AMAC Group Publications

  • Group publications are currently available via the LBNL Library request system, searching by author.

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  • Following is a highlight list of recent group publications and participation.
2004
J. Qiang, M. Furman, and R. Ryne, "A Parallel Particle-In-Cell Model for Beam-Beam Interactions in High Energy Ring Colliders," accepted by Journal of Computational Physics (2004). [LBNL-54598]
J. Qiang, "Halo formation from mismatched beam-beam interactions", Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams (January 2004). [LBNL-54354]
J. Qiang, R. Gluckstern, "Three-dimensional poisson solver for a charged beam with large aspect ratio in a conducting pipe", Computer Physics Communications (January 2004) [LBNL-54282]
P. McCorquodale , P.Colella , D.P. Grote, J-L. Vay, "A node-centered local refinement algorithm for Poisson's equation in complex geometries", submitted to Journal of Computational Physics (2004) [LBNL-pending]
Vay JL, Colella P, Kwan JW, McCorquodale P, Serafini DB, Friedman A, Grote DP, Westenskow G, Adam JC, Heron A, Haber I, "Application of adaptive mesh refinement to particle-in-cell simulations of plasmas and beams", in press - Phys. of Plasmas (2004) [LBNL-53551]
Vay JL, Colella P, Friedman A, Grote DP, McCorquodale P, Serafini DB, "Implementations of mesh refinement schemes for particle-in-cell plasma simulations." , in press- Computer Physics Communications (2004) [LBNL-54046]
Vay JL, Adam JC, Heron A, "Asymmetric PML for the absorption of waves. Application to mesh refinement in electromagnetic particle-in-cell plasma simulations.", in press - Computer Physics Communications (2004) [LBNL-52676]
Sonnendrucker E, Filbet F, Friedman A, Oudet E, Vay JL, "Vlasov simulations of beams with a moving grid", in press - Computer Physics Communications (2004).
Vay J-L, Friedman A, Grote DP, "Progress in the study of Mesh Refinement for Particle-In-Cell Plasma Simulations: application to Heavy Ion Fusion", to appear in proceedings of 7th International Computation Accelerator Physics conference. (2004) [LBNL-51730]

2003
Fubiani, G.;Esarey, E.;Leemans, W.P.;Ryne, R.;Qiang, J.;Dugan, G., "Numerical studies of laser-plasma produced electron beam transport in vacuum", Proceedings of PAC 2003, Portland, OR (May 2003) [LBNL-51830]
Qiang, Ji;Furman, Miguel;Ryne, Robert, "Parallel particle-in-cell simulation of colliding beams in high energy accelerators", Proceedings of PAC 2003, Portland, OR (May 2003) [LBNL-52600]
I. Hofmann, G. Franchetti, O. Boine-Frankenheim, J. Qiang, and R. D. Ryne, "Space Charge Resonances in Two and Three Dimensional Anisotropic Beams," Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams (February 2003) 6, 024202. [LBNL-54605]
J. Qiang and R. W. Garnett, "Smooth Approximation with Acceleration in an Alternating Phase Focusing Superconducting Linac," Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research, A 496, 33 (2003). [LBNL-50146]
T.P. Wangler, C. K. Allen, K.C.D. Chan, P.L. Colestock, K.R. Crandall, R.W. Garnett, J.D. Gilpatrick, W. Lysenko, J. Qiang, J.D. Schneider, M.E. Schulze, R.L. Sheffield, H.V. Smith, "Beam-Halo in Mismatched Proton Beams," Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A, Volume 519, Issues 1-2, Pages 425-431, 21 Feb 2004. [LBNL-pending]
T. P. Wangler, K.R. Crandall, R.W. Garnett, D. Gorelov, P. Ostroumov, J. Qiang, R. Ryne, R. York, "Advanced Beam-Dynamics Simulation Tools for the RIA Driver Linac, Part I: Low Energy Beam Transport and Radiofrequency Quadrupole," Proc. RIA R&D Workshop, August 26-28, Washington, DC (2003). [LBNL-pending]
I. Hofmann, G. Franchetti, J. Qiang, and R.D. Ryne, "Self-Consistency and Coherent Effects in Nonlinear Resonances," Proc. 29th ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on Beam Dynamics, Diagnostics, and Collimation (HALOÕ03), May 19-23, Montauk, NY (2003). [LBNL-54601]
M. Ikegami, T. Kato, Z. Igarashi, A. Ueno, Y. Kondo, J. Qiang, and R. Ryne, "Comparison of Particle Simulation with J-PARC Linac MEBT Beam Test Results," Proc. 29th ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on Beam Dynamics, Diagnostics, and Collimation (HALOÕ03), May 19-23, Montauk, NY (2003). [LBNL-54600]
J. Qiang, M. Furman, R.D. Ryne, W. Fischer, T. Sen, M. Xiao, "Parallel Strong-Strong/Strong-Weak Simulations of Beam-Beam Interactions in Hadron Accelerators," Proc. 29th ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on Beam Dynamics, Diagnostics, and Collimation (HALOÕ03), May 19-23, Montauk, NY (2003). [LBNL-53638]
J. Qiang, R.D. Ryne, T. Sen, M. Xiao, "Macroparticle Simulations of Antiproton Lifetime at 150 GeV in the Tevatron," Proceedings of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, (2003). [LBNL-51808]
J. Qiang, R.D. Ryne, and I. Hofmann, "Space-Charge Driven Emittance Growth in a 3D Mismatched Anisotropic Beam," Proceedings of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference (2003). [LBNL-51807]
M. Ikegami et al., "Beam Commissioning of the J-PARC Linac Medium Energy Beam Transport at KEK," Proceedings of the 2003 Particle Accelerator Conference, (2003). [LBNL-pending]
D. Higdon, M. Kennedy, J. Cavendish, R.D. Ryne, J. Sacks, and J. Berger, "Combining Field Data and Computer Simulations for Calibration and Prediction," in Proceedings of Applied Inverse Problems: Theoretical and Computational Aspects, UCLA Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (2003).
Vay J-L, Kawata S, Nakamura T, Sasaki J, Someya T, Deutsch C., "Conducting versus insulating walls in a heavy ion reaction chamber." Laser & Particle Beams, vol.21, no.1, 2003, pp.41-6
Vay J-L, Colella P, McCorquodale P, Van Straalen B, Friedman A, Grote DP., "Mesh refinement for particle-in-cell plasma simulations: Applications to and benefits for heavy ion fusion.", Laser & Particle Beams, vol.20, no.4, 2002, pp.569-75 [LBNL-50871]
Stoltz PH, Furman MA, Vay J-L, Molvik AW, Cohen RH. "Numerical simulation of the generation of secondary electrons in the High Current Experiment.", Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators & Beams, vol.6, no.5

2002
J. Qiang, P. L. Colestock, D. Gilpatrick, H. V. Smith, T. P. Wangler, and M. E. Schulze, "Macroparticle Simulation Studies of a Proton Beam Halo Experiment," Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, vol 5, 124201 (2002). [LBNL-51489]
C. K. Allen, K. C. D. Chan, P. L. Colestock, K. R. Crandall, R. W. Garnett, J. D. Gilpatrick, W. Lysenko, J. Qiang, J. D. Schneider, M. E. Shulze, R. L. Sheffield, H. V. Smith, and T. P. Wangler, "Beam-Halo Measurements in High-Current Proton Beams," Physical Review Letters 89 (21) (November 2002). [LBNL-54604]
K-L. Ma, G. Schussman, B. Wilson, K. Ko, J. Qiang, and R. Ryne, "Advanced Visualization Technology for Terascale Particle Accelerator Simulations," Proceedings of Supercomputing 2002, Baltimore, MD (November 2002). [LBNL-54607]
J. Qiang, M. Furman, and R. Ryne, "Strong-Strong Beam-Beam Simulation Using a Green Function Approach," Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, vol 5, 104402 (October 2002). [LBNL-51283]
J. Qiang, R. Ryne, and R. Garnett, "Systematic Comparison of Position and Time Dependent Macroparticle Simulations in Beam Dynamics Studies," Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, vol 5, 064201 (June 2002). [LBNL-54608]
B. Wilson, K-L. Ma, J. Qiang, and R. Ryne, "Interactive Visualization of Particle Beams for Accelerator Design," in P.M.A. Sloot et al., editors, ICCS 2002, focused session on High Performance Computing in Particle Accelerator Science and Technology (HPCPAST), LNCS 2331, pp. 342-351 (April 2002). [LBNL-49538]
A. Adelmann and D. Feichtinger, "Generic Large Scale 3D Visualization of Accelerators and Beam Lines," Proc. ICCS 2002, p. 362 (April 2002).
A. Adelmann, "Space Charge Studies at PSI," Proc. 20th ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High Brightness Hadron Beams (ICFA-HB 2002), p. 316, Batavia (April 2002).
J. Qiang and R. Ryne, "Parallel Beam Dynamics Simulation of Linear Accelerators," Proceedings of the 2002 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES'2002) Conference (March 2002). [LBNL-49550]
I. Hofmann, G. Franchetti, J. Qiang, R. Ryne, F. Gerigk, D. Jeon, and N. Pichoff, "Review of Beam Dynamics and Space Charge Resonances in High Intensity Linacs," Proceedings of EPAC 2002 (2002). [LBNL-pending]
Haber I, Bieniosek FM, Celata CM, Friedman A, Grote DP, Henestroza E, Vay J-L, Bernal S, Kishek RA, O'Shea PG, Reiser M, Herrmannsfeldt WB., "End-to-end simulation: The front end", Laser & Particle Beams, vol.20, no.3, 2002, pp.431-3
Davidson RC, Kaganovich ID, Lee WW, Qin H, Startsev EA, Tzenov S, Friedman A, Barnard JJ, Cohen RH, Grote DP, Lund SM, Sharp WM, Celata CM, De Hoon M, Henestroza E, Lee EP, Yu SS, Vay J-L, Welch DR, Rose DV, Olson CL., "Overview of theory and modeling in the Heavy Ion Fusion Virtual National Laboratory.", Laser & Particle Beams, vol.20, no.3, 2002, pp.377-84
Celata CM, Bieniosek FM, Henestroza E, Kwan JW, Lee EP, Logan G, Prost L, Seidl PA, Vay J-L, Waldron WL, Yu SS, Barnard JJ, Callahan DA, Cohen RH, Friedman A, Grote DP, Lund SM, Molvik A, Sharp WM, Westenskow G, Davidson RC, Efthimion P, Gilson E, Grisham LR, Kaganovich I, Hong Qin, Startsev EA, Bernal S, Cui Y, Feldman D, Godlove TF, Haber I, Harris J, Kishek RA, Li H, O'Shea PG, Quinn B, Reiser M, Valfells A, Walter M, Zou Y, Rose DV, Welch DR., "Progress in heavy ion fusion research.", Physics of Plasmas, vol.10, no.5, May 2003, pp.2064-70.
Vay J-L., "Asymmetric perfectly matched layer for the absorption of waves.", Journal of Computational Physics, vol.183, no.2, 10 Dec. 2002, pp.367-99
Molvik AW, Cohen RH, Lund SM, Bieniosek FM, Lee EP, Prost LR, Seidl PA, Vay J-L, "Electron cloud effects in intense, ion beam linacs theory and experimental planning for heavy-ion fusion.", ECLOUD'02: Mini-Workshop on Electron-Cloud Simulations for Proton and Positron Beams. Proceedings (CERN 2002-001). CERN. 2002, pp.253-8. Geneva, Switzerland

2001
J. Qiang and R. Ryne, "Parallel 3D Poisson Solver for a Charged Beam in a Conducting Pipe,"Computer Physics Communications 138, 18 (2001).
I. Hofmann, J. Qiang and R. Ryne, "Collective Resonance Model of Energy Exchange in 3D Nonequipartitioned Beams," Physical Review Letters 86, 2313 (2001).
J. Qiang, R. Ryne, B. Blind, J. Billen, T. Bhatia, R. Garnett, G. Neuschaefer, H. Takeda, "High Resolution Parallel Particle-In-Cell Simulation of Beam Dynamics in the SNS Linac," Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research - Section A 457, 1 (2001).
S. Nath et al., "Comparison of Linac Simulation Codes." Proc. 2001 Particle Accelarator Conference, p. 264, June 18-22, 2001, Chicago, Illinois.
J. Qiang, I. Hofmann, and R.D. Ryne, "Cross-Plane Resonance: A Mechanism for Very Large Amplitude Halo Formation," Proceedings of PAC 2001, p. 1735.
I. Hofmann, O. Boine-Frankenheim, G. Franchetti, J. Qiang, R. Ryne, D. Jeon, J. Wei, "Emittance Coupling in High Intensity Beams Applied to the SNS Linac," Proceedings of PAC 2001, p. 2902.
T.P. Wangler et al, "Experimental Study of Proton-Beam Halo Induced by Beam Mismatch in LEDA," Proceedings of PAC 2001, p. 2923. [LBNL-54612]
W.P. Lysenko et al, "Characterizing Proton Beam of 6.7 MeV LEDA RFQ by Fitting Wire-Scanner Profiles to 3-D Nonlinear Simulations," Proceedings of PAC 2001, p. 3051.
J. Qiang and R.D. Ryne, "A Layer-Based Object-Oriented Parallel Framwork for Beam Dynamics Studies," Proceedings of PAC 2001, p. 3060.
F. Gerigk, M. Vretenar, and R.D. Ryne, "Design of the Superconducting Section of the SPL Linac at CERN," Proceedings of PAC 2001, p. 3909.
R. D. Ryne and K. Ko, "Terascale Computing in Accelerator Science and Technology," (invited), Proceedings of PAC 2001, p. 759.