Applying virtual prototyping to the innovative design of low energy accelerators

Based on the accelerator theory and virtual prototyping technique, an accelerator virtual prototyping system (AVPS) is formulated, implemented for the innovative design of low energy accelerators. The framework of AVPS takes into account the needs of manufacture, assembly/disassembly, operation, and maintenance in a virtual environment during the design phase. In order to guarantee the reliability of AVPS, Augmented Reality (AR) technique is used to integrate the virtual environment and experimental subsystem. Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) middleware for distributed, object-oriented applications is used to develop and implement the framework. The main components of AVPS include AR subsystem, distributed computing environment and data warehouse.