How to simulate an electron cloud buildup

In the following we will illustrate a simple procedure to simulate the e-cloud buildup using PyECLOUD.

If you don't have it yet, please install the PyECLOUD suite following the instruction available here. We assume that the tools are installed in /home/user/tools.

Make sure that the packages are in the PYTHON_PATH. They can be added by typing:

export FOLDER_WITH_PACKAGES=/home/user/tools
export PYTHONPATH=$FOLDER_WITH_PACKAGES:$FOLDER_WITH_PACKAGES/PyHEADTAIL:$FOLDER_WITH_PACKAGES/NAFFlib:$PYTHONPATH

Create a folder for the simulation:

mkdir /home/user/Desktop/ecloud_instab_simulation
cd ecloud_instab_simulation