Numerical simulations of laser wakefield accelerators in optimal Lorentz frames

DOI10.1016/j.cpc.2009.12.023zbMath1205.82030MaRDI QIDQ615155

Samuel F. Martins, Wei Lu, Luis O. Silva, Ricardo A. Fonseca, Warren B. Mori

Publication date: 5 January 2011

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2009.12.023

zbMATH Keywords

particle-in-cell simulations; laser wakefield accelerators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76M28: Particle methods and lattice-gas methods

78A60: Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics

82D10: Statistical mechanics of plasmas

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Uses Software

• QUICKPIC

Cites Work

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