README.md

About this package

This package is a set of utils oriented towards multipacting analysis. In particular:

• Load parameter sweeps and PIC Position Monitor data from CST Particle Studio.
• Load results from SPARK3D.
• Post-treat electron vs time results from these tools: multipactor trend, (TODO: multipactor order).
• Post-treat CST's PIC Position Monitor:
• Distribution of emission energies.
• Distribution of impact energies.
• Distribution of impact angles.
• Visualize trajectories.

Installation

Requirements

You will need a recent version of Python (at least 3.12).

Installation

Simple installation

1. Create a dedicated Python environment, activate it.
2. Run pip install simultipac

Note

If you are completely new to Python and these instructions are unclear, check this tutorial. In particular, you will want to:

1. Install Python 3.12 or higher.
2. Learn to use Python environments, pipenv or virtualenv.
3. Install a Python IDE such as Spyder or VSCode.

Building form source

1. Navigate to the library installation folder.
2. git clone git@github.com:AdrienPlacais/Simulia_Multipactor_lib.git (or download it a zip).
3. Navigate to Simulia_Multipactor_lib
4. Create a dedicated python environment.
5. pip install -e .

How to use

Documentation

Documentation is available at this link.

Tutorial

Examples are provided in the examples folder and in the documentation.

Gallery

Compute exponential growth factor

From SPARK3D

From CST

Results of a parametric study on the number of seed electrons.

Treat CST PIC Monitor data

Emission energies

Collision energies

Collision angles

Trajectory plots

Here we represented in red the collision points and in green the emission points. Electrons without a green point are seed electrons.

See also: interactive trajectory plot

TO DO

• Avoid git warnigns