VORPAL: a computational tool for the study of advanced accelerator concepts

Author

Nieter, C. ; Cary, J.R.

Author_Institution

Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

1918

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1288720

Filename

1288720