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Contemporary particle-in-cell approach to laser-plasma modelling
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Arber, T. D., Bennett, K., Brady, C. S., Lawrence-Douglas, A., Ramsay, M. G., Sircombe, Nathan John, Gillies, P. (Paddy), Evans, R. G., Schmitz, H., Bell, A. R. and Ridgers, C. P. (2015) Contemporary particle-in-cell approach to laser-plasma modelling. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 57 (11). 113001. doi:10.1088/0741-3335/57/11/113001
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/57/11/113001
Abstract
Particle-in-cell (PIC) methods have a long history in the study of laser-plasma interactions. Early electromagnetic codes used the Yee staggered grid for field variables combined with a leapfrog EM-field update and the Boris algorithm for particle pushing. The general properties of such schemes are well documented. Modern PIC codes tend to add to these high-order shape functions for particles, Poisson preserving field updates, collisions, ionisation, a hybrid scheme for solid density and high-field QED effects. In addition to these physics packages, the increase in computing power now allows simulations with real mass ratios, full 3D dynamics and multi-speckle interaction. This paper presents a review of the core algorithms used in current laser-plasma specific PIC codes. Also reported are estimates of self-heating rates, convergence of collisional routines and test of ionisation models which are not readily available elsewhere. Having reviewed the status of PIC algorithms we present a summary of recent applications of such codes in laser-plasma physics, concentrating on SRS, short-pulse laser-solid interactions, fast-electron transport, and QED effects.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Computer Science Faculty of Science > Physics |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Laser plasmas, Differential equations, Partial | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0741-3335 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 10 September 2015 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 57 | ||||||||
| Number: | 11 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 26 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 113001 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1088/0741-3335/57/11/113001 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||||||||
| Grant number: | EP/G054950/1 (EPSRC), EP/G056803/1 (EPSRC), EP/G055165/1 (EPSRC), EP/ M022463/1 (EPSRC) |
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