SIMULATION OF LINAC OPERATION USING THE TRACKING CODE L

In linear accelerators, misalignments of the machine elements can cause considerable emittance growth due to wake fields, dispersion and other effects. Hence, tight limits are imposed on machine tolerances, design parameters and methods of machine operation. In order to simulate the beam dynamics in linacs, the tracking code L has been developed. Including both single- and multi-bunch effects, the behaviour of the beam in the machine can be simulated and adjustments on parameters of the machine elements up to complete correction techniques and operation procedures can be applied. Utilization of the program is facilitated by a graphical user interface. In this paper we will give an overview over the capabilities of this code and demonstrate its efficiency at attacking the problems associated with large linear accelerators