Lehrinhalte
Particle tracking methods: types of particle methods, relationship to Vlasov model – Integration of equations of motion: Boris pusher, numerical stability, symplecticity –  Electrostatic PIC:  Green functions, FFT and FD methods, charge deposition, field interpolation, spline shape functions – DC-gun simulation: space charge limited emission  – Tracking in the Lorenz frame – Map based tracking methods – Electromagnetic PIC: FDTD method,  charge-conserving current deposition, Boris scheme, low dispersion methods – Wakefields and impedances: simulation of ultra-relativistic beams – Plasma Wakefield Acceleration – Parallel computing

Literature
The transparencies can be downloaded from the TUCaN site.

Semester: ST 2023