P-MoPA: Plasma-Modulated Plasma Accelerator Simulation Input Decks

Input decks for the particle-in-cell code WarpX simulate the accelerator stage of a laser-plasma accelerator scheme. The data was produced by Johannes van de Wetering at the University of Oxford for a study published in Physical Review Letters in 2021. The dataset supports research into multi-GeV wakefield acceleration.

Use Cases

• Reproduce simulation results from the published Plasma-Modulated Plasma Accelerator study based on the provided WarpX input decks.
• Benchmark particle-in-cell simulation codes against a known accelerator scheme based on the described laser-plasma setup.
• Investigate parameter sensitivity in laser-plasma accelerator designs based on the simulation configuration files.
• Train machine learning models for plasma accelerator optimization using simulation input parameters as features.

Strengths

• Data is directly associated with a peer-reviewed publication in Physical Review Letters.
• Input decks are designed for WarpX, a widely-used, open-source particle-in-cell code.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

University of Oxford

Collection Method

Simulation input files generated for a specific research study.