MAGIC code development for klystron applications at the Klystron Department at SLAC

Author

Sprehn, D. ; Neubauer, M. ; Scheitrum, G. ; Steele, B.

Author_Institution

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

27-29 April 2004

Firstpage

354

Lastpage

355

Abstract

We are currently addressing the lengthy simulation issue by operating parallel processor versions of MAGIC 3D. The Klystron department cluster at SLAC is a typical Beowulf Linux cluster running 24 processors in dual CPU boxes. Thanks to the cooperation of MRC, SLAC has been able to finish the parallel operation feature that MRC had operational and adjust it for accuracy against the single CPU version. We were also able to port Magic to Linux where parallel operation runs on our cluster. During parallel software development, it became obvious to us that the Magic user interface did not lend itself to the automation of numerical comparisons between runs.

Keywords

electrical engineering computing; electron optics; klystrons; parallel processing; user interfaces; MAGIC 3D; MAGIC code development; MAGIC user interface; accurate parallel processing; bug tracking database; computation time; intense electron beam; klystron simulation; parallel software development; particle-in-cell codes; Computational modeling; Databases; Electron tubes; Klystrons; Linear accelerators; Linux; Particle beams; Plasma confinement; Solid modeling; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2004. IVEC 2004. Fifth IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8261-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVELEC.2004.1316358

Filename

1316358