Track Mode

Before starting to track, a working beam line or sequence and a beam must be selected by the command

TRACK,LINE=name,BEAM=name;

This command causes MAD to enter ``tracking mode'', in which it accepts only the track commands. The attributes of the command are:

LINE

The label of a preceding LINE or SEQUENCE (no default).

BEAM

The named BEAM command defines the particle mass, charge and reference momentum (default: UNNAMED_BEAM).

Particles are tracked in parallel i.e. the coordinates of all particles are transformed at each beam element as it is reached.

MAD leaves track mode when it sees the command

ENDTRACK;