SixTrack is a single particle 6D symplectic tracking code optimized for long term tracking in high energy rings. It is mainly used for the LHC for dynamic aperture studies, tune optimization, and collimation studies.
F. Schmidt (DESY, CERN), J.D. Andersson, R. Assman, J. Barranco, V.K. Berglyd Olsen, C. Bracco, R. Bruce, R. De Maria, M. Fiascaris, M. Fjellstrom, H. Grote, K. Heinemann, F. James, K. Koelbig, R. Kwee-Hinzmann, Y. Levinsen, E. Mcintosh, A. Mereghetti, D. Mirarchi, K. Paraschou, T. Persson, V. Previtali, E. Quaranta, H. Ranshall, S. Redaelli, A. Rossi, A. Santamaria, K. Sjobak, Y. Sun, C. Tambasco, M. Vaenttinen, J.F. Wagner, T. Weiler, J. Wretborn (CERN), M. Fitterer (FNAL, CERN), V. Gupta (Google Summer of Code), S. Kostoglou (NTUA, CERN), J. Molson (UMAN, LAL, CERN), A. Patapenka (NIU, CERN), G. Robert-Demolaize (BNL, CERN)
Core Devs: V.K. Berglyd Olsen, R. De Maria, A. Mereghetti, J. Molson, T. Persson, K. Sjobak.
Copyright 2019 CERN. This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, copied verbatim in the file LICENSE.md.
In applying this licence, CERN does not waive the privileges and immunities granted to it by virtue of its status as an Intergovernmental Organization or submit itself to any jurisdiction.
To build the standard release version of SixTrack with default options, run the script defaultBuild.sh
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- Main Website: sixtrack.web.cern.ch/SixTrack
- Documentation: PDF | HTML
- General Requirements and Build Options
- Further details covered in the build manual