track

ActivePlasmaLens.track(bunches=[], opmd_diag=False, diag_dir=None, show_progress_bar=True)

Track bunch through element.

Parameters:

bunchesParticleBunch or list of ParticleBunch

Particle bunches to be tracked.

opmd_diagbool or OpenPMDDiagnostics

Determines whether to write simulation diagnostics to disk (i.e. particle distributions and fields). The output is written to HDF5 files following the openPMD standard. The number of outputs the n_out value. It is also possible to provide an already existing OpenPMDDiagnostics instance instead of a boolean value.

diag_dirstr

Directory into which the openPMD output will be written. By default this is a ‘diags’ folder in the current directory. Only needed if opmd_diag=True.

show_progress_barbool, optional

Whether to show a progress bar of the tracking. By default True.

Returns:

A list of size ‘n_out’ containing the bunch distribution at each step.