Published May 14, 2012 | Version v1
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High-Performance Beam Simulator for the LANSCE Linac

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (United States)

Description

A high performance multiparticle tracking simulator is currently under development at Los Alamos. The heart of the simulator is based upon the beam dynamics simulation algorithms of the PARMILA code, but implemented in C++ on Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) hardware using NVIDIA's CUDA platform. Linac operating set points are provided to the simulator via the EPICS control system so that changes of the real time linac parameters are tracked and the simulation results updated automatically. This simulator will provide valuable insight into the beam dynamics along a linac in pseudo real-time, especially where direct measurements of the beam properties do not exist. Details regarding the approach, benefits and performance are presented.

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1040799/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
LA-UR--12-21324

Conference

Title
International Particle Accelerator Conference
Acronym
IPAC'12
Dates
20-25 May 2012
Place
New Orleans, LA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
43081342
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; BEAM DYNAMICS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PERFORMANCE; PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SIMULATORS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ANALOG SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; MECHANICS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC52-06NA25396
Funding organization
DOE/LANL (United States)