Dresden ENLITE 09
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Dresden ENLITE 09
Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Integrating Tracking and Beam-Matter Interaction for Medical Beam Lines Dresden ENLITE 09 Lucas Clemente FZD, Dresden April 3rd 2009 1/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GEANT4 Challenges of a beamline modelling software The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GPT ”A 3D code for accelerator and beamline design” Developed for 12 years (in C) 0.02 Sophisticated tracking algorithm Big repository of elements accessible 0.01 0.005 x [m] Good space-charge and multiple particle tracing "traj_e-_gpt.txt" u 3:1 0.015 0 -0.005 -0.01 -0.015 -0.02 0 0.5 1 z [m] 2/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design 1.5 2 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GEANT4 Challenges of a beamline modelling software The General Particle Tracer (GPT) How does it work? 5th order Runge-Kutta algorithm Stepwise tracking of multiple particles through user-defined fields User interference possible using ”custom elements” User may specify field components (E, B) No random but reproducable trajectories of real particles A Problem Little to no particle matter interaction possible 3/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GEANT4 Challenges of a beamline modelling software The General Particle Tracer (GPT) How does it work? 5th order Runge-Kutta algorithm Stepwise tracking of multiple particles through user-defined fields User interference possible using ”custom elements” User may specify field components (E, B) No random but reproducable trajectories of real particles A Problem Little to no particle matter interaction possible 3/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GEANT4 Challenges of a beamline modelling software The General Particle Tracer (GPT) 4/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GEANT4 Challenges of a beamline modelling software GEANT4 GEometry ANd Tracking 4 Toolkit for the simulation of particle-matter interactions Developed for 15 years at CERN (C++) Advanced geometry system Proofed correct in many experiments 5/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GEANT4 Challenges of a beamline modelling software GEANT4 How does it work? Monte-Carlo algorithm Stepwise tracking of single particles through user-defined geometries User can overload nearly any class or supply his own (Open-source) Random particle trajectories, statistical simulation of Monte-Carlo particles Some Problems Only single-particle simulations possible (no space charge, ...) Modest electromagnetic fields 6/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GEANT4 Challenges of a beamline modelling software GEANT4 How does it work? Monte-Carlo algorithm Stepwise tracking of single particles through user-defined geometries User can overload nearly any class or supply his own (Open-source) Random particle trajectories, statistical simulation of Monte-Carlo particles Some Problems Only single-particle simulations possible (no space charge, ...) Modest electromagnetic fields 6/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GEANT4 Challenges of a beamline modelling software Challenges of a beamline modelling software Medical beamlines Compact proton / ion sources require a compact beamline Scaling of beamlines not possible Radiation protection! State of the art There is no code combining advanced tracking and particle-matter interactions! 7/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications The General Particle Tracer (GPT) GEANT4 Challenges of a beamline modelling software Challenges of a beamline modelling software Medical beamlines Compact proton / ion sources require a compact beamline Scaling of beamlines not possible Radiation protection! State of the art There is no code combining advanced tracking and particle-matter interactions! 7/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries What is Flint? FZD Laser Interactor and Tracker A simulation software fundamentally combining GPT and GEANT4 Features Tracking massive amounts of particles through complex geometries All of GPT’s space charge algorithms Full GEANT4 capabilities in particle-matter interaction All geometry elements and fields of GPT and GEANT4 Customizability High-Speed due to parallelization using OpenMP 8/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries What is Flint? FZD Laser Interactor and Tracker A simulation software fundamentally combining GPT and GEANT4 Features Tracking massive amounts of particles through complex geometries All of GPT’s space charge algorithms Full GEANT4 capabilities in particle-matter interaction All geometry elements and fields of GPT and GEANT4 Customizability High-Speed due to parallelization using OpenMP 8/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries A simple calculation using GPT... 0.02 "traj_e-_gpt.txt" u 3:1 0.015 0.01 x [m] 0.005 0 -0.005 -0.01 -0.015 -0.02 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 z [m] Figure: Electron beam (γ = 100) passing through two quadrupoles T (G = 3.9, −3.25 m ) 9/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries ... and Flint 0.02 "traj_gamma_flint.txt" u 4:2 "traj_e-_flint.txt" u 3:1 0.015 0.01 x [m] 0.005 0 -0.005 -0.01 -0.015 -0.02 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 z [m] Figure: Electron beam (γ = 100) passing through two quadrupoles T (G = 3.9, −3.25 m ) and two pinholes (Cu, dz = 2 cm) 10/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Architecture How is it built? Problem: GPT only limited extendable ⇒ Custom field elements GPT is C, GEANT4 is C++ Solution: Link a GEANT4 based library Other used libraries: I I I xerces for XML-configuration CLHEP OpenMP (included in gcc4) What is flint? Flint consists of a GEANT4 based library to be linked into GPT, a GPT custom element and a bunch of tools for modelling, run and analysis. 11/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Architecture How is it built? Problem: GPT only limited extendable ⇒ Custom field elements GPT is C, GEANT4 is C++ Solution: Link a GEANT4 based library Other used libraries: I I I xerces for XML-configuration CLHEP OpenMP (included in gcc4) What is flint? Flint consists of a GEANT4 based library to be linked into GPT, a GPT custom element and a bunch of tools for modelling, run and analysis. 11/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Architecture The element “G4Virtual” Include GEANT4 just by typing G4Virtual("WCS", "I"); Program flow Calculate normal GPT step After each succesful step do for each particle: I I I I 12/34 Check for intersection with a GEANT4 solid (pre and post step point) Use GEANT4 for recalculation of the step Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT Output the particle’s data (e.g. trajectories, dose) Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Architecture The element “G4Virtual” Include GEANT4 just by typing G4Virtual("WCS", "I"); Program flow Calculate normal GPT step After each succesful step do for each particle: I I I I 12/34 Check for intersection with a GEANT4 solid (pre and post step point) Use GEANT4 for recalculation of the step Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT Output the particle’s data (e.g. trajectories, dose) Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Combined Stepping A step in Flint 1 Use GPT to track the step 2 Recalculate the step using GEANT4 I 3 Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT I I I 13/34 tr Start at pre-GPT-point Track in direction of post-GPT point Stop when time exceeds the GPT time c al I k ac T heo re t i I An example Take the new position and velocities Calculate the rotation of momentum between pre-GEANT4 and post-GEANT4 Rotate the post-GPT momentum accordingly Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design GPT Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Combined Stepping A step in Flint 1 Use GPT to track the step 2 Recalculate the step using GEANT4 I 3 Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT I I I 13/34 tr Start at pre-GPT-point Track in direction of post-GPT point Stop when time exceeds the GPT time c al I k ac T heo re t i I An example Take the new position and velocities Calculate the rotation of momentum between pre-GEANT4 and post-GEANT4 Rotate the post-GPT momentum accordingly Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design GPT Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Combined Stepping A step in Flint 1 Use GPT to track the step 2 Recalculate the step using GEANT4 I 3 Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT I I I 13/34 tr Start at pre-GPT-point Track in direction of post-GPT point Stop when time exceeds the GPT time c al I k ac T heo re t i I An example Take the new position and velocities Calculate the rotation of momentum between pre-GEANT4 and post-GEANT4 Rotate the post-GPT momentum accordingly Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design GPT Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Combined Stepping A step in Flint 1 Use GPT to track the step 2 Recalculate the step using GEANT4 I 3 Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT I I I 13/34 tr Start at pre-GPT-point Track in direction of post-GPT point Stop when time exceeds the GPT time c al I k ac T heo re t i I An example Take the new position and velocities Calculate the rotation of momentum between pre-GEANT4 and post-GEANT4 Rotate the post-GPT momentum accordingly Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design GPT Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Combined Stepping A step in Flint 1 Use GPT to track the step 2 Recalculate the step using GEANT4 3 Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT I I I 13/34 tr 4 pa th c al al Ge an t I Start at pre-GPT-point Track in direction of post-GPT point Stop when time exceeds the GPT time Re I Take the new position and velocities Calculate the rotation of momentum between pre-GEANT4 and post-GEANT4 Rotate the post-GPT momentum accordingly Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden GPT k ac T heo re t i I An example Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Combined Stepping A step in Flint 1 Use GPT to track the step 2 Recalculate the step using GEANT4 3 Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT I I I 13/34 tr 4 pa th c al al Ge an t I Start at pre-GPT-point Track in direction of post-GPT point Stop when time exceeds the GPT time Re I Take the new position and velocities Calculate the rotation of momentum between pre-GEANT4 and post-GEANT4 Rotate the post-GPT momentum accordingly Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden GPT k ac T heo re t i I An example Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Combined Stepping A step in Flint 1 Use GPT to track the step 2 Recalculate the step using GEANT4 3 Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT I I I 13/34 tr 4 pa th c al Take the new position and velocities Calculate the rotation of momentum between pre-GEANT4 and post-GEANT4 Rotate the post-GPT momentum accordingly Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden t an Ge al Ge an t I Start at pre-GPT-point Track in direction of post-GPT point Stop when time exceeds the GPT time Re I GPT k ac T heo re t i I An example Flint - A tool for beamline design 4 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Combined Stepping A step in Flint 1 Use GPT to track the step 2 Recalculate the step using GEANT4 3 Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT I I I 13/34 tr 4 pa th c al Take the new position and velocities Calculate the rotation of momentum between pre-GEANT4 and post-GEANT4 Rotate the post-GPT momentum accordingly Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden t an Ge al Ge an t I Start at pre-GPT-point Track in direction of post-GPT point Stop when time exceeds the GPT time Re I GPT k ac T heo re t i I An example Flint - A tool for beamline design 4 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Combined Stepping A step in Flint 1 Use GPT to track the step 2 Recalculate the step using GEANT4 3 Inject the results of GEANT4 into GPT I I I 13/34 tr 4 pa th c al Take the new position and velocities Calculate the rotation of momentum between pre-GEANT4 and post-GEANT4 Rotate the post-GPT momentum accordingly Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden t an Ge al Ge an t I Start at pre-GPT-point Track in direction of post-GPT point Stop when time exceeds the GPT time Re I GPT k ac T heo re t i I An example Flint - A tool for beamline design Res 4 ul t Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Secondaries Secondary particles GEANT4 produces all kind of secondaries GPT can only handle massive particles The solution Massive particles are injected into GPT Massless particles are tracked and outputed solely by GEANT4 Recognition of particles Secondaries have unknown types, GPT does not know particle types GEANT4 has to recognize the particle type just by mass and charge Recognition: |∆m| · |∆q| should be minimal 14/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Secondaries Secondary particles GEANT4 produces all kind of secondaries GPT can only handle massive particles The solution Massive particles are injected into GPT Massless particles are tracked and outputed solely by GEANT4 Recognition of particles Secondaries have unknown types, GPT does not know particle types GEANT4 has to recognize the particle type just by mass and charge Recognition: |∆m| · |∆q| should be minimal 14/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications What is Flint? Architecture Combined Stepping Secondaries Secondaries Secondary particles GEANT4 produces all kind of secondaries GPT can only handle massive particles The solution Massive particles are injected into GPT Massless particles are tracked and outputed solely by GEANT4 Recognition of particles Secondaries have unknown types, GPT does not know particle types GEANT4 has to recognize the particle type just by mass and charge Recognition: |∆m| · |∆q| should be minimal 14/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Design of beamlines Output Optimization Design of beamlines Input Only one input file (XML) consisting of: GDML part (Geometry Description Markup Language, supported naturally by GEANT4) GPT part (In general GPT ini file) Some additional tags controlling Flint Example: Configuring particles used in GEANT4 <particles> <particle name="gamma" /> <particle name="e-" /> <particle name="proton" /> </particles> 15/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Design of beamlines Output Optimization Design of beamlines Input Only one input file (XML) consisting of: GDML part (Geometry Description Markup Language, supported naturally by GEANT4) GPT part (In general GPT ini file) Some additional tags controlling Flint Example: Configuring particles used in GEANT4 <particles> <particle name="gamma" /> <particle name="e-" /> <particle name="proton" /> </particles> 15/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Design of beamlines Output Optimization Design of beamlines Example: A pinhole <tube name="pinhole" z="20.0" rmin="10.0" rmax="100.0" /> <volume name="pinhole"> <materialref ref="Cu" /> <solidref ref="pinhole" /> </volume> <position name="ph" z="1400.0" /> <physvol> <volumeref ref="pinhole" /> <positionref ref="ph" /> </physvol> 16/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Design of beamlines Output Optimization Design of beamlines Example: Two quadrupoles <gpt> radius = 6e-3; setparticles("beam", 100, me, qe, 0.0); setrxydist("beam", "u", radius/2, radius); setphidist("beam", "u", 0, 2*pi); setGdist("beam", "u", 100, 0); quadrupole("wcs", "z", 0.2, 0.1, 3.90); quadrupole("wcs", "z", 0.5, 0.2, -3.25); G4Virtual("wcs", "i"); tout(0, 4e-9, 0.05e-9); </gpt> 17/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Design of beamlines Output Optimization Design of beamlines 18/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Design of beamlines Output Optimization Output Current outputs availible GPT outputs (e.g. Divergence, Emittance, Standard diviations, ...) Trajectories (seperated by particle type, massless only here) as ASCII Dose and energy deposition in the geometry as ASCII Configuration of outputs <outputs> <output name="trajectories" /> <output name="dose" x min="-1e3" x max="1e3" y min="-1e3" y max="1e3" z min="0" z max="2e3" nx="1000" ny="1000" nz="2000" /> </outputs> 19/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Design of beamlines Output Optimization Output Current outputs availible GPT outputs (e.g. Divergence, Emittance, Standard diviations, ...) Trajectories (seperated by particle type, massless only here) as ASCII Dose and energy deposition in the geometry as ASCII Configuration of outputs <outputs> <output name="trajectories" /> <output name="dose" x min="-1e3" x max="1e3" y min="-1e3" y max="1e3" z min="0" z max="2e3" nx="1000" ny="1000" nz="2000" /> </outputs> 19/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Design of beamlines Output Optimization Optimization Parallization of the GEANT4 part GPT Single particles are independant GEANT4 and output distributed over several threads using OpenMP (previous versions also MPI) G4 G4 ... G4 G4 Configurable with environment variables Out Out ... Out Out Other optimizations There are additional optimizations, e.g. for output, particle exchange, ... 20/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design GPT Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Design of beamlines Output Optimization Optimization Parallization of the GEANT4 part GPT Single particles are independant GEANT4 and output distributed over several threads using OpenMP (previous versions also MPI) G4 G4 ... G4 G4 Configurable with environment variables Out Out ... Out Out Other optimizations There are additional optimizations, e.g. for output, particle exchange, ... 20/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design GPT Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Comparison to pure GPT The quadrupole example Basically the same world as in a GPT example: Two quadrupoles T (G = 3.9, −3.25 m ) focus a beam of electrons (γ = 100) Empty space filled with weak interacting gas (H2 ), two pinholes (Cu) 0.02 "traj_gamma_flint.txt" u 4:2 "traj_e-_flint.txt" u 3:1 0.015 Possibility to test the stepping algorithm 0.01 x [m] 0.005 0 -0.005 -0.01 The result -0.015 Flint and GPT both focus at z = 1.3 m 21/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden -0.02 0 0.5 Flint - A tool for beamline design 1 z [m] 1.5 2 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Comparison to pure GPT The quadrupole example Basically the same world as in a GPT example: Two quadrupoles T (G = 3.9, −3.25 m ) focus a beam of electrons (γ = 100) Empty space filled with weak interacting gas (H2 ), two pinholes (Cu) 0.02 "traj_gamma_flint.txt" u 4:2 "traj_e-_flint.txt" u 3:1 0.015 Possibility to test the stepping algorithm 0.01 x [m] 0.005 0 -0.005 -0.01 The result -0.015 Flint and GPT both focus at z = 1.3 m 21/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden -0.02 0 0.5 Flint - A tool for beamline design 1 z [m] 1.5 2 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Comparison to pure GPT 0.02 "traj_e-_gpt.txt" u 3:1 0.015 0.01 x [m] 0.005 0 -0.005 -0.01 -0.015 -0.02 0 0.5 1 1.5 z [m] 22/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design 2 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Comparison to pure GPT 0.02 "traj_gamma_flint.txt" u 4:2 "traj_e-_flint.txt" u 3:1 0.015 0.01 x [m] 0.005 0 -0.005 -0.01 -0.015 -0.02 0 0.5 1 1.5 z [m] 23/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design 2 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Comparison to pure GPT 3 "traj_gamma_flint.txt" u 4:2 "traj_e-_flint.txt" u 3:1 2 x [m] 1 0 -1 -2 -3 0 5 10 15 20 25 z [m] 24/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design 30 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Comparison to pure GEANT4 Emittance calculation Electron-beam with a Gaussian space-distribution with σ = 0.3 mm, ε0 = 1 mm mrad, divergence of 190 µrad, γ = 440 Emittance after a thin (d = (1, 4, 15) µm) aluminium foil is compared to GEANT4 The result Both, Flint and GEANT4, produce the same change in emittance (for 15 µm Al): ε0 = 81 mm mrad. 25/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Figure: Phase space Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Comparison to pure GEANT4 Emittance calculation Electron-beam with a Gaussian space-distribution with σ = 0.3 mm, ε0 = 1 mm mrad, divergence of 190 µrad, γ = 440 Emittance after a thin (d = (1, 4, 15) µm) aluminium foil is compared to GEANT4 The result Both, Flint and GEANT4, produce the same change in emittance (for 15 µm Al): ε0 = 81 mm mrad. 25/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Figure: Phase space Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Design of a sample beamline Designing a sample beamline Beam: electrons (γ = 100) and protons (γ = 5) A pinhole (Cu) A separating magnetic field (B = 2 T ) Protons collide into a beam dump (Pb) 26/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Design of a sample beamline 27/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Design of a sample beamline "output_gamma" u 4:3:2 "output_e-" u 3:2:1 "output_proton" u 3:2:1 0.4 0.2 0 y [m] -0.2 -0.4 0.4 0.2 x [m] 0 -0.2 -0.4 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 z [m] Figure: Also produced: α, e + , neutrons 28/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Design of a sample beamline "output_gamma" u 4:3 "output_e-" u 3:2 "output_proton" u 3:2 0.4 0.2 x [m] 0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 z [m] 29/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Design of a sample beamline "output_gamma" u 4:3 "output_e-" u 3:2 "output_proton" u 3:2 0.03 0.02 0.01 x [m] 0 -0.01 -0.02 -0.03 -0.04 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.2 0.21 0.22 z [m] 30/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design 0.23 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Design of a sample beamline "output_gamma" u 4:3 "output_e-" u 3:2 "output_proton" u 3:2 0 -0.01 x [m] -0.02 -0.03 -0.04 -0.05 0.3 0.31 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.36 0.37 z [m] 31/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design 0.38 0.39 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Design of a sample beamline "output_gamma" u 4:3 "output_e-" u 3:2 "output_proton" u 3:2 0.15 0.1 x [m] 0.05 0 -0.05 -0.1 -0.15 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 z [m] 32/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design 1.6 Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Outlook Software impropvements Some minor and major optimizations More configurability through XML (perhaps replace GPT ini file) Major improvements Use GEANT4’s proposed step length in GPT More output options (e.g. detailed interaction information) Use another format than ASCII for output (speedup) More testing (e.g. tracking ions, fission processes, complex space charge effects) 33/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook Outlook Software impropvements Some minor and major optimizations More configurability through XML (perhaps replace GPT ini file) Major improvements Use GEANT4’s proposed step length in GPT More output options (e.g. detailed interaction information) Use another format than ASCII for output (speedup) More testing (e.g. tracking ions, fission processes, complex space charge effects) 33/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design Introduction Flint in general Using Flint Verification and applications Comparison to pure GPT Comparison to pure GEANT4 Design of a sample beamline Outlook The End The End Thank you for your audience! 34/34 Lucas Clemente - FZD, Dresden Flint - A tool for beamline design