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We report a previously unknown resonance for electron cloud dynamics. The 2D simulation code “POSINST” was used to study the electron cloud buildup at different z positions in the International Linear Collider positron damping ring wiggler. At magnetic field values, B, for which the bunch frequency is an integral multiple of the electron cyclotron frequency an enhancement of up to a factor of 3 in the electron cloud equilibrium density was found. At low magnetic fields the effects of the resonance are prominent, but when B exceeds ~ (2πme/elb), with lb = bunch length, effects of the resonance disappear. Thus short bunches and low B fields are required for observing the effect. We believe this accounts for the fact that this resonance has not been reported before in the electron cloud literature. The reason for the B field dependence, an explanation of the dynamics, and the results of the 2D simulations and of a single-particle tracking code used to elucidate details of the dynamics will be discussed, along with results from 3D simulations.
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