Author: Syphers, M.J.
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MOPPC095 XAL's Online Model at ReA3 to Understand Beam Performance 358
 
  • C. Benatti
    NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • P. Chu, M.J. Syphers, X. Wu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-1102511 and by Michigan State University.
The ReA3 facility at the NSCL at MSU has been designed to reaccelerate rare isotope beams to 3MeV/u. ReA3 consists of a charge to mass selection section, a normal conducting RFQ, a superconducting linac, and transport beam lines that deliver the beam to the experiments. The beam optics designs were developed using COSY and IMPACT. A code with an online model capable of interacting with the control system, such as XAL, developed at SNS, would be ideal for studying this system*. New elements have been added to XAL’s already extensive list of supported devices in order to model elements unique to the NSCL. The benchmarking process has been completed for establishing the use of XAL’s Online Model at the NSCL, and preliminary results from its use at the ReA3 control room have been obtained. The development of applications to fit the needs of the program is ongoing. A summary of the benchmarking process is presented including both transverse and longitudinal studies.
* J. Galambos et al., Proc. PAC 2005, p. 79, (2005); doi: 10.1109/PAC.2005.1590365.