Title :
Comparison of linac simulation codes
Author :
Nath, S. ; Qiang, J. ; Ryne, R. ; Stovall, J. ; Takeda, H. ; Young, L. ; Crandall, K.R. ; Pichoff, N. ; Uriot, D.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) project is a collaborative effort between Brookhaven, Argonne, Jefferson, Lawrence Berkeley, Los Alamos and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Los Alamos is responsible for the design of the linac for this accelerator complex. The code PARMILA, developed at Los Alamos is widely used for proton linac design and beam dynamics studies. The most updated version includes superconducting structures among others. In recent years, some other codes have also been developed which primarily focuses on the studies of the beam dynamics. In this paper, we compare the simulation results and discuss physics aspects of the different linac design and beam dynamics simulation codes
Keywords :
linear accelerators; neutron sources; particle beam dynamics; physics computing; proton accelerators; PARMILA; SNS; Spallation Neutron Source; proton linac; Collaboration; Computational modeling; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Neutrons; Particle beams; Physics; Proton accelerators; Space charge; Superconducting devices;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.987488
