pylhc 0.4.0

An accelerator physics script collection for the OMC team at CERN.

PyLHC Tools

This package provides tools for particle accelerator physics complementing the optics measurement analysis tools of the omc3 package. It is a collection of useful scripts for the Optics Measurements and Corrections team (OMC) at CERN, with functionality for data analysis, corrections calculation, simulations management and machine information extraction.

Documentation

• Autogenerated docs via Sphinx can be found at https://pylhc.github.io/PyLHC/.
• General documentation of the OMC-Team is located at https://pylhc.github.io/

Installing

This package is Python 3.7+ compatible, and can be installed through pip:

python -m pip install pylhc

After installing, scripts can be run with either python -m pylhc.SCRIPT --FLAG ARGUMENT or by calling the Python files directly.

For development purposes, we recommend creating a new virtual environment and installing from VCS in editable mode with all extra dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/pylhc/pylhc
python -m pip install --editable "pylhc[all]"

Note: Some scripts access functionality only available on the CERN Technical Network. To use those, you should make sure to install the relevant extra dependencies with python -m pip install "pylhc[cern]".

Functionality

• Forced DA Analysis - Script to analyze forced DA. (forced_da_analysis.py)
• Machine Settings Info - Prints an overview over the machine settings at a given time. (machine_settings_info.py)
• BSRT Logger and BSRT Analysis - Saves data coming straight from LHC BSRT FESA class and allows subsequent analysis. (bsrt_logger.py & bsrt_analysis.py )
• BPM Calibration Factors - Compute the BPM calibration factors using ballistic optics. Two methods are available: using the beta function and using the dispersion. (bpm_calibration.py)
• IR NonLinear RDT Correction - Script to compute RDT correction in the (HL)LHC IRs including feed-down effects. (irnl_rdt_correction.py)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.