A new field solver for modeling of relativistic particle-laser interactions using the particle-in-cell algorithm

DOI10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107580zbMath1520.78042arXiv2004.03754OpenAlexW3082395741MaRDI QIDQ6041019

Kyle G. Miller, Fei Li, Viktor K. Decyk, Frank S. Tsung, Xinlu Xu, Weiming An, Ricardo A. Fonseca, Warren B. Mori

Publication date: 25 May 2023

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.03754

zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell solverfinite-difference time domainrelativistic charged particleparticle-in-cell (PIC) algorithmparticle-laser interaction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic methods, particle methods, etc. for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N75) Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M20) Numerical methods for discrete and fast Fourier transforms (65T50) Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics (78A60) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Motion of charged particles (78A35) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Probabilistic methods, particle methods, etc. for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M75)

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