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["Dr. Simon Friederich" <s.friederich AT uni-mainz.de>]

Dear OPAL-Team,

It's still January, so I may wish all of you a happy and healthy(!) new year 2021!

Maybe there is already a way of accomplishing the following within OPAL-t, that I am not aware of, but:

The RFCAVITY element allows to implement 3DDynamic fieldmaps. Choosing FREQ=1 lets it operate like it had a static field, right?

Would it be possible to extend this functionality for other static fieldmaps?
For example one could add a neutral element -- let's call it FMAPBLOCK -- that allows to import a(n arbitrary) 3D fieldmap (static E- or static B-field).
The FMAPBLOCK would be positioned as usually in the beam line with X, Y, Z and it's size is determined by the fieldmap.
If it was then possible to have multiple FMAPBLOCK elements overlap at the same position one could for example create a Wien filter (field amplitudes are regulated by the VOLT attribute like for RFCAVITY elements):

wienfilter_B: FMAPBLOCK, Z=1, FMAP="wienfilter_B-staticfield.t7", VOLT=1.2;
wienfilter_E: FMAPBLOCK, Z=1, FMAP="wienfilter_E-staticfield.t7", VOLT=0.15;

With the FMAPBLOCK, it would also be possible to simulate magnets, that can bend more than 270°, wouldn't it?
In this particular case, one could simulate e.g. an alpha magnet.

One could also simulate custom QUADRUPOLE fieldmaps as this is not yet supported by the default QUADRUPOLE elements.

I'm looking forward for your comments.

Best regards
Simon

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Dr. Simon Friederich
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