Case Study: University of Kansas achieves efficient, robust particle-beam simulations for accelerator research with Rogue Wave Software's IMSL Fortran Library

Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas uses the IMSL® Fortran Library for Particle Accelerator Research

The University of Kansas Department of Physics and Astronomy, led by Dr. Jack Shi, needed high‑performance numerical tools to simulate nonlinear particle beam motion and study beam stability for collaborations with national labs like Fermilab and CERN. Facing the challenge of developing efficient, robust algorithms without spending research time on low‑level implementation, the group adopted Rogue Wave Software’s IMSL Fortran Library for its numerical and statistical routines.

Rogue Wave Software’s IMSL Fortran Library supplied optimized optimization and nonlinear equation solvers that were integrated into KU’s beam simulation codes, offering strong performance on shared‑memory multiprocessor systems and simplifying code sharing on NSF/DOE supercomputers. The result was faster, more reliable simulations that let researchers focus on physics rather than algorithms, improved graduate student training, and supported KU’s externally funded research programs (about $3.7M/year) used to advance accelerator design and experiments.

University of Kansas

Jack Shi

Associate Professor