21–27 Sept 2025
Hotel Hermitage, La Biodola Bay, Isola d'Elba, Italy
Europe/Rome timezone

Exascale Plasma Accelerator Simulations with PIConGPU

25 Sept 2025, 18:00
20m
Sala Elena (Hotel Hermitage)

Sala Elena

Hotel Hermitage

Oral contribution PS4: Theory and simulations PS4: Theory and simulations

Speaker

Finn-Ole Carstens (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf e. V.)

Description

We present PIConGPU as an enabling simulation tool for recent advances in plasma acceleration. The transition to Exascale capabilities as enabled new opportunities and capabilities to study plasma accelerators at unprecedented resolution and physical detail. We present recent studies on both laser-driven ion acceleration as well as laser- and plasma-driven electron acceleration and potential applications from compact free electron lasers to fusion schemes. We conclude by introdcuing important work on data harmonization and complex workflows enabling new capabilities for optimization of particle accelerators, better diagnostics and more realistic simulations.

Authors

Alexander Debus (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Michael Bussmann (HZDR)

Co-authors

Finn-Ole Carstens (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf e. V.) Franz Poeschel (CASUS/HZDR) Mr Jeffrey Kelling (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf) Jessica Tiebel (HZDR) Mr Julian Lenz (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf) Klaus Steiniger (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Paweł Ordyna (HZDR) Mr René Widera (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf) Richard Pausch (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf) Thomas Kluge (HZDR)

Presentation materials