| Title |
MERLIN for LHC Collimation |
| Authors |
- H. Rafique, R.J. Barlow
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
- R.B. Appleby, S.C. Tygier
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
- R. Bruce, S. Redaelli
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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| Abstract |
MERLIN version 5 delivers a new and efficient simulation tool for large hadron collider (LHC) collimation. Significant upgrades and optimisation have been performed to bring forth a new release of the C++ accelerator physics library. Version 5 offers modularity, including scattering routines with many physics models, which may be user supplemented trivially. The extensibility of MERLIN offers the ad hoc addition of; physics processes such as collimation, lattice elements such as the hollow electron lens (HEL), and tracking integrators. Accurate beam physics, including; synchrotron motion, symplectic tracking, and proton collimation are demonstrated. Using the LHC collimation system to produce loss maps at a beam energy of 7 TeV we validate the capabilities of MERLIN 5.
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| Funding |
Research supported by FP7 HiLumi LHC (Grant agreement 284404) |
| Paper |
download TUCBC1.PDF [0.816 MB / 3 pages] |
| Conference |
ICAP2015, Shanghai, China |
| Series |
International Computational Accelerator Physics Conference (12th) |
| Proceedings |
Link to full ICAP2015 Proccedings |
| Session |
Beam Dynamics |
| Date |
13-Oct-15 14:00–15:30 |
| Main Classification |
F-2 Code Development, Status and Comparison with Measurements |
| Keywords |
collimation, proton, scattering, simulation, synchrotron |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Kwok C. Ko (SLAC, Menlo Park, CA, USA); Volker R.W. Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany); Chuanxiang Tang (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China); Heping Yan (SINAP, Shanghai, China) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-136-6 |
| Published |
February 2016 |
| Copyright |
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