Unphysical kinetic effects in particle-in-cell modeling of laser wakefield accelerators

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Cormier Michel, Estelle ^a,b   Shadwick, B A ^c   Geddes, C G R ^a   Esarey, E ^a,b   Schroeder, C B ^a   Leemans, W P ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; HEATING; ION BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMA WAVES; PLASMAS; WAKES; WAVES;

CAVITATED WAKE; DARK CURRENTS; GRID SIZES; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; INTERPOLATION METHODS; KINETIC EFFECTS; LASER WAKE-FIELD ACCELERATOR; LASER WAKE-FIELD ACCELERATORS; MACRO PARTICLES; NUMERICAL ERRORS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PARTICLE IN CELLS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL CODES; PLASMA ELECTRONS; PLASMA WAKES; SELF-TRAPPING; SHORT-PULSE LASERS; WARM PLASMAS; WAVE PERIODS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 48349146404     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.016404     Document Type: Article

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