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Title: Advances in simulation capability: A path towards modeling 10-100 GeV plasma accelerator stages

Abstract

A path towards modeling 10-100 GeV plasma accelerator stages is described. Modeling such stages including the self-consistent evolution of the driver, the plasma dynamics, and the beam loading of the trailing particles necessitates the use of particle methods. In a previous proceedings, I reviewed the status of particle based methods and stated that new methods needed to be developed if one hoped to routinely model the full scale in three-dimensions of 10+ GeV plasma accelerator stages. In this article, I describe the development of a new fully parallelized algorithm that reproduces the results from standard particle-in-cell methods with at least a 100 times savings in CPU time. I also describe how standard methods are being used to discover new physics.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20655282
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 737; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 11. advanced accelerator concepts workshop, Stony Brook, NY (United States), 21-26 Jun 2004; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1842535; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHMS; COLLECTIVE ACCELERATORS; COMPUTER CODES; GEV RANGE 10-100; PLASMA; PLASMA GUNS; PLASMA SIMULATION

Citation Formats

Mori, W B, and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Advances in simulation capability: A path towards modeling 10-100 GeV plasma accelerator stages. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.1063/1.1842535.
Mori, W B, & Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Advances in simulation capability: A path towards modeling 10-100 GeV plasma accelerator stages. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1842535
Mori, W B, and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095. 2004. "Advances in simulation capability: A path towards modeling 10-100 GeV plasma accelerator stages". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1842535.
@article{osti_20655282,
title = {Advances in simulation capability: A path towards modeling 10-100 GeV plasma accelerator stages},
author = {Mori, W B and Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095},
abstractNote = {A path towards modeling 10-100 GeV plasma accelerator stages is described. Modeling such stages including the self-consistent evolution of the driver, the plasma dynamics, and the beam loading of the trailing particles necessitates the use of particle methods. In a previous proceedings, I reviewed the status of particle based methods and stated that new methods needed to be developed if one hoped to routinely model the full scale in three-dimensions of 10+ GeV plasma accelerator stages. In this article, I describe the development of a new fully parallelized algorithm that reproduces the results from standard particle-in-cell methods with at least a 100 times savings in CPU time. I also describe how standard methods are being used to discover new physics.},
doi = {10.1063/1.1842535},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20655282}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 737,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2004},
month = {Tue Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2004}
}