Quantum approach to the halo formation in high current beams

An interpretation of the formation of halo in accelerators based on quantum-like theory by a diffraction model is given in terms of the transversal beam motion. Physical implications of the longitudinal dynamics are also examined
LaTeX2e, 4 pages, Nucl. Instrum. Methods. A 464 (2001) 461-464. http://www.pd.infn.it/~khan/ and http://www.pd.infn.it/~pusterla/