24–30 Sept 2017
La Biodola, Isola d'Elba
Europe/Rome timezone

Symplectic Particle-in-Mode Algorithms for Modeling Plasma Accelerators

27 Sept 2017, 16:40
20m
SBIO, Sala Biodola, Hotel Biodola

SBIO, Sala Biodola, Hotel Biodola

talk WG6 - Theory and Simulations WG6_Parallel

Speaker

Stephen Webb (RadiaSoft, LLC)

Description

Conventional particle-in-cell methods for modeling plasma accelerators are prone to a variety of numerical instabilities and artifacts which can make them unreliable for long simulations. This is due to two issues: a lack of fidelity in the dispersion of the electromagnetic field update, and grid heating. We present a new class of algorithms, symplectic particle-in-mode (symPIM) algorithms, which are not subject to either of these artifacts. This makes symPIMs suitable for modeling long plasma stages with high fidelity.

Primary author

Stephen Webb (RadiaSoft, LLC)

Presentation materials