Characteristics of an envelope model for laser-plasma accelerator simulation

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-86

  Cowan, Benjamin M ^a   Bruhwiler, David L ^a   Cormier Michel, Estelle ^a,b   Esarey, Eric ^b   Geddes, Cameron G R ^b   Messmer, Peter ^a   Paul, Kevin M ^a  

^a TECH X CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Envelope model; Laser wakefield acceleration; Laser plasma acceleration; PIC; Plasma accelerator

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMA SIMULATION;

'CURRENT; ENVELOPE MODELS; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION; LASER WAVELENGTH; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATION; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATOR; LENGTH SCALE; PIC; PIC SIMULATION; PROPAGATION DIRECTION;

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

EID: 77958454203     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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