Open AccessExtensions of MAD Version 8 to Include Beam Acceleration
Author(s) -
T. Raubenheimer
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/763832
Subject(s) - acceleration , linear particle accelerator , physics , particle accelerator , large hadron collider , beam (structure) , collider , accelerator physics , nuclear physics , constraint (computer aided design) , nuclear engineering , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , optics , classical mechanics
In this paper, the authors describe modifications to MAD version 8.23 to include linear accelerator cavities and beam acceleration. An additional energy variable has been added which is modified as the beam passes through LCAV elements (linear accelerator cavities) and can be used as a constraint in matching commands. The calculation of the beta functions and phase advance is consistent with that in other codes that treat acceleration such as TRANSPORT or DIMAD. These modifications allow this version of MAD to be used for the design and modeling of linacs and the authors present examples from the Next Linear Collider design as well as a muon acceleration complex. The code is available from CERN or SLAC.
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