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The beam rigidity is T m. Equal opposing strengths have , and weak separated-doublet net power is . Taking m gives the design family
There is not a unique pair without a spacing/layout choice. A compact estimate gives about 18 m for each, showing immediately that neither is extremely small compared with 50 m and the advertised asymptotic approximation is only rough. For example m gives m in the same estimate.
An equal-strength doublet also has exact parallel-input focal distances and : it is astigmatic, so a single exact common 50 m focus cannot be imposed without specifying incoming optical functions or allowing unequal strengths. The family above is a scale estimate of net focusing, not a complete collider final-focus design.

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