Proton imaging has become a key diagnostic for measuring electromagnetic fields in high-
energy-density (HED) laboratory plasmas. Compared to other techniques for diagnosing …

Smilei is a collaborative, open-source, object-oriented (C++) particle-in-cell code. To benefit
from the latest advances in high-performance computing (HPC), Smilei is co-developed by …

Particle acceleration in collisionless plasma systems is a central question in astroplasma
and astroparticle physics. The structure of the acceleration regions, electron–ion energy …

We present the results of a joint experimental and theoretical study of plasma expansion
arising from Nd: YAG laser ablation (laser wavelength λ= 1.064 μm) of tin microdroplets in …

We present the first laboratory generation of high-Mach-number magnetized collisionless
shocks created through the interaction of an expanding laser-driven plasma with a …

This Perspective paper deals with an overview of particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision
models applied to different plasma-propulsion configurations and scenarios, from …

In this study we introduce EMPIRE-PIC, a finite element method particle-in-cell (FEM-PIC)
application developed at Sandia National Laboratories. The code has been developed in …

We use three-dimensional (3-D) fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations to study the
occurrence of magnetic reconnection in a simulation of decaying turbulence created by …

We present the first laboratory observations of time-resolved electron and ion velocity
distributions in magnetized collisionless shock precursors. Thomson scattering of a probe …

Recent laboratory experiments with laser-produced plasmas have observed and studied a
number of fundamental physical processes relevant to magnetized astrophysical plasmas …