THE ESS LINAC SIMULATOR: A FIRST BENCHMARK WITH TRACEWIN

The ESS Linac Simulator, ELS, will be the core of the online model used in the normal operations of the ESS linac. ESS Linac Simulator will operate through the eXtensible Accelerator Language, XAL, in order to provide an effective interface capable to simulate and predict the beam dynamics of the accelerator. The ELS is capable of simulating the dynamics of the beam envelope in both transverse and longitudinal planes in real time. In order to validate the effectiveness of the physics implemented, the ELS calculations are here benchmarked with TraceWin: the simulation code used for the design of the accelerator.