Title :
VORPAL: a computational tool for the study of advanced accelerator concepts
Author :
Nieter, C. ; Cary, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
VORPAL, a fully object-oriented, dimension-free plasma simulation code, now has matured and is being used to study advanced accelerator concepts, particularly Laser Wake Field Acceleration (LWFA). Both fluid and PIC models exist in the code and they can be used independently or in conjunction to perform hybrid simulations. VORPAL has a moving window and the ability to launch laser pulses from boundaries or initialize pulses in the plasma. VORPAL can accommodate a variety of different issues in LWFA, including chirped pulses, propagation of pulse in plasma channels, and optical injection of particle beams.
Keywords :
flow simulation; laser beam applications; particle beam injection; plasma simulation; wakefield accelerators; PIC model; VORPAL; advanced accelerator concepts; chirped pulses; fluid model; fully object-oriented dimension-free plasma simulation code; hybrid simulations; laser pulses; laser wakefield acceleration; optical particle beam injection; particle-in-cell model; plasma channels; pulse propagation; Acceleration; Chirp; Laser modes; Object oriented modeling; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Particle beam optics; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7738-9
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2003.1288720
