XAL Adoption Experience at LCLS

Conference · Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2009

OSTI ID:969255

Chu, P; Woodley, M; Chan, A; Chevtsov, S; Fairley, D; Grunhaus, E; Iverson, R; Krejcik, P; White, G; Wu, J; Zelazny, M; Gan, Q

XAL is a high level accelerator application framework originally developed by the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The XAL framework provides generic hierarchical view for an accelerator as well as many utility tools. In XAL, a built-in physics model calculates either single particle or beam envelope tracking for physics parameters. Modifications to the original XAL model are necessary for the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Work was done to manipulate MAD deck output within a database in support of the XAL configuration and model. The XAL graphical user interface has been replaced by a SLAC specific design. New applications based on the framework are also discussed in this paper.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 969255
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-13812; TRN: US1000224
• Resource Relation: Conference: Contributed to 12th International Conference on Accelerators and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems, 12-16 Oct 2009, Kobe, Japan
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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