Abstract
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. Published by AIP Publishing.
Dokumententyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
---|---|
Fakultät: | Physik |
Themengebiete: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik |
ISSN: | 1070-664X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Dokumenten ID: | 54016 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 14. Jun. 2018, 09:54 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 04. Nov. 2020, 13:33 |