Examples
This section demonstrates use cases and benchmarks of ImpactX, each correspond to various physical situations and/or test different code features. Each example provides detailed input scripts that can be used as templates for your research projects.
Single Particle Dynamics
- FODO Cell
- Chicane
- Quadrupole with Alignment Errors
- Drift using a Pole-Face Rotation
- Acceleration by RF Cavities
- FODO Cell with RF
- FODO Cell, Chromatic
- Chain of thin multipoles
- Solenoid channel
- Soft-edge solenoid
- Soft-Edge Quadrupole
- Combined Function Bend
- Ballistic Compression Using a Short RF Element
- Test of a Transverse Kicker
- Thin Dipole
- Aperture Collimation
- A nonlinear focusing channel based on the IOTA nonlinear lens
- A nonlinear focusing channel based on the physical IOTA nonlinear magnet
- Achromatic Spectrometer
Space Charge
- Expanding Beam in Free Space
- Constant Focusing Channel
- Constant Focusing Channel with Space Charge
- Kurth Distribution in a Periodic Focusing Channel
- Kurth Distribution in a Periodic Focusing Channel with Space Charge
- Cold Beam in a FODO Channel with RF Cavities (and Space Charge)
- Thermal Beam in a Constant Focusing Channel (with Space Charge)
- Bithermal Beam in a Constant Focusing Channel (with Space Charge)
Beam Distributions
Lattice Design & Optimization
Virtual Test Stands
- Cyclotron
- The “bare” linear lattice of the Fermilab IOTA storage ring
- The full nonlinear lattice of the Fermilab IOTA storage ring
- Positron Channel
- 15 Stage Laser-Plasma Accelerator Surrogate
- Apochromatic Drift-Quadrupole Beamline
- Apochromatic Drift-Plasma Lens Beamline
- Tune Calculation in a Periodic FODO Channel
Unit tests
For every change of the ImpactX code base, each of these examples and tests are continuously tested and benchmarked.