2011 Particle Accelerator Conference - List of Authors (Benedetti, C.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOP082	Modeling a 10 GeV Laser-Plasma Accelerator with INF&RNO	250
	C. Benedetti, E. Esarey, W. Leemans, C.B. Schroeder LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
	Funding: Work supported by the Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The numerical modeling code INF&RNO (INtegrated Fluid & paRticle simulatioN cOde, pronounced "inferno") is an efficient 2D cylindrical code to model the interaction of a short laser pulse with an underdense plasma. The code is based on an envelope model for the laser while either a particle-in-cell (PIC) or a fluid description can be used for the plasma. The effect of the laser pulse on the plasma is modeled with the time-averaged ponderomotive force. These and other features allow for a significant speedup compared to standard full PIC simulations while still retaining physical fidelity. A boosted Lorentz frame (BLF) modeling capability has been introduced within the fluid framework enhancing the performance of the code. An example of a 10 GeV laser-plasma accelerator modeled using INF&RNO in the BLF is presented.

MOP083	Plasma Wake Excitation by Lasers or Particle Beams	253
	C.B. Schroeder, C. Benedetti, E. Esarey, C.G.R. Geddes, W. Leemans, C. Tóth LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
	Funding: Work supported by the Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Plasma accelerators may be driven by the ponderomotive force of an intense laser or the space-charge force of a charged particle beam. Plasma wake excitation driven by lasers or particle beams is examined, and the implications of the different physical excitation mechanisms for accelerator design are discussed.

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Modeling a 10 GeV Laser-Plasma Accelerator with INF&RNO

250

C. Benedetti, E. Esarey, W. Leemans, C.B. Schroeder
LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA

Funding: Work supported by the Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
The numerical modeling code INF&RNO (INtegrated Fluid & paRticle simulatioN cOde, pronounced "inferno") is an efficient 2D cylindrical code to model the interaction of a short laser pulse with an underdense plasma. The code is based on an envelope model for the laser while either a particle-in-cell (PIC) or a fluid description can be used for the plasma. The effect of the laser pulse on the plasma is modeled with the time-averaged ponderomotive force. These and other features allow for a significant speedup compared to standard full PIC simulations while still retaining physical fidelity. A boosted Lorentz frame (BLF) modeling capability has been introduced within the fluid framework enhancing the performance of the code. An example of a 10 GeV laser-plasma accelerator modeled using INF&RNO in the BLF is presented.

MOP083

Plasma Wake Excitation by Lasers or Particle Beams

253

C.B. Schroeder, C. Benedetti, E. Esarey, C.G.R. Geddes, W. Leemans, C. Tóth
LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA

Funding: Work supported by the Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
Plasma accelerators may be driven by the ponderomotive force of an intense laser or the space-charge force of a charged particle beam. Plasma wake excitation driven by lasers or particle beams is examined, and the implications of the different physical excitation mechanisms for accelerator design are discussed.