A new analysis of intrabeam scattering

Beginning with the Fokker-Planck equation we present a new analysis of intrabeam scattering (IBS) in electron storage rings. Our approach is distinguished by having no ill-defined Coulomb logarithm, a fundamental drawback of previous approaches. We treat the case of linear x/sub /spl beta//y/sub /spl beta// coupling in detail, deriving explicit expressions for the second moment invariants and their time evolution in the presence of IBS. We compare our results with those of Bjorken-Mtingwa, as well as with measurements performed at KEK's ATF damping ring. More details of our derivations will be published elsewhere.