Three-dimensional simulations of high-current beams in induction accelerators with WARP3d

Conference · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:192507

Grote, D P; Friedman, A ^[1]; Haber, I ^[2]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (United States)
2. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC (United States); and others

For many issues relevant to acceleration and propagation of heavy-ion beams for inertial confinement fusion, understanding the behavior of the beam requires the self-consistent inclusion of the self-fields of the beams in multiple dimensions. For these reasons, the three-dimensional simulation code WARP3d A.Friedman was developed. The code combines the particle-in-cell plasma simulation technique with a realistic description of the elements which make up an accelerator. In this paper, the general structure of the code is reviewed and details of two ongoing applications are presented along with a discussion of simulation techniques used. The most important results of this work are presented.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 192507
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC--121280; CONF-9509149--14; ON: DE96005383
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BEAM CURRENTS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
PLASMA SIMULATION
SPACE CHARGE
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
TIME DEPENDENCE
W CODES