Does nonlinear integrable optics raise the space-charge limit?

In plain words

Special magnet arrangements keep particle orbits regular even when they are nonlinear; whether they still help when the beam's own repulsion is included is unknown.

Precise statement

Nonlinear integrable lattices of the Danilov-Nagaitsev type preserve two invariants of single-particle transverse motion with large amplitude-dependent tune spread. Determine whether, for a beam with $\left|\Delta Q_{\mathrm{sc}}\right| \sim 0.1\text{-}0.5$, a ring with such an insert shows lower halo growth and loss than an equivalent linear lattice, either through a self-consistent equilibrium that keeps the invariants or through Landau damping of envelope and coherent resonances.

What would settle it

Self-consistent space-charge simulations and a proton experiment comparing halo and loss for integrable and linear configurations of one ring.

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