MAD-X Home Page
MAD-X is the successor of MAD-8, a program for
accelerator design and simulation with a long history. MAD-X was first
released in June, 2002. It offers most of the MAD-8 functionality,
with some additions, corrections, and extensions. The most important
of these extensions is the interface to the Polymorphic Tracking Code
of E. Forest. Documentation for FPP (Fully Polymorphic Package) and
some for PTC can be found respectively at: FPP Documentation and PTC
Reference Manual. A nice physics manual has been prepared by
D. Abel from the TECH-X corporation PTC
physics manual.
FPP is a package which overloads the LBNL version of Berz package and The Lingyun Yang C++ TPSA package. The user can select which package he wants to use at run time (details to be found at PTC_CREATE_UNIVERSE command).
The most important new features of MAD-X are:
- Languages: C, Fortran77, and Fortran90
- Strictly modular organisation
- Modified and extended input language
For more details, look at the
MAD-X project.
The MAD-X module keepers are invited to study and follow the Module Writer's Guide. The MAD-X code and its modules is spread out over a team developpers and it is therefore essential that certain programming rules are respected with discipline.
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