Courant–Snyder parameters
... that although the Courant–Snyder parameters in accelerator physics are often referred to as "Twiss parameters", Richard Q. Twiss had no idea how his name came to be associated with them?
... that although the <b id="mwAwE"><a href="./Courant–Snyder_parameters" id="mwAwI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Courant–Snyder parameters">Courant–Snyder parameters</a></b> in accelerator physics are often referred to as "Twiss parameters", <a href="./Richard_Q._Twiss" id="mwAwM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Q. Twiss">Richard Q. Twiss</a> had no idea how his name came to be associated with them?