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| URL | https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-WEPS038 |
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| Title | Python FLUKA beam line, a python library to create FLUKA simulations of accelerators |
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| Abstract | FLUKA simulations of beamlines are important for un- derstanding numerous different aspects of accelerators, in- cluding beam losses, particle backgrounds, activation and shielding. Creating a beam-line simulation using FLUKA is a time consuming and potentially error prone process. This paper describes a set of python tools called pyflubl (Python FLUKA beam-line) which can create a FLUKA simulation using input from MAD-X, MAD8, Transport or BDSIM. pyflubl is based on multiple stable and advanced python packages created to make BDSIM (Geant4) beamline simu- lations as simple as possible, these are pymadx (an interface to MAD-X output), pymad8 (an interface to MAD8 out- put), pybdsim (interface to BDSIM) and most importantly pyg4ometry (a geometry engine for Monte Carlo geometry creation). The magnetic fields required for FLUKA are im- plemented in C++ via BDSIM, thus keeping fields consistent between Geant4 and FLUKA beamline simulations. This paper describes pyflubl design and implementation and ex- ample results for an idealised electron beam-line. Particular attention is given to geometry, fields and scoring. |
| Paper | download: WEPS038.pdf |
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| Conference | 16th International Particle Accelerator Conference |
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| Location | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Date | 01-06 Jun 2025 |
| Publisher | JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editorial Board | * Ming-Chyuan Lin - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * Yoichi Sato - KEK * Jui-Che Huang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * David Button - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation * Ping-Shun Chuang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center |
| Online ISBN | 978-3-95450-248-6 |
| Online ISSN | 2673-5490 |
| Received | 28 May 2025 |
| Revised | 05 June 2025 |
| Accepted | 05 June 2025 |
| Issued | 05 November 2025 |
| DOI | 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-WEPS038 |
| Pages | 2321-2324 |
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