Linac 2 Performance optimization

In recent years the CERN proton linear accelerator Linac 2 operated with an approximately 90% particle transmission efficiency. The losses concerned mainly the first accelerating tank of the equipment. An intelligent procedure that optimizes the operational control settings has been developed in order to eliminate some of these losses and increase the transmission rate. Both on-line and simulation versions of the program are available. This report describes the method of optimization, presents the measurement and simulation results along with the achieved ~3% improvement, points out the limitations which cause the remaining and currently unavoidable particle loss. In the appendix a user guide of the program is provided.