Tutorial at EVC17 - ECOSS37
The Test-Particle Monte Carlo Code Molflow+:
Hands-on Approach with Examples
Lecturer: Roberto Kersevan (CERN)
Please bring your laptop with MolFlow installed, see below.
Course content
Effective pumping speed of a NEG pump
During the training, an introduction is given of Monte Carlo methods for vacuum problems. Then a hands-on exercise follows, with the goal to get the effective (local) pumping speed of a NEG cartridge pump connected to an accelerator.
Pressure calculation in a light source
In the second exercise, pressure is calculated in a typical vacuum element (a synchrotron light source). Issues to be tackled are the sanitization of the geometry, and using the post-processing tools (textures, etc.) learned in the first exercise.
Advanced topics
If time permits, additional topics, such as time-dependent simulations will be presented.
Preparation
Please download, and try to launch MolFlow itself, and the source files
- The latest version of Molflow is on this page (choose the binary for your OS)
- On Windows, just extract the downloaded .zip file to a directory with write permission (i.e. Downloads), and run molflow.exe
- You might have to accept the security warning that molflow.exe is from an unidentified developer
- On other OS, you need to install dependencies. In the downloads section of this site, choose instruction for your OS in the left-hand navigation panel
- If stuck, contact me: marton.ady@cern.ch