Calibration of one-dimensional boosted kinetic codes for modeling high-intensity laser–solid interactions
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Plasmas
- Vol. 6 (3) , 947-953
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.873335
Abstract
An efficient means of performing kinetic simulations of oblique-incidence laser–plasma interaction via a relativistic Lorentz transformation is described in detail. Comparisons are made between one-dimensional boost codes and previous two-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations in an effort to define benchmarks for modeling high-intensity, short-pulse interactions. Apparent discrepancies between results obtained using PIC and Vlasov codes are resolved, and some pitfalls involved with both techniques are identified.Keywords
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