Numerical simulations of laser wakefield accelerators in optimal Lorentz frames

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 869-875

  Martins, Samuel F ^a   Fonseca, Ricardo A ^a,b   Silva, Luís O ^a   Lu, Wei ^c   Mori, Warren B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser wakefield accelerators; Particle in cell simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SPEED; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; LABORATORY FRAME; LASER WAKEFIELD; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS; LORENTZ; MOVING FRAME; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARTICLE IN CELL CODES; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; REFERENCE FRAME; RESULT COMPARISON; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURNAROUND TIME;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77649237603     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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