PyECLOUD

Short description

PyECLOUD is a 2D macro-particle code for the simulation of electron cloud effects in particle accelerators. It can be used for two purposes:

• in stand-alone mode for the simulation of the e-cloud buildup at a certain section of an accelerator (it this case the beam is rigid and feels no effect from from the cloud);
• in combination with the PyHEADTAIL code for the simulation of the e-cloud effects on the beam dynamics.

Web resources

Git repository: https://github.com/PyCOMPLETE/PyECLOUD

Getting started guides: Installation, Usage

Examples: Available in Getting-started guides.

Documentation:: https://github.com/PyCOMPLETE/PyECLOUD/wiki

Technical information

• Programming Languages used for implementation:

  • Mainly Python.
  • Computationally intensive routines are implemented in FORTRAN (and linked via f2py) or C (and linked via cython).

• Parallelization strategy:

  • PyECLOUD-PyHEADTAIL simulations can be paralleled using the PyPARIS layer.

• Operating systems:

  • tested exclusively on Linux.

• Other prerequisites:

  • Python 3.6+
  • Libraries: numpy, scipy, cython, h5py

Other information

• Developed by: Giovanni Iadarola
• License: CERN Copyright
• Contact persons: Giovanni Iadarola