Author: Castaneda Cortes, H.M.
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THPMK060 Start-to-End Simulations of the CLARA FEL Test Facility 4430
 
  • D.J. Dunning, D. Angal-Kalinin, A.D. Brynes, L.T. Campbell, H.M. Castaneda Cortes, J.K. Jones, J.W. McKenzie, N. Thompson, P.H. Williams
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • D. Angal-Kalinin, A.D. Brynes, D.J. Dunning, J.K. Jones, J.W. McKenzie, B.W.J. MᶜNeil, N. Thompson, P.H. Williams
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • L.T. Campbell, B.W.J. MᶜNeil, P.T. Traczykowski
    USTRAT/SUPA, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • B.S. Kyle
    University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • B.S. Kyle
    UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • J.D.A. Smith
    TXUK, Warrington, United Kingdom
 
  CLARA is a new FEL test facility being developed at STFC Daresbury Laboratory in the UK, aiming to deliver advanced FEL capabilities including few-cycle pulse generation and Fourier transform limited output. Commissioning is underway on the front-end (photo-injector and first linac) while the later stages are being procured and assembled. Start-to-end (S2E) simulations of the full facility are presented, including optimisation of the accelerator setup to deliver the required properties of one of the electron beam modes specified for FEL operation. FEL simulations are performed using the Genesis 1.3 and Puffin codes and the results are compared.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-THPMK060  
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THPML060 Virtual VELA-CLARA: The Development of a Virtual Accelerator 4773
 
  • T.J. Price, H.M. Castaneda Cortes, D.J. Dunning, J.K. Jones, B.D. Muratori, D.J. Scott, B.J.A. Shepherd, P.H. Williams
    STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • R.F. Clarke, G. Cox
    STFC/DL, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
 
  A Virtual Accelerator (VA) has been developed to mimic the accelerators Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator (VELA) and Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA). Its purpose is to test control room applications, run start-to-end simulations with multiple simulation codes, accurately reproduce measured beam properties, conduct 'virtual experiments'and gain insight into ‘hidden beam parameters'. This paper gives an overview into the current progress in constructing this VA, detailing the areas of: developing a 'Virtual EPICS' control system, using multiple simulation codes (both particle tracking and analytic), the development of a ‘Master Lattice' and the construction of a Python interface in which to run the VA.  
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