LANL Roadrunner Models Nonlinear Physics Of High-power Lasers

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 14:07 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists are using an adapted version of VPIC, a particle-in-cell plasma physics code, to model the nonlinear physics of laser backscatter energy transfer and plasma instabilities in an attempt to reach fusion ignition.

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