A novel simulation and analysis algorithm for high resolution optical transition radiation imaging.

The use of optical transition radiation (OTR) for charged particle beam imaging is a well-established and commonly used technique. As such, simulations of the images expected from an arbitrary transverse beam profile are important in both the design of such OTR imaging systems and the analysis of the data. However OTR image simulations of high-energy, low-emittance particle beams, that are becoming commonplace within accelerator physics, can be extremely challenging to produce and limited in their account of practical factors.