Track Particles for a Specified Number of Turns

This command starts or continues the actual tracking:

RUN,METHOD=name,FILE=string,TURNS=integer;

The RUN command initialises tracking and uses the most recent particle bunch for initial conditions. The particle positions may be the result of previous tracking, or they may have been generated by START commands. The command writes a file of particle positions. Its attributes are:

METHOD

The name of the tracking method to be used. For the time being only one method is known:

THIN

All elements are treated a s thin lenses. This is the fastest of the known method which do not lump elements.

FILE

The name of the file to be writen (default="track").

TURNS

The number of turns (integer) to be tracked (default: 1).

Example:

RUN,TURNS=1000,FILE="table";

This command tracks 1000 turns and writes the results on file table.