POP — an interactive charged particle transport system design tool
✍ Scribed by T.P. Morrison
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 648 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-4655
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✦ Synopsis
POP calculates the paths of moving charged particles through particle accelerators, analysers and focussing devices over suitable ranges of geometric and kinematic phase space such as those found emanating from ion sources or reaction spots on samples or targets in many types of experimental measurements. Within the limits of a lumped system, POP calculates a small group of such trajectories using chromatically accurate matrix techniques which are truncated to 2nd-order geometrically. The trajectories and a schematic representation of the system are displayed at a graphics terminal and can be usefully printed on a variety of devices. Parameters can be edited interactively. The design can be saved at any stage to a named file in a format which can be reused later. The format can be used by other software.