CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette
With the local chromaticity correction scheme, the luminosity optimisation of the beam delivery systems of the e+ e- International Linear Collider (ILC) project is challenging. A manual optimization is a long and complex process and its automation becomes a necessity. Recent works have shown that it was possible to employ a simplex minimization method, applied to the beam size calculation at the Interaction Point (IP), to reach this objective automatically *. To achieve this goal in the ILC case, we have developed a minimization code which uses analytical computations of the IP beam sizes based on external code results, TRANSPORT** or MADX (with PTC extension)***. Two minimization algorithms can be employed. The maximum luminosity reached and the convergence time of the two codes and algorithms are compared. We also used the code TRACEWIN which tracks a particle cloud and minimise the rms beam spot sizes at IP to optimise the luminosity, and we compare with the previous results.
* Non-linear optimization of beam lines, R. Tomas, CLIC Note 659** Third-Order TRANSPORT with MAD Input, D. C. Carey, K. L. Brown and F. Rothacker, FERMILAB-Pub-98/310*** MADX User's Guide CERN
