Physical models and numerical algorithms

An overview on PyECLOUD's history and main features can be found here.

The physical models and numerical algorithms implemented in PyECLOUD are described in the document:

• Electron Cloud Studies for CERN Particle Accelerators and Simulation Code Development (2014)

Other topics (not described in the document above):

• Boris tracking algorithm for accurate simulations in quadrupole fields (as described here)
• Shortly-Weller algorithm for accurate field calculation with curved boundaries (as described here)
• PyEC4PyHT module to simulate e-cloud effects on beam dynamics combining PyECLOUD with PyHEADTAIL (as described here)
• Performance optimization using cython (as described here)
• Parallelization of the beam dynamics simulations using the PyPARIS tool is described here
• Implementation of magnetic multipoles is described here