Storage Ring Trajectory Analysis Using Singular Value Decomposition

Mike Billing and Mike Forster, mentors

This project is to develop computer software to analyze multi-turn 
trajectories of electron and positron beams in the storage ring 
accelerator using the Method of Singular Value Decomposition.  This 
technique decomposes the turn-by-turn position information from a set of 
beam position monitors into spatial and temporal components.  The 
technique also yields the beam envelop functions and the characteristic 
oscillation frequencies of the beams.  The project will measure and 
analyze data taken in the storage ring CESR.