Bumblebee: A 1D3V relativistic PIC/MCC SOF tware for laser-plasma interaction

Summary form only given. As the high energy particles generated by laser-plasma interaction are widely used in laser fusion, accelerators, and medic al applications and so on, modeling and simulation technique s have been playing a more and more important role in research of laser-plasma interactions. BUMBLEBEE is a 1D3V relativistic PIC/MCC (particle-in-cell plus Monte Carlo Collision) software for laser-plasma interaction. BUMBLEBEE is written by C++ language, runs on Windows Operation System. It has a user-friendly interface module. The BUMBLEBEE is built using the Microsoft Ribbons to help users quickly find the commands to complete a ta sk. All simulation results are visualized by HOOPS 3D kernelHOOPS 3D kernel. The solver of BUMBLEBEE has four modules for now, which are used to simulate the field ionization, electron collisional ionization, binary Coulomb collision and laser-plasmaintera ction processes. The first three modules are described by PIC/ MCC methods, and the last module is described by PIC method. The ionization characteristics of laser-neutral interaction and the generation of high-energy electrons have been analyzed by using BUMBLEBEE for validation.