High-order integration schemes for Particle In Cell (PIC) method

Sgattoni, A. and Londrillo, P. and Benedetti, C. and Turchetti, G. (2009) High-order integration schemes for Particle In Cell (PIC) method. Il nuovo cimento C, 32 (2). pp. 261-266. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

The detailed numerical investigation of the highly nonlinear physics involved in the interaction of a laser-pulse with a plasma and/or an externally injected beam requires suitable simulation tools which are able to retain the basic features of the process without increasing too much the computational needs. In our group at the University of Bologna we developed an electromagnetic PIC code using high-order schemes (explicit/compact finite differences derivatives and a 4th-order Runge-Kutta) instead of the most used second-order accurate algorithm, this allows to reach higher accuracy with similar number of grid-points or to use coarser grid and relax the computer load without compromising the accuracy. Here we present some validation tests and comparisons for the different schemes.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and ions ; Plasma simulation ; Numerical differentiation and integration
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2020 15:39
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2020 15:39
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16576

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