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most citedDelving Deeper into the Tumultuous Lives of Galactic Dwarfs: Modeling Star Formation Histories

90 citations · 91 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

physics.plasm-ph2021

A Particle-In-Cell Code Comparison for Ion Acceleration: EPOCH, LSP, and WarpX

Joseph R. Smith, Chris Orban, Nashad Rahman +3

There are now more Particle-in-Cell (PIC) codes than ever before that researchers use to simulate intense laser-plasma interactions. To date, there have been relatively few direct…

physics.plasm-ph2021

Particle-in-Cell modeling of a potential demonstration experiment for double pulse enhanced target normal sheath acceleration

Nashad Rahman, Joseph R. Smith, Gregory Ngirmang +1

Ultra intense lasers are a promising source of energetic ions for various applications. An interesting approach described in Ferri et al. 2019 argues from Particle-in-Cell simulati…

physics.plasm-ph2020

Optimizing Laser-Plasma Interactions for Ion Acceleration using Particle-in-Cell Simulations and Evolutionary Algorithms

Joseph R. Smith, Chris Orban, John T. Morrison +4

The development of ultra-intense laser-based sources of high energy ions is an important goal, with a variety of potential applications. One of the barriers to achieving this goal…

physics.ed-ph2020

Using Virtual Reality in Electrostatics Instruction: The Impact of Training

Chris D. Porter, Joseph R. H. Smith, Eric M. Stagar +5

Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in using Virtual Reality (VR) technology to benefit instruction, especially in physics and related subjects. As VR devices improve a…

physics.plasm-ph2019

Experimental observation and computational modeling of radial Weibel instability in high intensity laser-plasma interactions

Gregory K. Ngirmang, John T. Morrison, Kevin M. George +5

When a relativistic intensity laser interacts with the surface of a solid density target, suprathermal electron currents are subject to Weibel instability filamentation when propag…

physics.ed-ph2019

Computational Thinking in Introductory Physics

Chris Orban, Richelle Teeling-Smith

Computational Thinking (CT) is still a relatively new term in the lexicon of learning objectives and science standards. There is not yet widespread agreement on the precise definit…