Award Abstract #0321345
Acquisition of a Dedicated Cluster for Particle-in-cell Simulations of Plasmas at UCLA

NSF Org:	PHY Division of Physics
Initial Amendment Date:	August 12, 2003
Latest Amendment Date:	August 12, 2003
Award Number:	0321345
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Kathleen V. McCloud PHY Division of Physics MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Start Date:	August 15, 2003
Expires:	July 31, 2007 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$897284
Investigator(s):	Warren Mori mori@physics.ucla.edu (Principal Investigator) George Morales (Co-Principal Investigator) Philip Pritchett (Co-Principal Investigator) Steven Cowley (Co-Principal Investigator) Jean-Noel Leboeuf (Co-Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	University of California-Los Angeles 11000 Kinross Avenue LOS ANGELES, CA 90095 310/794-0102
NSF Program(s):	ATOMIC THEORY, MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):	0000099 Other Applications NEC
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, 1284, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	1284, 1189

ABSTRACT

This MRI award is to build a 256 node (512 CPU) Linux cluster to perform a variety of particle-in-cell(PIC) plasma simulations. The dedicated cluster will be used to study problems in micro-turbulence, plasma based acceleration, magnetic reconnection and other non-linear plasma wave phenomena. The UCLA group has been a world leader in developing the PIC techniques and codes to perform these simulations on single processors and more importantly, on large-scale, parallel computers. The computer cluster will enable the UCLA group to carry out the plasma simulations rapidly enough to have the needed impact on the design of compact plasma accelerators for high-energy physics experiments at SLAC.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Blumenfeld et al..  "Energy Doubling of 42 GeV Electrons in a Metre Scale Plasma Wakefield Accelerator,"  Nature,  v.445,  2007,  p. 741.

Deng, S; Barnes, CD; Clayton, CE; O'Connell, C; Decker, FJ; Fonseca, RA; Huang, C; Hogan, MJ; Iverson, R; Johnson, DK; Joshi, C; Katsouleas, T; Krejcik, P; Lu, W; Mori, WB; Muggli, P; Oz, E; Tsung, F; Walz, D; Zhou, M.  "Hose instability and wake generation by an intense electron beam in a self-ionized gas,"  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,  v.96,  2006,   

Huang, C; Decyk, VK; Ren, C; Zhou, M; Lu, W; Mori, WB; Cooley, JH; Antonsen, TM; Katsouleas, T.  "QUICKPIC: A highly efficient particle-in-cell code for modeling wakefield acceleration in plasmas,"  JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS,  v.217,  2006,  p. 658 - 679.  

Iskakov, AB; Schekochihin, AA; Cowley, SC; McWilliams, JC; Proctor, MRE.  "Numerical demonstration of fluctuation dynamo at low magnetic Prandtl numbers,"  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,  v.98,  2007,   

Johnson, DK; Auerbach, D; Blumenfeld, I; Barnes, CD; Clayton, CE; Decker, FJ; Deng, S; Emma, P; Hogan, MJ; Huang, C; Ischebeck, R; Iverson, R; Joshi, C; Katsouleas, TC; Kirby, N; Krejcik, P; Lu, W; Marsh, KA; Mori, WB; Muggli, P; O'Connell, CL; Oz, E; Sie.  "Positron production by X rays emitted by betatron motion in a plasma wiggler,"  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,  v.97,  2006,   

Lu et al..  "Generating Multi-GeV Electron Bunches Using Single Stage Laser Wakefield Acceleration in a 3D Nonlinear Regime,"  Phys. Rev. STAB,  v.10,  2007,  p. 061301.

Lu, W; Huang, C; Zhou, M; Mori, WB; Katsouleas, T.  "Nonlinear theory for relativistic plasma wakefields in the blowout regime,"  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,  v.96,  2006,   

Lu, W; Huang, C; Zhou, M; Tzoufras, M; Tsung, FS; Mori, WB; Katsouleas, T.  "A nonlinear theory for multidimensional relativistic plasma wave wakefields,"  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS,  v.13,  2006,   

Lu, W; Huang, C; Zhou, MM; Mori, WB; Katsouleas, T.  "Limits of linear plasma wakefield theory for electron or positron beams,"  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS,  v.12,  2005,   

Mangles, SPD; Thomas, AGR; Kaluza, MC; Lundh, O; Lindau, F; Persson, A; Tsung, FS; Najmudin, Z; Mori, WB; Wahlstrom, CG; Krushelnick, K.  "Laser-wakefield acceleration of monoenergetic electron beams in the first plasma-wave period,"  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,  v.96,  2006,   

Mangles, SPD; Walton, BR; Tzoufras, M; Najmudin, Z; Clarke, RJ; Dangor, AE; Evans, RG; Fritzler, S; Gopal, A; Hernandez-Gomez, C; Mori, WB; Rozmus, W; Tatarakis, M; Thomas, AGR; Tsung, FS; Wei, MS; Krushelnick, K.  "Electron acceleration in cavitated channels formed by a petawatt laser in low-density plasma,"  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,  v.94,  2005,   

Muggli, P; Blue, BE; Clayton, CE; Deng, S; Decker, FJ; Hogan, MJ; Huang, C; Iverson, R; Joshi, C; Katsouleas, TC; Lee, S; Lu, W; Marsh, KA; Mori, WB; O'Connell, CL; Raimondi, P; Siemann, R; Walz, D.  "Meter-scale plasma-wakefield accelerator driven by a matched electron beam,"  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,  v.93,  2004,   

P.L.Pritchett.  "Kinetic Aspects of Forced of Magnetic Reconnection,"  J. Geophys. Res. Lett.,  v.110,  2005,  p. !10213.

P.L.Pritchett.  "Relativistic Production During Guide Field Magnetic Reconnection,"  J. Geophys. Res. Lett.,  v.111,  2006,  p. A10212.

P.L.Pritchett.  "Relativistic Electron Production During Driven Magnetic Reconnection,"  Geophysics Research Letters,  v.33,  2006,  p. L13104.

Pritchett, PL.  "Kinetic properties of magnetic merging in the coalescence process,"  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS,  v.14,  2007,   

Ren, C; Tzoufras, M; Tonge, J; Mori, WB; Tsung, FS; Fiore, M; Fonseca, RA; Silva, LO; Adam, JC; Heron, A.  "A global simulation for laser-driven MeV electrons in 50-mu m-diameter fast ignition targets,"  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS,  v.13,  2006,   

Tsung, FS; Lu, W; Tzoufras, M; Mori, WB; Joshi, C; Vieira, JM; Silva, LO; Fonseca, RA.  "Simulation of monoenergetic electron generation via laser wakefield accelerators for 5-25 TW lasers,"  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS,  v.13,  2006,   

Tsung, FS; Tonge, JW; Morales, GJ.  "Particle simulation of Alfven waves excited at a boundary,"  PHYSICS OF PLASMAS,  v.12,  2005,   

Tzoufras, M; Ren, C; Tsung, FS; Tonge, JW; Mori, WB; Fiore, M; Fonseca, RA; Silva, LO.  "Space-charge effects in the current-filamentation or Weibel instability,"  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS,  v.96,  2006,   


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