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Nontracking approach for the optimization of secondary beamlines

Marc Andre Jebramcik* and Nikolaos Charitonidis

  • Beams Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

  • *Contact author: marc.andre.jebramcik@cern.ch
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Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 29, 083701 – Published 6 August, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/8gyl-pxz8

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Historically, the design and operation of secondary beamlines at CERN’s North and East Areas relied on simplified particle distributions and a beamline acceptance determined solely by collimators. The formalism presented here makes as few simplifying assumptions as possible and can be used to match and design secondary beamlines without time-consuming HPC tracking studies. In this study, the formalism is applied to the development of a new neutrino beamline within the Physics Beyond Colliders framework at CERN. The code is expressed generically, providing tools for designing secondary beamlines with small relative losses.

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Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 29, 083701– Published 6 August, 2026
  • Received 17 December 2025
  • Accepted 16 June 2026
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