The computer program LIAR for the simulation and modeling of high performance linacs

Author

Assmann, R. ; Adolphsen, C. ; Bane, K. ; Emma, P. ; Raubenheimer, T.O. ; Siemann, R. ; Thompson, K. ; Zimmermann, E.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

2580

Abstract

High performance linear accelerators are the central components of the proposed next generation of linear colliders. They must provide acceleration of up to 750 GeV per beam while maintaining small normalized emittances. Standard simulation programs, mainly developed for storage rings, do not meet the specific requirements for high performance linacs with high bunch charges and strong wakefields. We present the program LIAR (“Linear Accelerator Research code”) that includes single and multi-bunch wakefield effects, a 6D coupled beam description, specific optimization algorithms and other advanced features. LIAR has been applied to and checked against the existing Stanford Linear Collider (SLC), the linacs of the proposed Next Linear Collider (NLC) and the proposed Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC

Keywords

digital simulation; high energy physics instrumentation computing; linear colliders; modelling; particle beam bunching; wakefield accelerators; 0 to 750 GeV; 6D coupled beam description; LCLS; LIAR computer program; Linac Coherent Light Source; NLC; Next Linear Collider; SLAC; SLC; Stanford Linear Collider; high performance linacs; linear accelerators; linear colliders; modeling; multibunch wakefield effects; simulation; single bunch wakefield effects; Acceleration; Colliding beam accelerators; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Light sources; Linear accelerators; Optical coupling; Particle beams; Standards development; Storage rings;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.751280

Filename

751280