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Re: [Opal] SBend tilt (psi) convention in OPAL-T

From: Christof Metzger-Kraus <christof.j.kraus AT gmail.com>
To: "Dr. Christopher Mayes" <cmayes AT stanford.edu>
Cc: opal AT lists.psi.ch
Subject: Re: [Opal] SBend tilt (psi) convention in OPAL-T
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:59:56 +0200

Hi Chris,

the difference between MAD and OPAL is that we can have overlapping fields. Therefore we cannot rotate the bunch only at the beginning and exit of a bunch (or any other element).

Christof

Am 27.07.2017 12:53 vorm. schrieb "Dr. Christopher Mayes" <cmayes AT stanford.edu>:

Hi OPAL developers,

In MAD and Bmad, the convention of a tilted bend is to rotate the coordinates at the beginning, and the exit, of a horizontal bend. The result is that a purely vertical bend will keep the ‘y’ axis pointing in the same plane. This is also consistent with how other elements are tracked: a tilted quad does not tilt the pipe downstream.

In OPAL-T, it seems that the rotation (set by ‘psi’) is at the beginning of the bend, but not undone. Is it possible to make this more in line with MAD and Bmad?

Thanks,

Chris

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