Plasma mirrors as a path to the Schwinger limit: theoretical and numerical developments
Following the advent of petawatt (PW)-class lasers already capable of achieving light
intensities of 10 23 W/cm 2, high-field science now aims at solving a major challenge of …
intensities of 10 23 W/cm 2, high-field science now aims at solving a major challenge of …
Identification of coupling mechanisms between ultraintense laser light and dense plasmas
L Chopineau, A Leblanc, G Blaclard, A Denoeud… - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
The interaction of intense laser beams with plasmas created on solid targets involves a rich
nonlinear physics. Because such dense plasmas are reflective for laser light, the coupling …
nonlinear physics. Because such dense plasmas are reflective for laser light, the coupling …
Porting WarpX to GPU-accelerated platforms
WarpX is a general purpose electromagnetic particle-in-cell code that was originally
designed to run on many-core CPU architectures. We describe the strategy, based on the …
designed to run on many-core CPU architectures. We describe the strategy, based on the …
Plasma propulsion modeling with particle-based algorithms
This Perspective paper deals with an overview of particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision
models applied to different plasma-propulsion configurations and scenarios, from …
models applied to different plasma-propulsion configurations and scenarios, from …
Achieving extreme light intensities using optically curved relativistic plasma mirrors
H Vincenti - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
This Letter proposes a realistic implementation of the curved relativistic mirror concept to
reach unprecedented light intensities in experiments. The scheme is based on relativistic …
reach unprecedented light intensities in experiments. The scheme is based on relativistic …
Applying the roofline performance model to the intel xeon phi knights landing processor
Abstract The Roofline Performance Model is a visually intuitive method used to bound the
sustained peak floating-point performance of any given arithmetic kernel on any given …
sustained peak floating-point performance of any given arithmetic kernel on any given …
The magnetohydrodynamic-particle-in-cell module in athena++: implementation and code tests
X Sun, XN Bai - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a new magnetohydrodynamic-particle-in-cell (MHD-PIC) code integrated into
the athena++ framework. It treats energetic particles as in conventional PIC codes, while the …
the athena++ framework. It treats energetic particles as in conventional PIC codes, while the …
Application of sparse grid combination techniques to low temperature plasmas particle-in-cell simulations. I. Capacitively coupled radio frequency discharges
L Garrigues, B Tezenas du Montcel, G Fubiani… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The use of a particle-in-cell (PIC) algorithm with an explicit scheme to model low
temperature plasmas is challenging due to computational time constrains related to …
temperature plasmas is challenging due to computational time constrains related to …
Efficient parallelization for 3d-3v sparse grid Particle-In-Cell: Shared memory architectures
Abstract Particle-In-Cell (PIC) schemes are ones of the most broadly used numerical
methods in kinetic simulation of plasmas. The contribution of the present paper is dedicated …
methods in kinetic simulation of plasmas. The contribution of the present paper is dedicated …
Evaluating and optimizing the nersc workload on knights landing
T Barnes, B Cook, J Deslippe, D Doerfler… - … and Simulation of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
NERSC has partnered with 20 representative application teams to evaluate performance on
the Xeon-Phi Knights Landing architecture and develop an application-optimization strategy …
the Xeon-Phi Knights Landing architecture and develop an application-optimization strategy …