Contents of CERN 80-04

TRANSPORT: a computer program for designing charged particle beam transport systems

INTRODUCTION (view: trans1.pdf)

MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION OF "TRANSPORT"

     General conventions
     The transfer matrix R
     The beam matrix .sigma.
     Fitting

INPUT FORMAT FOR TRANSPORT

     An Example of a TRANSPORT Input Deck 
     The use of labels
     Table 1: Summary of TRANSPORT type codes

OUTPUT FORMAT

     General appearance 
     Initial listing 
     Listing during the calculation 
     Calculated quantities

TITLE CARD

INDICATOR CARD (0 or +-l)

COMMENT CARDS

     Example of the use of comment cards in a data set

LISTING OF AVAILABLE TRANSPORT TYPE CODE ENTRIES (view: trans2.pdf)

INPUT BEAM: Type code 1.0

     The phase ellipse beam matrix 
     r.m.s. addition to the BEAM

FRINGING FIELDS and POLE-FACE ROTATIONS for bending magnets: Type code 2.0

     Pole-face rotation matrix

DRIFT: Type code 3.0

     DRIFT space matrix

WEDGE BENDING MAGNET: Type code 4.0

     First-order wedge bending magnet matrix

QUADRUPOLE: Type code 5.0

     First-order quadrupole matrix

TRANSFORM 1 update: Type code 6.0.1.

AUXILIARY TRANSFORMATION MATRIX (R2): Type code 6.0.2.

SHIFT IN THE BEAM CENTROID: Type code 7.0

MAGNET ALIGNMENT TOLERANCES: Type code 8.0

     Exomple No. 1: A bending magnet with a known misalignment 
     Exomple No. 2: A bending magnet with an uncertain position
     Exomple No. 3: A misaligned quadrupole triplet 
     Exomple No. 4: Misaligned quadrupoles in a triplet

REPETITION: Type code 9.0 (view: trans3.pdf)

     Example of Nesting

VARY CODES and FITTING CONSTRAINTS: Type code 10.0

     Vary codes 
     First-order vary codes 
     Second-order vary codes 
     Coupled vary codes 
     Possible fitting constraints
     First-order constraints
     Second-order constraints
     R1 matrix fitting constraints
     R2 matrix fitting constraints
     .sigma.(BEAM) matrix fitting constraints
     Beam correlation matrix (r) fitting constraints
     First moment constraint
     System length constraint
     AGS machine constraint
     Floor coordinate fitting constraint
     T1 matrix fitting constraints
     T2 matrix fitting constraints
     Second-order .sigma. (BEAM) matrix fitting constraint
     Sextupole strength constraints
     Internal constraints
     Corrections and covariance matrix

ACCELERATION: Type code 11.0 (view: trans4.pdf)

     Accelerator section matrix

BEAM (rotated ellipse): Type code 12.0

Output PRINT CONTROL instructions: Type code 13.0

     Beam matrix print controls 1., 2., 3.
     Transformation matrix print controls 4., 5., 6., 24.
     Misalignment table print control 8.
     Coordinate layout control 12.
     General output format controls 17., 18., 19.
     Punched output controls 29., 30., 31., 32., 33., 34., 35., 36.

ARBITRARY TRANSFORMATION input: Type code 14.0

Input-output UNITS: Type code 15.0

SPECIAL INPUT PARAMETERS: Type code 16.0

     Code digits for special parameters
     Tilt-to-focal plane (16. 15. .alpha. ;) element
     Initial beam line coordinates and direction

SECOND-ORDER CALCULATION: Type code 17.0

SEXTUPOLE: Type code 18.0

SOLENOID: Type code 19.0

     First-order solenoid matrix

COORDINATE ROTATION: Type code 20.0

     Examples

STRAY MAGNETIC FIELD: Type code 21.0

SENTINEL

REFERENCES

TRANSPORT APPENDIX (view: trans5.pdf)

     1. Beam Transport Optics (a set of lectures given to the SLAC technical staff)

     Part I
     Part II

     2. First-Order Matrix Formalism for TRANSPORT (view: trans6.pdf)

     First-Order R(Transfer) Matrix Formalism 
     First-Order Phase Ellipse Formalism for TRANSPORT (view: trans7.pdf)

     3. Second-Order Aberrations (view: trans8.pdf)

     Second Order Contributions to Beam Dimensions
     A Systematic Procedure for Designing High Resolving Power Beam Transport Systems or Charged Particle Spectrometers

     4.The Effect of Beam Line Magnet Misalignments (view: trans9.pdf)

     5. First-Order Parameter Optimization and Covariance