Merlin++  5.03
C++ Accelerator Physics Library
Introduction

Merlin++ is an accelerator simulation program that tracks beams through components of a ring or beamline. Its functionality is similar to MAD but it has many extra features.

Merlin++ is written in C++, and unlike MAD and most other packages, it is actually a library of C++ routines. The user writes their own program and compiles it against the MERLIN class definitions and function libraries.

A detailed overview of Merlin++ is in preparation, a preprint can be found at:

Merlin++, a flexible and feature-rich accelerator physics and particle tracking library

Installation

Linux

The current method is to use cmake to build makefiles for Merlin

  1. make a "build" folder outside the folder where Merlin was extracted.
  2. run "cmake /path/to/merlin/folder"
  3. run "ccmake /path/to/buildfolder"
  4. Pick the options you wish to use.
  5. run make -j < ncpu >
  6. This will make the merlin library

Windows

Needs to be updated.

OSX

The optimal way to use Merlin on OSX is to get cmake to generate build files for Xcode. This of course requires that xcode is installed. By default cmake will generate unix makefiles. To generate Xcode files the appropriate generator must be specified when using cmake as:

cmake -G Xcode

One can then run:

xcodebuild

which will compile merlin. Other options exist such as "xcodebuild clean", which will clear out built files.

Author
Robert Appleby
Roger Barlow
Adriana Bungau
James Fallon
Dirk Kruecker
James Molson
Haroon Rafique
Scott Rowan
Maurizio Serluca
Adina Toader
Sam Tygier
Nick Walker
Andy Wolski
Date
2001-2018