Elegant software for investigation of electron transport systems

Abstract

Abstract: this paper presents the possibilities of the software elegant for the investigation of electron transport systems. The research object is the electron accelerator Photo-CATCH. It is used to study electron sources that a later further examined by the electron accelerator S-DALINAC (Superconducting-Darmstadt-LINear-Accelerator). For the installation of a new cryogenic electron source, which is expected to extend the lifetime of the CsO-coating, the setup needed to be rearranged to be able to use the existing source as well as the new cryogenic source with one beamline. The characteristics of the beam properties of both sources were obtained using elegant. After executing all necessary simulations and analysing the results, the beamline could be readjusted, and the source put into operation.