Engineering
8 years ago

Particle Tracking Breakthrough Unlocks New Frontiers in Accelerator Design

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Recent improvements to the ASTRA particle tracking code
Klaus Flöttmann, S. Lidia, P. Piot

Paper Summary

The ASTRA particle tracking code has been updated to track beams in beamlines without assuming symmetry. Changes include a 3D mesh space charge algorithm and the ability to import 3D electromagnetic fieldmaps from other programs.

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