Speaker
Description
Specialised tools are required to perform single-particle tracking simulations that include collimation systems. These tools describe the particle-matter interactions that occur when a particle impacts a collimator jaw, and provide means to pinpoint the longitudinal locations of losses. One such tool is Xcoll, a recent Python package fully integrated into the Xsuite environment - the latest tool for particle tracking simulations, currently under active development. Xcoll provides a built-in scattering engine called Everest, optimised for computation speed by assuming no particle type changes nor secondary particle production. This approximation suffices for simulating the scattering of high-energy protons in matter. For simulations where these assumptions are no longer valid, like for lepton or ion beams, Xcoll also provides couplings to established tools such as FLUKA or Geant4. This talk details the ongoing development of Xcoll and its various scattering engines. Extensive testing of the new implementation will also be discussed, using different collimation layout configurations for the LHC Run 3 and HL-LHC as case studies.
