Summary Notes of the MAD-X meeting held on 28 November 2005


Present :

  • H.Burkhardt, M.Giovannozzi, A.Koschik, C.Milardi, T.Risselada, F.Schmidt, P.Skowronski, F. Tecker, R. Tomas


    1) New in Version 3.01 (FS) (slides in ppt)

    2) Makethin (HB) : implementation of new options, and slicing of solenoids (slides in pdf)

  • It was agreed to make "minimizeparents" the default option.

    3) Thin solenoid (AK) (slides in pdf)

  • The "thin solenoid" element in tracking mode is now ready.

    4) Future plans (FS) (slides in ppt)

  • R. Tomas takes over the EMIT module.

    5) A.O.B.

  • LHC beam 2 conversion to Sixtrack (MG, TR): it is not foreseen to implement the effect of the "bv" flag in the sixtrack module (FS). A workaround ("Beam 4") is available.

  • ALFA (momentum compaction, presently ~ R56 in dispersionless regions) does not take into account the energy changes in cavities (CM): to be investigated

  • PTC matching not finished: OB is very busy, an ad hoc solution needs to be found (PS?)

  • tilt angle "lost" in makethin (RdM): not a makethin problem (HB), to be clarified


    The last MADX meeting of this year will be held on December 16th.

    T.R.