This review aims at providing an up-to-date status and a general introduction to the subject
of the numerical study of energetic particle acceleration and transport in turbulent …

A particle-in-cell study of laser-ion acceleration mechanisms in the transparency regime
illustrates how two-dimensional (2D) S and P simulations (laser polarization in and out of the …

Generating thin and high density plasma slabs at a high repetition rate is a key issue for ultra-
high intensity laser applications, such as plasma photonics, electron acceleration by few …

A forward semi-Lagrangian scheme called FARSIGHT is presented for collisionless
electrostatic plasmas described by the 1D1V Vlasov-Poisson equations. The phase space …

The existence and properties of low Mach-number ( M 1) electrostatic collisionless shocks
are investigated with a semi-analytical solution for the shock structure. We show that the …

We present a particle-in-cell study of linearly polarized laser-ion acceleration systems, in
which we use both two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) simulations to …

Ion acceleration due to the interaction between a short high-intensity laser pulse and a
moderately overdense plasma target is studied using Eulerian Vlasov–Maxwell simulations …

We study kinetic effects responsible for the transition to relativistic self-induced transparency
in the interaction of a circularly-polarized laser-pulse with an overdense plasma and their …

The accurate prediction of occurrence and strength of kinetic instabilities in plasmas remains
a significant challenge in nuclear fusion research. To accurately capture the plasma's …

The role of thermal fluctuations on the stimulated Raman backscattering instability is
investigated by means of Vlasov and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations in a regime of strong …