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Generation of controllable plasma wakefield noise in particle-in-cell simulations. / Moschuering, N.; Ruhl, H.; Spitsyn, R. I. et al.
In: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, No. 10, 103129, 01.10.2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Generation of controllable plasma wakefield noise in particle-in-cell simulations
AU - Moschuering, N.
AU - Ruhl, H.
AU - Spitsyn, R. I.
AU - Lotov, K. V.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Numerical simulations of beam-plasma instabilities may produce quantitatively incorrect results because of unrealistically high initial noise from which the instabilities develop. Of particular importance is the wakefield noise, the potential perturbations that have a phase velocity which is equal to the beam velocity. Controlling the noise level in simulations may offer the possibility of extrapolating simulation results to the more realistic low-noise case. We propose a novel method for generating wakefield noise with a controllable amplitude by randomly located charged rods propagating ahead of the beam. We also illustrate the method with particle-in-cell simulations. The generation of this noise is not accompanied by parasitic Cherenkov radiation waves.
AB - Numerical simulations of beam-plasma instabilities may produce quantitatively incorrect results because of unrealistically high initial noise from which the instabilities develop. Of particular importance is the wakefield noise, the potential perturbations that have a phase velocity which is equal to the beam velocity. Controlling the noise level in simulations may offer the possibility of extrapolating simulation results to the more realistic low-noise case. We propose a novel method for generating wakefield noise with a controllable amplitude by randomly located charged rods propagating ahead of the beam. We also illustrate the method with particle-in-cell simulations. The generation of this noise is not accompanied by parasitic Cherenkov radiation waves.
KW - INSTABILITIES
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85032034459&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1063/1.4986399
DO - 10.1063/1.4986399
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85032034459
VL - 24
JO - Physics of Plasmas
JF - Physics of Plasmas
SN - 1070-664X
IS - 10
M1 - 103129
ER -
ID: 9875476