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Hartmut Ruhl

Publications and source records attributed to Hartmut Ruhl.

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arXiv2015

Reflection-free finite volume Maxwell's solver for adaptive grids

We present a non-staggered method for the Maxwell equations in adaptively refined grids. The code is based on finite volume central scheme that preserves in a discrete form both divergence-free property of magnetic field and the Gauss law. High spatial accuracy is achieved with help of non-oscillatory extrema preserving piece-wise or piece-wise-quadratic reconstructions. The semi-discrete equations are solved by implicit-explicit Runge-Kutta method. The new adaptive grid Maxwell's solver is examined based on several 1d examples, including the an propagation of a Gaussian pulse through vacuum and partially ionised gas. Two-dimensional extension is tested with a Gaussian pulse incident on dielectric disc. Additionally, we focus on testing computational accuracy and efficiency.

physics.comp-ph↗

arXiv2015

The Plasma Simulation Code: A modern particle-in-cell code with load-balancing and GPU support

Recent increases in supercomputing power, driven by the multi-core revolution and accelerators such as the IBM Cell processor, graphics processing units (GPUs) and Intel's Many Integrated Core (MIC) technology have enabled kinetic simulations of plasmas at unprecedented resolutions, but changing HPC architectures also come with challenges for writing efficient numerical codes. This paper describes the Plasma Simulation Code (PSC), an explicit, electromagnetic particle-in-cell code with support for different order particle shape functions. We focus on two distinguishing feature of the code: patch-based load balancing using space-filling curves, and support for Nvidia GPUs, which achieves substantial speed-up of up to more than 6x on the Cray XK7 architecture compared to a CPU-only implementation.

physics.plasm-ph↗

arXiv1998

Collective Absorption Dynamics and Enhancement in Deformed Targets

The interaction of intense fs laser pulses with thin foils that have an imposed deformation is compared with thick targets that develop bow shocks. Both target types yield good absorption. Up to 80% absorption is obtained for a $0.2μm$ thick, 15 times over-dense foil at $4 \cdot 10^{18} W/cm^2$. A value of 50% is obtained for a $4 μm$ thick, 2 times over-dense thick target at $10^{18} W/cm^2$. For comparable extension and curvature of the laser-plasma interfaces absorption levels in both targets become similar. In both absorption scales weakly with intensity and density. Energy transport in thin foils and thick targets, however, is different.

physics.plasm-ph↗