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1990 edition of the Los Alamos Accelerator Code Group's compendium provides summaries of more than 200 codes. Certain codes are still in use today, although
Accelerator_physics_codes
Physics related to the study, design, building and operation of particle accelerators
Accelerator physics is a branch of applied physics, concerned with designing, building and operating particle accelerators. As such, it can be described
Accelerator_physics
a tracking code. See article on Accelerator physics codes. A. Chao, Physics of Collective Beam Instabilities in High Energy Accelerators, Wiley Publishers
Collective effects (accelerator physics)
Collective_effects_(accelerator_physics)
Scientific software for particle physics
semiconductor devices are modeled. Nuclear physics CLHEP and FreeHEP, libraries for high energy physics. Accelerator physics codes for the modeling of charged particles
Geant4
European particle physics research centre
main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research – consequently, numerous experiments
CERN
Topics referred to by the same term
processing unit or graphics accelerator, a dedicated graphics-rendering device Accelerator (library), a library that allows the coding of programs for a graphics
Accelerator
stability region of phase space in a circular accelerator. In the case of protons or heavy ion accelerators, (or synchrotrons, or storage rings), there
Dynamic aperture (accelerator physics)
Dynamic_aperture_(accelerator_physics)
Trajectory of a beam of accelerated particles
In accelerator physics, a beamline refers to the trajectory of the beam of particles, including the overall construction of the path segment (guide tubes
Beamline
Numerical simulations of physical problems via computers
essential component of modern research in different areas of physics, namely: accelerator physics, astrophysics, general theory of relativity (through numerical
Computational_physics
Concept for a linear particle accelerator
in 2016. Additional detailed studies of the physics case for CLIC, an advanced design of the accelerator complex and the detector, as well as numerous
Compact_Linear_Collider
example of a system with tune shift with amplitude is a pendulum. In accelerator physics, both the transverse and the longitudinal dynamics show tune shift
Tune_shift_with_amplitude
American accelerator physicist
Collider-Accelerator Department (C-AD) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Ben-Zvi is most known for his work on accelerator physics, experimental physics, and
Ilan_Ben-Zvi
Specialized computer hardware
Hardware acceleration is the use of computer hardware, known as a hardware accelerator, to perform specific functions faster than can be done by software running
Hardware_acceleration
German-American physicist and engineer (1925-2000)
1985). "Application of permanent magnets in accelerators and electron storage rings". Journal of Applied Physics. 57: 3605–3608. doi:10.1063/1.335021. K.
Klaus_Halbach
Software package for simulating nuclear processes
radiography, medical physics, nuclear criticality safety, detector design and analysis, nuclear oil well logging, accelerator target design, fission
Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code
Monte_Carlo_N-Particle_Transport_Code
U.S. laboratory in Upton, New York
Nanomaterials Energy research Nonproliferation Structural biology Accelerator physics Brookhaven National Lab was originally owned by the Atomic Energy
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven_National_Laboratory
Waveguides Using CST Particle Studio" (PDF). Proceedings of 2011 Particle Accelerator Conference: 2. Simulations of electron multipactor discharge in the coaxial
Multipactor_effect
Computer code system
applications that utilize the radiation transport physics to calculate specific quantities. These codes have been developed by numerous authors over the
EGS_(program)
Austrian physicist
Accuracy of Stopping Power Codes and Ion Ranges Used for Hadron Therapy, in: Dzevad Belkic (Ed.): Theory of Heavy Ion Collision Physics in Hadron Therapy, Adv
Helmut_Paul
American physicist
David Bowman Nicodemus (1 July 1916 – 19 June 1999) was a physicist, Physics Professor and Administrator at Oregon State University, and part of the Manhattan
David_B._Nicodemus
Type of particle accelerator
A storage ring is a type of circular particle accelerator in which a continuous or pulsed particle beam may be kept circulating, typically for many hours
Storage_ring
AEGIS (particle physics) AIDA (computing) AILU AIP Conference Proceedings AKLT Model ALBA (synchrotron) ALEPH experiment ALICE (accelerator) ALPHA Collaboration
Index_of_physics_articles_(A)
International science award since 2012
in Fundamental Physics is one of the Breakthrough Prizes, awarded by the Breakthrough Prize Board. Initially named Fundamental Physics Prize, it was launched
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Breakthrough_Prize_in_Fundamental_Physics
cosmic ray generator". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 626–627:
FLUKA
Nuclear research facility in Mumbai, India
multi-layers, accelerator/reactor based fusion-fission studies, nuclear-astrophysics, nuclear data management, reactor based neutrino physics, very high-energy
Bhabha_Atomic_Research_Centre
CERN LHC experiment
particle detector experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland
ATLAS_experiment
Fourteenth letter in the Greek alphabet
momentum loss of a beam particle after a two-body interaction in accelerator physics. Dimensionless distance variable used in the Lane–Emden equation
Xi_(letter)
currently 17 disciplines, from Accelerators & Beams, through Biological Physics and Networks, to Statistical Physics. Five facets include Research Areas
PhySH
Rings". arXiv:physics/9903034. "Belgroune et. al., Refined Tracking Procedure For The Soleil Energy Acceptance Calculation" (PDF). "Elegant code, Touschek
Touschek_effect
Specialized electronic circuit that accelerates graphics
basis of the Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture ("TIGA") Windows accelerator cards. Following in 1987, the IBM 8514 graphics system was released.
Graphics_processing_unit
Linux distribution
for Linux distributions that are created and used at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). These releases have gone under different names:
Fermi_Linux
solar cell Dye laser Dynameter Dynamic aperture Dynamic aperture (accelerator physics) Dynamic equilibrium Dynamic light scattering Dynamic modulus Dynamic
Index_of_physics_articles_(D)
Computer-aided engineering company
areas of research where CST Studio Suite has been applied include accelerator physics, biological electromagnetics, nanotechnology, and metamaterials.
Simulia_(company)
simulated high-energy particle physics events. They randomly generate events as those produced in particle accelerators, collider experiments or the early
Event_generator
Branch of particle physics concerning interactions between two photons
intergalactic to cosmological distances. Two-photon physics can be studied with high-energy particle accelerators, where the accelerated particles are not the
Two-photon_physics
org/tools/abstract/list http://www.ne.anl.gov/codes/ http://www.irsn.fr/EN/Research/Scientific-tools/Computer-codes/Pages/Computer-codes-2624.aspx https://www.oecd-nea
List of software for nuclear engineering
List_of_software_for_nuclear_engineering
Bulgarian-American physicist (born 1959)
ion beams into heavy elements using GSI's UNILAC (a type of particle accelerator) and analyzing the debris. Though an investigation later determined that
Victor_Ninov
American computer scientist and physicist
S. Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics. Boehnlein joined SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in 2011, where she led the Scientific
Amber_S._Boehnlein
1988 book by Sharon Traweek
on her observations at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California, US, and KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization in Japan. Various
Beamtimes_and_Lifetimes
made an important contribution to the field of physics. Five women have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded annually since 1901 by the Royal Swedish
Women_in_physics
Research laboratory in Germany
HZDR is located at the site of the former Central Institute for Nuclear Physics (later: Central Institute for Nuclear Research) in Dresden-Rossendorf,
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Helmholtz-Zentrum_Dresden-Rossendorf
Parallel computing platform and programming model
cryptographic hash functions machine learning molecular dynamics simulations physics engines The origins of CUDA trace to the early 2000s, when Ian Buck, a
CUDA
Federal research center in California, US
physics, medical physics and biophysics, and nuclear, particle and accelerator physics. In the area of energy and environmental science, Livermore's emphasis
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence_Livermore_National_Laboratory
American mathematician and physicist (1922–2018)
Prize in Physics in 1988, along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for research on neutrinos. He also received the Wolf Prize in Physics in 1982
Leon_M._Lederman
Elementary particle with negative charge
particle accelerators. Interactions involving electrons with other subatomic particles are of interest in fields such as chemistry and nuclear physics. Atoms
Electron
American science and engineering research laboratory in Illinois
In 1978, the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS) opened as the world's first superconducting accelerator for projectiles heavier than the electron
Argonne_National_Laboratory
Topics referred to by the same term
management Active Denial System, US non-lethal weapon ADS amphibious rifle Accelerator-driven system, a type of subcritical reactor Adaptive Damping System
Ads
1994). "AAPM code of practice for radiotherapy accelerators: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Task Group No. 45" (PDF). Medical Physics. 21 (7): 1093–1121
Monitor_unit
Topics referred to by the same term
linear algebra Short-path distillation Spin Physics Detector, a component of the planned NICA particle accelerator near Moscow, Russia Security Policy Database
SPD_(disambiguation)
Pakistani physicist and a computer programmer
helped write the computer codes for the nuclear devices— he was part of the computer programming team that design the codes for the nuclear devices, codenamed:
Anwar_Ali_(physicist)
Town in Moscow Oblast, Russia
known for the 70 GeV proton accelerator which was the largest in the world at the time it was launched in 1967, and other physics research. Town status was
Protvino
Type of computer processor
integrated with the 8086/8088 and responded to floating-point machine code operation codes inserted in the 8088 instruction stream. An 8088 processor without
Coprocessor
Synchrotron light source facility in Saskatoon, Canada
List of synchrotron radiation facilities Plasma Physics Laboratory (Saskatchewan) Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory Canadian Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Canadian_Light_Source
Mathematical technique used to solve a certain class of partial differential equations
In plasma physics, the particle-in-cell (PIC) method refers to a technique used to solve a certain class of partial differential equations. In this method
Particle-in-cell
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Index_of_physics_articles_(C)
Italian particle physicist and Nobel Prize winner (born 1934)
Italian particle physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the
Carlo_Rubbia
Italian-American physicist (1901–1954)
things bear Fermi's name. These include the Fermilab particle accelerator and physics lab in Batavia, Illinois, which was renamed in his honour in 1974
Enrico_Fermi
1998 action-adventure video game
All weapons must be discarded at the end of each level. Hints and keypad codes appear in unexpected places on walls, often in a level or two before they
Trespasser_(video_game)
American physicist
Stéphane Willocq is an American physicist. He is a professor of physics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is involved in the upgrade of the
Stephane_Willocq
Academic fields of study or professions
Applied physics (outline) Accelerator physics Communication physics Astrophysics Atmospheric physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic physics Biophysics
Outline of academic disciplines
Outline_of_academic_disciplines
Technological university in France
invention of the turbo code and the iterative decoding concept. In 1991, researcher Claude Berrou filled his first patent for the Turbo Codes, which are now essential
IMT_Atlantique
American electrical engineer and plasma physicist
Circuit Solution for 1D Bounded Plasma Particle Simulation Codes". Journal of Computational Physics. 104 (2): 321–328. Bibcode:1993JCoPh.104..321V. doi:10
John_Paul_Verboncoeur
Symmetry between bosons and fermions
conventional particle accelerators and offer a practical alternative to detecting physics beyond the Standard Model as accelerator experiments become increasingly
Supersymmetry
Security-related instruction code processor extension
Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) is a set of instruction codes implementing trusted execution environment that are built into some Intel central
Software_Guard_Extensions
Theory of subatomic structure
In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called
String_theory
Quantum computing company
€12.5 million in funding from the European_Innovation_Council (EIC) Accelerator program. This was followed by a €25 million funding round in 2024, valuing
Multiverse_Computing
Electrical component for processing data
unit (NPU), also known as an AI accelerator or deep learning processor, is a class of specialized hardware accelerator or computer system designed to accelerate
Processor_(computing)
American sculptor (born 1945)
Center for Energy Studies. Terrestrial Physics, 2009, which includes a full-scale working particle accelerator. It premiered in June 2010 as part of Biennial
Jim_Sanborn
Lise Meitner Lissajous orbit List of accelerator mass spectrometry facilities List of accelerators in particle physics List of alpha-emitting nuclides List
Index_of_physics_articles_(L)
GPU microarchitecture designed by Nvidia
architectures, 64. The Hopper architecture provides a Tensor Memory Accelerator (TMA), which supports bidirectional asynchronous memory transfer between
Hopper_(microarchitecture)
Berlin-Mitte, its research activities are in basic research in the fields of physics and engineering and the areas of materials science and electronics/optoelectronics
Paul_Drude_Institute
Italian-American nuclear physicist and radiochemist (1905–1989)
a subatomic antiparticle, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959, along with Owen Chamberlain. Born in Tivoli, near Rome, Segrè
Emilio_Segrè
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Irish inventor, chemical engineer
director of BioSimulytics and Aqua-B. Both companies are backed by the EIC-Accelerator program. In 2023, he took legal action against UCD to block the university
Niall_J._English
Displacement of the solid Earth's surface caused by the gravity of the Moon and Sun
some particle physics experiments. For instance, at the CERN or the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the very large particle accelerators were designed
Earth_tide
High-speed internal memory for storage
An Efficient and Effective Code Management for Software Managed Multicores" Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, CODES+ISSS, 2013 Patterson, David
Scratchpad_memory
American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics
electron accelerator. He developed a close working relationship with Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky at Stanford. Kendall joined the faculty of the MIT Physics Department
Henry_Way_Kendall
Hacker group
vulnerabilities they had discovered and disclosed to Fermilab, a particle physics and accelerator laboratory. The group was able to gain access to a project ticketing
Sakura_Samurai_(group)
Computer hardware technology that uses quantum mechanics
played a major role in wartime cryptography, and quantum physics was essential for nuclear physics used in the Manhattan Project. As physicists applied quantum
Quantum_computing
Topics referred to by the same term
Harvard University and MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1962–1974 (List of accelerators in particle physics) Cea Sunrise Person (born 1969), Canadian writer and former
Cea
American plasma physicist
for Theoretical Physics Medal for Excellence in Nonlinear Plasma Physics by a Young Researcher. He also won the 2016 Advanced Accelerator Concepts Prize
Warren_B._Mori
1998 video game
flat track, and the physics model realistically simulates powersliding over varying surface types and rugged terrains. The physics engine also allows driving
Powerslide_(video_game)
Analytical techniques involving ion beams
and detection limits. The basic layout of an ion beam apparatus is an accelerator which produces an ion beam that is feed through an evacuated beam-transport
Ion_beam_analysis
American game programmer
and GPU simulation at Nvidia. She has also designed accelerator experiments for nuclear physics research. In 2023 on World Intellectual Property (IP)
Corrinne_Yu
Process constraining a charged particle's path through a crystal
In condensed-matter physics, channelling (or channeling) is the process that constrains the path of a charged particle in a crystalline solid. Many physical
Channelling_(physics)
Video game series
be competitive. Development was further complicated when the first 3D accelerators were released, prompting Croteam to develop for hardware rendering over
Serious_Sam
Electricity generation by nuclear fusion
aneutronic reactor". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 271
Fusion_power
Higher level of microcode
complex instruction as if it were a subroutine, making user code smaller. The "i370" code for the "Capitol" chipset used in some ES/9370 models was similar
Millicode
Class of data processing algorithms
or wrapping of the API-calls for accelerators (e.g. via CUDA or OpenCL). Implementations include Cactus, a physics problem solving environment, and waLBerla
Iterative_Stencil_Loops
American physicist
the head of Physics (P) Division, and later the Gadget (G) Division, for the rest of the war. Agnew's job was to reassemble the accelerator, which was
Harold_Agnew
Use of a GPU for computations typically assigned to CPUs
information. AI accelerator Audio processing unit Close to Metal Deep learning processor (DLP) Fastra II Larrabee (microarchitecture) Physics engine Advanced
General-purpose computing on graphics processing units
General-purpose_computing_on_graphics_processing_units
conditions for Sandia Z accelerator". Sandia.gov. Retrieved 2014-08-24. "High-Output Sandia Accelerator Able to Predict Nuclear Blast Physics". Sandia.gov. December
History_of_nuclear_fusion
Type of computer benchmarking tool
in which vendors are no longer allowed to optimize the compilation of the code without reporting it. This suite is currently retired. The benchmark programs
SPECfp
AI that generates content
computers equipped with arrays of GPUs (such as NVIDIA's H100) or AI accelerator chips (such as Google's TPU). These very large models are typically accessed
Generative_AI
GPU microarchitecture by Nvidia
P100, to V100, to A100, to H100, to B200 and to R100; the comparison of accelerators used in DGX: List of eponyms of Nvidia GPU microarchitectures List of
Volta_(microarchitecture)
German particle physicist
Oliver Buchmueller is a scientist and professor of physics at the Faculty of Natural Science, Imperial College London. Buchmueller is presently serving
Oliver_Buchmueller
Bacon–Shor code is a Subsystem error correcting code. In a Subsystem code, information is encoded in a subsystem of a Hilbert space. Subsystem codes lend to
Glossary_of_quantum_computing
British mathematical physicist (born 1930)
via optimized (vectorized) FORTRAN code". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated
Ian_Grant_(physicist)
Massively parallel and scalable supercomputer
resources of server processors and accelerators differ significantly. Therefore, it is not always feasible for code to be developed for and to be executed
QPACE2
Magnetic confinement device used to produce thermonuclear fusion power
(100 keV). Accelerator-based fusion is not practical because the reactor cross section is tiny; most of the particles in the accelerator will scatter
Tokamak
ACCELERATOR PHYSICS-CODES
ACCELERATOR PHYSICS-CODES
Girl/Female
Biblical
Relaxation, physic, comfort.
Male
Greek
(ἈÏιστείδης) Greek name composed of the elements aristos "best, excellent" and eidos "physique," hence "best physique." [Note: the word eidos is usually said to mean "kind; sort," but it has many other ARISTEIDES meanss as well. Most important is its literal meaning, "something that is seen," usually referring to the human body. For example, in medicine the term refers to the physical health of the body, especially the outward appearance which "can be seen."]Â
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Christian, Greek
Foliage; Green Branch; Form of Phyllis; A Leaf; Greenery
Female
English
English variant spelling of Greek Phyllis, PHYLISS means "foliage."
Boy/Male
Biblical
The physic or medicine of God.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English sparewe ‘sparrow’, perhaps for a small, chirpy person, or else for someone bearing some fancied physical resemblance to a sparrow.
Biblical
Raphu, relaxation; physic; comfort
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, French, Greek
Foliage; Green Branch; Leaf; Greenery
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
A Blessed Girl; A Pious Girl; Celestial; Girl who is Free from Physical or Moral Defects
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Physical Bonding
Girl/Female
Greek American
Green bough.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a strong, aggressive, bull-like man, from Middle English bul(l)e, bol(l)e. Occasionally, the name may denote a keeper of a bull. Compare Bulman.German (mainly northern) : from a byname for a cattle breeder, keeper, or dealer. Compare South German Ochs.South German : nickname for a short fat man, a variant of Bolle, or a nickname for a man with the physical characteristics of a bull.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Norfolk)
English (mainly Norfolk) : from Middle English staf ‘rod’, ‘staff’; a nickname for a tall, thin person, or a metonymic occupational name for anyone who carried a staff of office, a reminder of his right to inflict physical discipline.
Biblical
the physic or medicine of God
Boy/Male
Tamil
Physical bonding
Girl/Female
Biblical
Pure gold, gold of Phasis or Pison.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Telugu
Natural; Physical; Radiant; Pearl; Another Name for Shiva
Biblical
pure gold; gold of Phasis or Pison
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam
Outer; Body; Physical; Ambition; Power; Progress; Career; Success
Girl/Female
Biblical
Relaxation, physic, comfort.
ACCELERATOR PHYSICS-CODES
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Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish, Swedish
Variant of Jane; The Lord is Gracious; God is Merciful; God is Gracious
Boy/Male
Tamil
Godly
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God's Light; Meaning of Life
Girl/Female
Scottish
From Skene.
Boy/Male
Tamil
A heavenly tree
Female
Hebrew
(×ַהֲבָה) Hebrew name AHAVA means "water" or "I shall subsist." In the bible, this is the name of an area in Babylonia where Ezra gathered the exiles.Â
Male
Egyptian
, the bull deity of Memphis.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Full of Truth; Faithful
Boy/Male
Tamil
Kugapriyan | கà¯à®•à®ªà¯à®°à®¿à®¯à®¨
Lord Murugan
Girl/Female
English American Greek
Derived from the precious stone Beryl, a gemstone of varying colors; often yellow-green. Famous...
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Accelerate
n.
The tendency of the mind toward, or its preoccupation with, physical phenomena; materialism in philosophy and religion.
imp. & p. p.
of Accelerate
n.
One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.
n.
The science of nature, or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural philosophy.
a.
Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.
n.
The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.
n.
One versed in physics.
v. t.
To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.
v. t.
To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.
imp. & p. p.
of Physic
adv.
In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature or physics; by physical force; not morally.
n.
Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.
a.
Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy; treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws.
v. t.
To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.
n.
Physics.
a.
Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine; medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
n.
A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist.
a.
Perceptible through a bodily or material organization; cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical, opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.