In these proceedings of the conference of October 2002, contributors describe their research on computational tools and algorithms related to the simulation of modern particle accelerators and particle optical devices. Individual paper topics include accuracy analysis of a 2D Poisson-Vlasov PIC solver and estimates of the collision effects in space charge dynamics, porting COSY source files, new numerical methods for solving time-dependent Maxwell equations, the status of the Los Alamos Accelerator Group Code, parallel simulation algorithms for the three-dimensional strong-strong beam-beam interaction, the map methods for electron optics, high-order beam features and fitting quadruple-scan data to particle code models, optimization of RFQ structures, and space change studies and comparisons with simulations using the FNAL Booster. Distributed in the US by AIDC. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This volume provides an overview of the state of the art in computational accelerator physics, based on papers presented at the seventh international conference at Michigan State University in October 2002. The major topics covered in this volume include particle tracking and ray tracing, transfer map methods, field computation for time dependent Maxwell's equations and static magnetic problems, as well as space charge and beam-beam effects. The book also discusses modern computational environments, including parallel clusters, visualization, and new programming paradigms. It is ideal for scientists and engineers working in beam or accelerator physics and related areas of applied math and computer science.
