BDSIM: An accelerator tracking code with particle–matter interactions

L.J. Nevay; S.T. Boogert; J. Snuverink; A. Abramov; L.C. Deacon; H. Garcia-Morales; H. Lefebvre; S.M. Gibson; R. Kwee-Hinzmann; W. Shields; S.D. Walker

doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107200

BDSIM: An accelerator tracking code with particle–matter interactions

L.J. Nevay, S.T. Boogert, J. Snuverink, A. Abramov, L.C. Deacon, H. Garcia-Morales, H. Lefebvre, S.M. Gibson, R. Kwee-Hinzmann, W. Shields, S.D. Walker

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Abstract

Beam Delivery Simulation (BDSIM) is a program that simulates the passage of particles in a particle accelerator. It uses a suite of standard high energy physics codes (Geant4, ROOT and CLHEP) to create a computational model of a particle accelerator that combines accurate accelerator tracking routines with all of the physics processes of particles in Geant4. This unique combination permits radiation and detector background simulations in accelerators where both accurate tracking of all particles is required over long range or over many revolutions of a circular machine, as well as interaction with the material of the accelerator.

Original language	English
Article number	107200
Pages (from-to)	1-17
Number of pages	17
Journal	Computer Physics Communications
Volume	252
Early online date	5 Feb 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107200
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

Keywords

Monte Carlo simulation
particle accelerator
Geant4
particle physics
particle tracking

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