Physical models and numerical algorithms

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