A Framework for Dynamic Aperture Studies for Colliding Beams in the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider

During the last physics run of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), Dynamic Aperture (DA) studies have been successfully employed to optimize the accelerator’s performance by guiding the selection of the beam and machine parameters. In this paper, we present a framework for single-particle tracking simulations aiming to refine the envisaged operational scenario of the future LHC upgrade, the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), including strong non-linear fields such as beam-beam interactions. The impact of several parameters and beam processes during the cycle is initially illustrated with frequency maps and then quantified with DA studies.