Dynamic aperture (accelerator physics)

The dynamic aperture is the stability region of phase space in a circular accelerator.

In the case of protons or heavy ion accelerators, (or synchrotrons, or storage rings), there is minimal radiation, and hence the dynamics is symplectic.

A scaling law for Dynamic aperture vs. number of turns has been proposed by Giovannozzi.

The basic method for computing dynamic aperture involves the use of a tracking code.

A model of the ring is built within the code that includes an integration routine for each magnetic element.