IPAC2011 - List of Authors (Heron, M.T.)

Paper	Title	Page
WEPC159	A Python Tracking Code and GUI for Control Room Operations	2358
	M.T. Heron, J. Rowland Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
	Considerable use has been made in recent years of accelerator physics modelling and online tools under Matlab. These have demonstrated the benefits of operating in a rich integrated environment and further given good portability across projects and operating systems. As a possible alternative to Matlab, Diamond has been evaluating options based on Python. Python together with the Numpy libraries and Qt Graphics provides an environment which offers a lot of the functionality of Matlab. This paper presents these developments, which include a tracking code, symplectic integrator, twiss and response matrix together with a GUI interface.

THPC069	Studies to Optimize the Diamond Light Source Booster Synchrotron as a 100 MeV Storage Ring	3053
	C. Christou, M.T. Heron, J. Rowland Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom S. Gayadeen University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
	The injection chain for the Diamond Synchrotron Light Source consists of a 100 MeV Linac and 3 GeV booster synchrotron. These were commissioned in 2005 and 2006 respectively, and have provided acceptable performance as an injector since then. To advance a programme of work in evaluating and optimizing new control algorithms for orbit stability on the Diamond Storage Ring it was decided to use the booster synchrotron as a test platform by operating it in DC mode at 100 MeV. In support of this work and to improve the operational performance of the booster a series of studies have been carried out to better understand and characterize it. This work and the results will be presented.

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A Python Tracking Code and GUI for Control Room Operations

2358

M.T. Heron, J. Rowland
Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Considerable use has been made in recent years of accelerator physics modelling and online tools under Matlab. These have demonstrated the benefits of operating in a rich integrated environment and further given good portability across projects and operating systems. As a possible alternative to Matlab, Diamond has been evaluating options based on Python. Python together with the Numpy libraries and Qt Graphics provides an environment which offers a lot of the functionality of Matlab. This paper presents these developments, which include a tracking code, symplectic integrator, twiss and response matrix together with a GUI interface.

THPC069

Studies to Optimize the Diamond Light Source Booster Synchrotron as a 100 MeV Storage Ring

3053

C. Christou, M.T. Heron, J. Rowland
Diamond, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
S. Gayadeen
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

The injection chain for the Diamond Synchrotron Light Source consists of a 100 MeV Linac and 3 GeV booster synchrotron. These were commissioned in 2005 and 2006 respectively, and have provided acceptable performance as an injector since then. To advance a programme of work in evaluating and optimizing new control algorithms for orbit stability on the Diamond Storage Ring it was decided to use the booster synchrotron as a test platform by operating it in DC mode at 100 MeV. In support of this work and to improve the operational performance of the booster a series of studies have been carried out to better understand and characterize it. This work and the results will be presented.