A Holistic Approach to Simulating Beam Losses in the Large Hadron Collider Using BDSIM

Stuart Walker; Andrey Abramov; Stewart  Boogert; Hector Garcia Morales; Stephen Gibson; Laurence Nevay; Helena Pikhartova; William Shields

doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICAP2018-TUPAF15

A Holistic Approach to Simulating Beam Losses in the Large Hadron Collider Using BDSIM

Stuart Walker, Andrey Abramov, Stewart Boogert, Hector Garcia Morales, Stephen Gibson, Laurence Nevay, Helena Pikhartova, William Shields

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

To fully understand the beam losses, subsequent radiation, energy deposition, backgrounds and activation in particle accelerators, a holistic approach combining a 3-D model, physics processes and accelerator tracking is required. Beam Delivery Simulation (BDSIM) is a program developed to simulate the passage of particles, both primary and secondary, in particle accelerators and calculate the energy deposited by these particles via material interactions using the Geant4 physics library. A Geant4 accelerator model is built from an existing optical description of a lattice by procedurally placing a set of predefined accelerator components. These generic components can be refined to an arbitrary degree of detail with the use of user-defined geometries, detectors, field maps, and more. A detailed model of the Large Hadron Collider has been created in BDSIM, validated with existing tracking codes and applied to study beam loss patterns.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	13th International Computational Accelerator Physics Conference
Subtitle of host publication	ICAP2018, Key West, FL, USA
Publisher	JACoW Publishing
Chapter	F-1 Code Development, Status and Comparison with Measurements
Pages	221-226
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-95450-200-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICAP2018-TUPAF15
Publication status	Published - 4 May 2019

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Walker, S., Abramov, A., Boogert, S., Garcia Morales, H., Gibson, S., Nevay, L., Pikhartova, H., & Shields, W. (2019). A Holistic Approach to Simulating Beam Losses in the Large Hadron Collider Using BDSIM. In 13th International Computational Accelerator Physics Conference: ICAP2018, Key West, FL, USA (pp. 221-226). Article TUPAF15 JACoW Publishing. https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-ICAP2018-TUPAF15

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A Holistic Approach to Simulating Beam Losses in the Large Hadron Collider Using BDSIM. / Walker, Stuart; Abramov, Andrey; Boogert, Stewart et al.
13th International Computational Accelerator Physics Conference: ICAP2018, Key West, FL, USA. JACoW Publishing, 2019. p. 221-226 TUPAF15.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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