Changes and Additions to Related Programs

• The program sddsbrightness now optionally uses data produced by sddsanalyzebeam. Hence, one can easily compute the x-ray brightness from phase space data produced by tracking. This change was implemented by H. Shang (ANL).
• The GUI front-end elegantRingAnalysis had several upgrades:
  • Added frequency maps in $(\delta, x)$ and $(\delta, y)$ planes. This was suggested by L. Nadolski (SOLEIL)
  • Added color-coding of phase space plots with the tune.
  • Added more controls on plotting for FMA and fine dynamic aperture.
  • Added optional $\delta$ offset for phase space tracking.
  • The default matrix order for all tracking using the kick lattice is now 1. That means that if one supplies a lattice with a mixture of kick and matrix-based elements, the matrix-based elements will be simulated to first order. This is to ensure symplecticity. It can be changed with an additional parameter file or by editing the lattice file to explicitly add ORDER values to the elements in question.
• Quantum lifetime calculations from beamLifetimeCalc now include the transverse aperture limit. Previous versions only looked at the longitudinal limit. Also, problems reading bunch length data from a scan input file were fixed.