EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH

MAD-X USER'S GUIDE

Table of contents

• MAD-X Copyright Statement
• Conventions
• Command and Statement Format
• Control Statements
• Known Differences to Other Programs
• Elements and Beamlines
  • Physical Elements and Markers
  • Sequences
• Input and Output
  • TFS File Format
  • Conversion to Sixtrack Input Format
  • SXF file input and output
  • PLOT
• MAD Modules
  • TWISS
  • MATCHING
  • SURVEY: geometric layout and survey
  • APERTURE: defining and calculating apertures
  • MAKETHIN: Conversion to Thin Lens
  • DYNAP: Dynamic Aperture
  • EMIT
  • ERRORS
  • IBS: Intra Beam Scattering
  • ORBIT CORRECTION
  • SODD
  • TOUSCHEK
  • TRACKING: Overview of MAD-X Tracking Modules
  • THINTRACK: Thin-Lens Tracking Module
• PTC Commands
  • Set-up Parameters
  • PTC_TRACK: Thick-Lens Tracking Module
  • PTC_TRACK_LINE: Line Tracking Module
  • PTC_TWISS: Ripken Optics Parameters
  • PTC_NORMAL: Non-Linear Machine Parameters
  • PTC Auxiliary Commands
• Keyword and Subject Index
• References