and the external focusing occurs, the slow evolution of the resonant amplitudes in the cold-beam limit is shown to be governed by a system of coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations. Properties of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation as well as properties of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation are discussed, together with soliton and condensate formation in intense particle beams.