Resources

Documentation

• ACE3P documentation – the full user guide and input reference
• Getting started – accounts, access and your first run
• Running on NERSC Perlmutter and running on SLAC S3DF
• Local tools: Cubit and ParaView
• Workflow overview – geometry and meshing, mesh preparation, input file format, batch jobs
• Modules and tutorials – Omega3P, S3P, T3P, Track3P, Pic3P, TEM3P, Gun3P
• Reference – every input parameter and command
• Interfaces – the ACE3P GUI, web dashboard and AI workflow assistant. How to run the ACE3P GUI? Refer to GUI User Guide

CW23 Accelerator Code Workshop

• Workshop page – SLAC, March 27–31, 2023
• Agenda (PDF)
• ACE3P modules overview (PDF)
• Workshop examples – input files and Cubit journals by module
• All workshop materials

LUME-ACE3P

• Repository – Python tools for parameter sweeps, optimization and surrogate models with ACE3P
• Examples – Omega3P, S3P, T3P and Track3P workflows
• Plotting tools – scripts for sweep and optimization results

Webinars

ACE3P webinar – November 19, 2025

• Part 1: ACE3P introduction – Mohamed Othman
• Part 2: Simulation workflow on Perlmutter – Lixin Ge
• Part 3: Parametric sweep and optimization with LUME-ACE3P – David Bizzozero
• Download the recording (MP4)

Upcoming webinars

2026 ACE3P Webinar: Latest ACE3P Capabilities Including Graphical User Interface and Optimization Workflows
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Time: 9:00–11:00 AM PST
Location: Online via Zoom (registration required)
Register: HERE

NERSC allocations

Two repositories dedicated to ACE3P simulation, supported by DOE OHEP:

• Advanced Modeling for Particle Accelerators (m349) – for high energy physics (HEP) applications
• HEP Stewardship of Accelerator Modeling (m1779) – for HEP accelerator stewardship projects, NP/BES applications and others
• Request to join a project through NERSC Iris

Become a contributor

• LUME-ACE3P on GitHub
• ACE3P documentation on GitHub
• ACE3P GUI on GitHub

Questions to the developers

• Email the ACE3P team at ace3p@slac.stanford.edu
• Join the ACE3P USER Slack channel – leave your name and email and we will send you an invitation

Acknowledgment and citation

Please acknowledge in your publications the role NERSC facilities played in your research:

This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

Please cite ACE3P when publishing results obtained with it.