LIAM-a linear induction accelerator model

Author

Brand, H. ; Caporaso, G. ; Lager, D. ; Coffield, F. ; Chambers, F.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

6-9 May 1991

Firstpage

3079

Abstract

A flexible linear induction accelerator model (LIAM) was developed to predict both beam centroid position and the beam envelope. LIAM requires on-axis magnetic profiles and is designed to easily handle overlapping fields from multiple elements. Currently, LIAM includes solenoids, dipole steering magnets, and accelerating gaps. Other magnetic elements can be easily incorporated into LIAM due to its object-oriented design. LIAM is written in the C programming language and computes fast enough on current workstations to be used in the control room as a tuning and diagnostic aid. Combined with a non-linear least squares package, LIAM has been used to estimate beam energy at various locations within the ETA-II accelerator.<>

Keywords

collective accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; physics computing; C programming language; ETA-II accelerator; LIAM; accelerating gaps; beam centroid position; beam energy; beam envelope; diagnostic aid; dipole steering magnets; linear induction accelerator model; on-axis magnetic profiles; overlapping fields; solenoids; tuning aid; Acceleration; Computer languages; Least squares approximation; Linear accelerators; Magnets; Object oriented modeling; Particle beams; Predictive models; Solenoids; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0135-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1991.165193

Filename

165193