SIMLA: Simulating laser-particle interactions via classical and quantum electrodynamics

Abstract

We present the Fortran code SIMLA, which is designed for the study of charged particle dynamics in laser and other background fields. This can be done classically via the Landau-Lifshitz equation, or alternatively, via the simulation of photon emission events determined by strong-field quantum-electrodynamics amplitudes and implemented using Monte-Carlo type routines. Multiple laser fields can be included in the simulation and the propagation direction, beam shape (plane wave, focussed paraxial, constant crossed, or constant magnetic), and time envelope of each can be independently specified.

Submitted to Comp. Phys. Comm. The associated computer program and corresponding manual will be made available on the CPC library

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• Modelling Gamma Ray Emission and Pair Production in High-Intensity Laser-Matter Interactions
• QED cascades induced by circularly polarized laser fields
• Radiation Reaction Effects on Radiation Pressure Acceleration
• Quantum radiation reaction effects in multiphoton Compton scattering
• Anomalous radiative trapping in laser fields of extreme intensity
• Pair Creation in QED-Strong Pulsed Laser Fields Interacting with Electron Beams
• Testing numerical implementations of strong field electrodynamics
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• Ultrarelativistic electron states in a general background electromagnetic field
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• Covariant Worldline Numerics for Charge Motion with Radiation Reaction

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