Review and recent advances in PIC modeling of relativistic beams and plasmas
Author(s) -
Brendan B. Godfrey
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4965593
Subject(s) - plasma , particle in cell , solver , physics , computational physics , nonlinear system , instability , field (mathematics) , wake , computer science , quantum electrodynamics , statistical physics , mechanics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , pure mathematics , programming language
Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulation codes have wide applicability to first-principles modeling of multidimensional nonlinear plasma phenomena, including wake-field accelerators. This review addresses both finite difference and pseudo-spectral PIC algorithms, including numerical instability suppression and generalizations of the spectral field solver.
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