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Past exam of the short options paper shared by Prelims and Parts A and B of the physics course of the University of Oxford / 2012 / S19 / 1 / b / Solution by

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Maps act on column vectors, so the first element appears at the right of the product. Starting immediately before the focusing kick, one full cell has

M_{x} = D (L_{2}) G D (L_{1}) F .

(1)

Multiplying gives

M_{x} = (1 - L_{1} / f - L_{1} L_{2} / f^{2} - L_{1} / f^{2} L_{1} + L_{2} + L_{1} L_{2} / f 1 + L_{1} / f) .

(2)

It has

det M_{x} = 1

, as required for this lossless linear beam optics. The other transverse plane experiences the opposite quadrupole signs, so

M_{y} = M_{x}_{f \to - f} = (1 + L_{1} / f - L_{1} L_{2} / f^{2} - L_{1} / f^{2} L_{1} + L_{2} - L_{1} L_{2} / f 1 - L_{1} / f) .

(3)

The two planes have different envelopes but the same trace and therefore the same stable phase-advance magnitude for this equal-strength doublet.

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