DEMIRCI: An RFQ Design Software

TL;DR

DEMIRCI is a newly developed RFQ design software that offers graphical and command-line interfaces, beam dynamics calculations, multi-platform support, and realistic potential modeling to facilitate low-energy ion acceleration design.

Contribution

DEMIRCI introduces new features including beam dynamics calculations and multi-platform support, enhancing RFQ design capabilities compared to previous tools.

Findings

Added beam dynamics module for input beam tracking

Supported Windows OS platform

Implemented more realistic 8-term potential calculations

Abstract

The development and production of radio frequency quadrupoles, which are used for accelerating low-energy ions to high energies, continues since 1970s. The development of RFQ design software packages, which can provide ease of use with a graphical interface, can visualize the behavior of the ion beam inside the RFQ, and can run on both Unix and Windows platforms, has become inevitable due to increasing interest around the world. In this context, a new RFQ design software package, DEMIRCI, has been under development. To meet the user expectations, a number of new features have been recently added to DEMIRCI. Apart from being usable via both graphical interface and command line, DEMIRCI has been enriched with beam dynamics calculations. This new module gives users the possibility to define and track an input beam and to monitor its behavior along the RFQ. Additionally, the Windows OS has been added to the list of supported platforms. Finally, the addition of more realistic 8 term potential results has been ongoing. This note will summarize the latest developments and results from DEMIRCI RFQ design software.