Some Notes on Luminosity Calculations

Document #:

Beams-doc-1348-v2

Document type:

Note

Submitted by:

Michael J. Syphers

Updated by:

Michael J. Syphers

Document Created:

16 Sep 2004, 14:11

Contents Revised:

16 Sep 2004, 14:13

Metadata Revised:

16 Sep 2004, 14:13

Abstract:

Recent interest in possible effects on luminosity due to crossing angles, transverse offsets, and "hour glass" effects has generated a lot of discussion. In this note I wish to show the general approach to estimating the magnitude of these effects and give some practical results.

Files in Document:

• LumiCalc.pdf (553.7 kB)

Topics:

• Beam Physics:Optics
• Tevatron:General

Authors:

• Michael J. Syphers

Keywords:

CDF D0 crossing_angle interaction_region low_beta luminosity tevatron