Computational Accelerator Physics 2003

This volume provides an overview of the state of the art in computational accelerator physics, based on papers presented at the seventh international conference at Michigan State University in October 2002. The major topics covered in this volume include particle tracking and ray tracing, transfer map methods, field computation for time dependent Maxwell's equations and static magnetic problems, as well as space charge and beam-beam effects. The book also discusses modern computational environments, including parallel clusters, visualization, and new programming paradigms. It is ideal for scientists and engineers working in beam or accelerator physics and related areas of applied math and computer science.

M Berz, Michigan State University. K. Makino, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Preface Persistent currents in superconducting filaments due to arbitrary field changes in the transverse plane A simple parallelization of a FMM-based serial beam-beam interaction code Accuracy analysis of a 2D Poisson-Vlasov PIC solver and estimates of the collisional effects in space charge dynamics The COSY language independent architecture: porting COSY source files Simulation issues for RF photoinjectors Enhancements to iterative inexact Lanczos for solving computationally large finite element eigenmode problems New numerical methods for solving the time-dependent Maxwell equations Beam simulation tools for GEANT4 (and neutrino source applications) Muon cooling rings for the v factory and the + - collider Status of the Los Alamos Accelerator Code Group 3D space-charge model for GPT simulations of high-brightness electron bunches S-parameter-based computation in complex accelerator structures: Q-values and field orientation of dipole modes AHF booster tracking with SIMPSONS Parallel simulation algorithms for the three-dimensional strong-strong beam-beam interaction A parallel code for lifetime simulations in hadron storage rings in the presence of parasitic beam-beam interactions Using macroparticles with internal motion for beam dynamics simulations The software ModeRTL for simulation of radiation processes in electron beam technologies Computational aspects of the trajectory reconstruction in the MAGNEX large acceptance spectrometer Study of RF coupling to dielectric loaded accelerating structures On the map method for electron optics Aspects of parallel simulation of high intensity beams in hadron rings High-order beam features and fitting quadrupole-scan data to particle-code models Muon beam ring cooler simulations using COSY INFINITY Solenoid elements in COSY INFINITY Experience during the SLS commissioning Tracking particles in axisymmetric MICHELLE models...part contents/