ABSTRACT
Beam-beam effects play an important role in the design and operation of storage ring colliders. A close encounter of charged particle beams traveling in opposite directions will lead to strong transverse forces exerted on the respective other bunch. Depending on the ratio of the forces, one distinguishes between the weak-strong (in which one beam can be considered as unaffected by the force of the other) and strong-strong regime (in which both beams influence each other with comparably sized effects).
