CERN Accelerating science

Overview

SixTrack is a single particle 6D symplectic tracking code optimized for long term tracking in high energy rings. It is mainly used for the LHC for dynamic aperture studies, tune optimization, and collimation studies.

The core of SixTrack is a single executable built from Fortran pre-processed sources. Links to the source code can be found on the source page. The code is licensed under LGPLv2.1 under the CERN copyright.

Manual and reference papers are available on the documentation pages.

A developer manual is also available on the Wiki pages.

For Linux environments, SixDesk, is available in the source page for preparing, running, and analysing dynamic aperture studies for the LHC. It can be used with the CERN LSF and LHC@Home computer resources.

Citation

If you use SixTrack 5 in your publication, please cite:

    De Maria, R., et al. ‘SixTrack Version 5: Status and New Developments’. In Proceedings of IPAC 2019, 3200–3203. Melbourne, Australia: JACoW, 2019. DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-WEPTS043.

Development

  • Coordinator: Riccardo De Maria
  • Former Coordinator and Original Author: Frank Schmidt
  • Core Developers: Riccardo De Maria, Veronica Berglyd Olsen, Kyrre Sjobak, Alessio Mereghetti, James Molson, Tobias Persson
  • Collimation Routines: Alessio Mereghetti, Roderik Bruce, Stefano Redaelli, Guillaume Robert-Demolaize, Pascal Hermes
  • SixTrack Website: Veronica Berglyd Olsen, Riccardo De Maria
  • SixDesk: Alessio Mereghetti, Eric Mcintosh
  • Boinc: Alessio Mereghetti, Eric Mcintosh, Igor Zacharov, Nils Hoimyr
  • Dynamic Effects: Kyrre Sjobak, Veronica Berglyd Olsen
  • Scattering: Veronica Berglyd Olsen
  • Numerical Reproducibility: Eric Mcintosh, Harry Renshall
  • Build System: Eric Mcintosh, Kyrre Sjobak, James Molson, Riccardo De Maria, Veronica Berglyd Olsen
  • Fluka SixTrack Interoperation: Alession Mereghetti, Vasilis Vlachoudis
  • Fringe Fields, Generic Polynomial Maps: Barbara Dalena, Dave Brett
  • Beam-Beam: Javier Barranco, Giovanni Iadarola
  • Exact Hamiltonian: Mattias Fjellstrom
  • Crab cavities: Rogelio Tomas, Javier Barranco, Rama Calaga, Ewen Maclean
  • Electron Lens: Miriam Fitter, Valentina Previtali
  • Wire: Andrei Patapenka
  • Crystal Collimators: Daniele Mirarchi
  • Multiple Ion Species: Pascal Hermes
  • Beam-Gas Interactions: Yngve Levinsen
  • Frequency Map Analysis: Miriam Fitterer
The full author list is available in the source readme file.