A beam dynamics application based on the Common Component Architecture

A prototype of a component-based beam dynamics application has been developed. The Common Component Architecture (CCA) [5] software infrastructure was used to compose a new Python-steered, FODO-cell simulation from a set of beamline elements provided by MaryLie/IMPACT (ML/I) [1]. The prototyped FODO-cell simulation is preparatory work for a larger, ongoing effort to model collective effects using a component-based version of the Synergia2 [12] beam dynamics framework. Synergia2 coordinates a suite of modeling services provided by two separate beam dynamics packages (Impact [10] and Chef) and two high-performance computer science packages (PETSc [3] and FFTW [7]). The development of the proof-of-concept application was accomplished via the following tasks: 1) addressing multilanguage interoperability in the ML/I code with Babel; 2) creating the necessary components by making the selected software objects adhere to the CCA protocol; and 3) assemblying the components with a newly developed, component builder gui. The eventual, component-based beam dynamics application will allow the Synergia2 framework to evolve simultaneously with the modeling and simulation requirements of the International Linear Collider (ILC).