PIConGPU Plugins

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Plugin name	short description
BinEnergyParticles	energy histograms
CountParticles	count macro particles
EnergyFields	missing
EnergyParticles	missing
FieldEnergy	missing
LineSliceFields	missing
LiveViewModule	3D live visualisation
ParticleDensity	missing
ParticleSpectrum	what is this?
PngModule	pictures of 2D slices
PositionsParticles	missing
Radiation	compute emitted electromagnetic spectra
SliceFieldPrinter	missing
SliceFieldPrinterMulti	missing
SumCurrents	missing
TotalDivJ	missing

BinEnergyParticles

What does this plugin compute?

Energy histogram of particles of a specific species.

more information will follow soon.

How to set it up?

will come soon

CountParticles

What does this plugin compute?

Counts number of macroparticles

more information will follow soon.

How to set it up?

will come soon

LiveViewModule

What does this plugin compute?

3D Live visualization.

more information will follow soon.

How to set it up?

will come soon

References

• In Situ Visualization of a Laser-Plasma Simulation

Radiation

What does this plugin compute?

The spectrally resolved far field radiation of charged macro particles (usually only electrons).

more information will follow soon.

How to set it up?

will come soon

References

• Electromagnetic Radiation from Relativistic Electrons as Characteristic Signature of their Dynamics
  Diploma thesis on the radiation plugin
• How to test and verify radiation diagnostics simulations within particle-in-cell frameworks
  Some tests that have been performed to validate the code