Presentations
Slides from workshops and conference talks by the group and our collaborators, and conference proceedings.
First Annual OSIRIS Users and Developers Workshop (2017)
Workshop agenda (PDF · 47 kB)
Introduction to OSIRIS 4.0
Introduction to OSIRIS 4.0 for developers (and users)
Ricardo Fonseca
Implementing a ponderomotive guiding center solver: a case study
Anton Helm
New hardware support in OSIRIS 4.0
Ricardo Fonseca
OSIRIS collision package overview
Josh May
Accessing and using OSIRIS through GitHub
Accessing and using OSIRIS through GitHub
Anton Helm
New features in OSIRIS 4.0
Three-dimensional modeling using the ponderomotive guiding center solver
Anton Helm
The implementation and usage of the quasi-3D algorithm in OSIRIS 4.0
Asher Davidson and Thamine Dalichaouch
Numerics for ultra-intense fields
Thomas Grismayer
Customized FD and hybrid FFT/FD algorithms for eliminating the numerical Cherenkov instability (NCI)
Xinlu Xu
New antennas for modeling the nonlinear optics of plasmas & non-uniform particle weighting
Han Wen
Azimuthal Fourier mode diagnostic for comparisons of full-3D and quasi-3D simulations
Thamine Dalichaouch
(Beam) field initialization in OSIRIS 4.0
Ricardo Fonseca
Short talks on usage of OSIRIS 3.0 and 4.0
Modeling laser-driven density downramp injection
Xinlu Xu
Modeling LWFA with the quasi-3D version of OSIRIS
Asher Davidson
Modeling plasma wakefield accelerators
Weiming An
OSIRIS usage at DESY: full start-to-end PWFA simulations for FLASHForward
Jens Osterhoff
Particle-in-cell Compton scattering
Fabrízio Del Gaudio
Coupling of numerical PIC and Monte Carlo
Paulo Alves
Numerical challenges in efficient modeling of colliding flows
Scott Feister
Modeling nonlinear optics of plasmas (relevant to IFE)
Frank Tsung
Modeling collisionless shocks and overdense laser-plasma interactions
Frederico Fiúza
Modeling ionization injection in OSIRIS
Xinlu Xu
Documentation for working with and running OSIRIS
Documentation for working with and running OSIRIS
Anton Helm
Current development and ideas for future plans
Dynamic load balancing in OSIRIS
Ricardo Fonseca
Overview of the PICKSC Science Gateway
Qiyang Hu and Frank Tsung
Integrating UPIC algorithms into OSIRIS
Michael Touati
Boris correction: exact and approximate
Kyle Miller
Research at FEMTO-ST Institute
François Courvoisier
Modified spherical coordinate system for PIC simulations of pulsar magnetospheres
Fábio Cruz
Multi-dimensional shearing modules in OSIRIS 4.0
Giannandrea Inchingolo
QED energy and relativistic temperature diagnostics
Kevin Schoeffler
Selected talks
Challenges in computer simulations to the exascale
R. A. Fonseca · 17th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, 2016
Physics of high quality electrons generation from density downramp injection in the 3D blowout regime
X. Xu, F. Li, W. Lu, C. Joshi, W. B. Mori · 17th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, 2016
Nanoscale electron bunching and spiraling in laser-triggered ionization injection in plasma accelerators
X. Xu, C.-H. Pai, J. Vieira, W. Lu, C. Joshi, W. B. Mori · 17th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, 2016
Comparison of the injection between boosted frame and lab frame simulations
X. Xu, P. Yu, F. Li, T. Dalichaouch, W. B. Mori · 17th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, 2016
Controlling the numerical Cerenkov instability in PIC simulations using a customized FDTD Maxwell solver and a local FFT based current correction
F. Li, P. Yu, X. Xu, F. Fiuza, V. K. Decyk, T. Dalichaouch, A. Davidson, A. Tableman, W. An, F. S. Tsung, R. A. Fonseca, W. Lu, W. B. Mori · 17th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, 2016
Transverse evolution of e+ beams accelerating in hollow plasma channel non-linear wakefields
L. D. Amorim, W. An, W. B. Mori, J. Vieira · 17th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, 2016
A portable approach for PIC on emerging architectures
V. K. Decyk · APS April Meeting, 2016
Simulations of plasma wakefield acceleration at FACET and beyond
W. An · 12th International Computational Accelerator Physics Conference, 2015
The UCLA Particle-in-Cell and Kinetic Simulation Software Center (PICKSC)
W. B. Mori, V. K. Decyk, F. S. Tsung, R. E. Caflisch, R. A. Fonseca · 2015
Plasma ion motion in the nonlinear blowout regime
W. An et al. · 16th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, 2014
Exploration of LWFA parameter regimes using truncated azimuthal geometry in the OSIRIS simulation framework
A. Davidson · APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting (JO7.11), 2014
Implementation of a hybrid particle code with a PIC description in r-z and a gridless description in φ into OSIRIS
A. Davidson · 16th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, 2014
PIC simulations of multi-speckle stimulated Raman scattering in inhomogeneous plasmas
B. J. Winjum, F. S. Tsung, W. B. Mori · Anomalous Absorption Conference, 2014
Verification and convergence properties of a particle-in-cell code
B. J. Winjum, J. J. Tu, S. S. Su, V. Decyk, W. B. Mori · Anomalous Absorption Conference, 2014
Verification and convergence properties of a particle-in-cell code (invited)
B. J. Winjum, J. J. Tu, S. S. Su, V. Decyk, W. B. Mori · Computational Methods in High Energy Density Plasmas, IPAM Reunion Conference I, Lake Arrowhead, 2013
Kinetic simulations of externally driven and instability driven nonlinear electron plasma waves relevant to stimulated Raman scattering
B. J. Winjum, V. K. Decyk, W. B. Mori, J. W. Banks, R. L. Berger, T. Chapman, S. Brunner · APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting (NP8.117), 2013
Kinetic simulations of the self-focusing and dissipation of finite-width electron plasma waves
B. J. Winjum, R. L. Berger, T. Chapman, J. W. Banks, S. Brunner, V. K. Decyk, W. B. Mori · Anomalous Absorption Conference, 2013
Conference proceedings
An examination of the scaling laws for LWFA in the self-guided nonlinear blowout regime
A. Davidson, A. Tableman, P. Yu, W. An, F. Tsung, W. Lu, R. A. Fonseca, W. B. Mori · AIP Conference Proceedings 1812, 2017
P. Yu et al. · International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC), Richmond, VA, 2015
P. Yu et al. · 16th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, San Jose, CA, 2014
Electron and positron bunch self-modulation experiments at SLAC-FACET
P. Muggli, O. Reimann, N. Lopes, L. Silva, J. Vieira, E. Adli, S. Gessner, M. Hogan, S. Li, M. Litos, C. Joshi, K. Marsh, W. Mori, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, Y. Fang · North American Particle Accelerator Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2013
Long term evolution of plasma wakefields
A. A. Sahai, T. C. Katsouleas, F. S. Tsung, W. B. Mori · North American Particle Accelerator Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2013
A betatron-analysis technique for identifying narrowband trapped charge within a broadband energy tail in PWFA experiments at FACET
C. Clayton, W. An, C. Joshi, K. Marsh, W. Mori, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, P. Muggli, E. Adli, C. I. Clarke, S. Corde, J.-P. Delahaye, R. J. England, A. S. Fisher, J. Frederico, S. J. Gessner, M. Hogan, S. Z. Li, M. D. Litos, D. Walz, Z. Wu, W. Lu · North American Particle Accelerator Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2013
Self and ionization-injection in LWFA for near-term lasers
A. W. Davidson, W. Lu, M. Zheng, C. Joshi, L. O. Silva, J. Martins, R. A. Fonseca, W. B. Mori · North American Particle Accelerator Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2013
Suppression of the transformer ratio due to distributed injection of electrons in a plasma wakefield accelerator
N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, W. An, C. E. Clayton, C. Joshi, W. Lu, K. A. Marsh, W. B. Mori, E. Adli, C. I. Clarke, S. Corde, J.-P. Delahaye, R. J. England, A. S. Fisher, J. Frederico, S. J. Gessner, M. J. Hogan, S. Z. Li, M. D. Litos, D. Walz, Z. Wu, P. Muggli · North American Particle Accelerator Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2013
Simulation of laser wakefield acceleration in the Lorentz boosted frame with UPIC-EMMA
P. Yu, V. K. Decyk, W. An, F. S. Tsung, W. B. Mori, X. Xu, W. Lu, J. Vieira, R. A. Fonseca, L. O. Silva · North American Particle Accelerator Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2013
Possibility of confirming SMI through energy spectrum with the 1 nC ATF electron bunch
Y. Fang, P. Muggli, W. Mori · North American Particle Accelerator Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2013
Latest plasma wakefield acceleration results from the FACET project
M. D. Litos, E. Adli, C. I. Clarke, S. Corde, J. P. Delahaye, R. J. England, A. S. Fisher, J. Frederico, S. Gessner, M. J. Hogan, S. Li, D. Walz, G. White, Z. Wu, V. Yakimenko, W. An, C. E. Clayton, C. Joshi, W. Lu, K. A. Marsh, W. B. Mori, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, P. Muggli · North American Particle Accelerator Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2013
X-ray radiation and electron injection from beam envelope oscillations in plasma wakefield accelerator experiments at FACET
K. A. Marsh, W. An, C. E. Clayton, C. Joshi, W. B. Mori, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, P. Muggli, C. I. Clarke, S. Corde, J-P. Delahaye, R. J. England, A. S. Fisher, J. Frederico, S. J. Gessner, M. J. Hogan, S. Z. Li, M. D. Litos, D. Walz, Z. Wu, E. Adli, W. Lu · North American Particle Accelerator Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2013