Integrating a ponderomotive guiding center algorithm into a quasi-static particle-in-cell code based on azimuthal mode decomposition

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111599OpenAlexW4294916143WikidataQ114163174 ScholiaQ114163174MaRDI QIDQ2083690

Fei Li, Frank S. Tsung, Weiming An, Viktor K. Decyk, Warren B. Mori

Publication date: 11 October 2022

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.12148

zbMATH Keywords

quasi-static approximationlaser wakefield acceleratorsparticle-in-cell algorithmponderomotive guiding center model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76Mxx) Numerical methods for partial differential equations, initial value and time-dependent initial-boundary value problems (65Mxx) Applications of statistical mechanics to specific types of physical systems (82Dxx)

Uses Software

• OSIRIS
• QUICKPIC

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