Linac Beam Dynamics Code Benchmarking

Xuejun  Yin; Wolfgang  Bayer; Andrea  Franchi

doi:10.4236/jmp.2015.68108

Xuejun Yin^1,2, Wolfgang Bayer², Andrea Franchi³

Abstract: The code benchmarking for hadron linac using the 3D Particle-In-Cell (PIC) code is an important task in the European framework “High Intensity Pulsed Proton Injector” (HIPPI). PARMILA and HALODYN are two of the codes involved in this work. Both of these codes have been developed and used for linac design and beam dynamics studies. In this paper, the simulation results of the beam dynamics were compared and analyzed. As predicted by two codes, the simulation results show some agreements. The physical design strategy which was adopted in two codes was also discussed.

Keywords: Hadron Linac, 3D PIC Code Benchmark, Beam Dynamics Simulation

Cite this paper: Yin, X. , Bayer, W. and Franchi, A. (2015) Linac Beam Dynamics Code Benchmarking. Journal of Modern Physics, 6, 1044-1050. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2015.68108.

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