IPAC'24 - 15th International Particle Accelerator Conference

Introducing a semi-Gaussian mixture model for simulating multiple coulomb scattering in RF-Track

SUPC020

19 May 2024, 14:00

4h

Country (MCC Exhibit Hall A)

Student Poster Presentation MC1.A09 Muon Accelerators, Neutrino Factories, Muon Colliders Student Poster Session

Speaker

Bernd Stechauner (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

Within the context of a design study of a LINAC for ionization cooling, this paper presents the result of incorporating a scattering model in RF-Track (v2.1) for charged particles heavier than electrons. This inclusion enables simulations for applications like ionization cooling channels for muon colliders. Within RF-Track, a novel semi-Gaussian mixture model has been introduced to describe the deflection of charged particles in material. This innovative model comprises a Gaussian core and a non-Gaussian tail function to account for the effects of single hard scattering. To validate the accuracy of our results, we conducted a benchmarking comparison against other particle tracking codes, with the outcomes demonstrating a high level of agreement.