VORPAL Animations
Tech-X has turned a variety of simulation data into visualizations that are both interesting and informative. Creating 3D animations from simulations such as VORPAL allows researchers to have a better overall picture of the physics involved, as well as highlighting effects that may not otherwise be obvious.
Colliding Laser Pulses Launch an Electron Beam into a Plasma Accelerator: the second award-winning visualization from Tech-X, by Estelle Cormier-Michele, presented at SciDAC11.
Fields on a Coaxial Cavity: VORPAL data created with input file coax_test.pre. This movie shows 4 different views of the fields on a coaxial cavity after a sinusoidal current ring is applied to a small width between the inner and outer walls.
2D Simulation of Electron Density: The electron density in a 2D VORPAL simulation of the expansion of a two-component plasma in an ambient magnetic field.
Radio Frequency Electron Gun: VORPAL simulations of a radio frequency electron gun design considered for RHIC electron cooling injector at the Brookhaven national lab.
Laser-wakefield Experiment.Simulation: VORPAL simulating a laser-wakefield experiment.
Wakefields: Wakefields generated by the propagation of an electron beam in a TESLA cavity.
Cut-away View: Cut-away view through the International Linear Collider (ILC) cavities.
3D Simulations of Lightning: 3D electromagnetic simulations of lightning striking an above-ground oil storage tank.
Compact Pulsed Neutron Source: VORPAL simulation of a compact pulsed neutron source.
Thermal Plasma: A thermal plasma consisting of electrons (small spheres) and ions (large spheres), colored by computational domain they sit on.
Laser Pulse: A laser pulse hitting an overdense spherical mirror coated with an underdense material.
TESLA Cavity: The geometry of a TESLA cavity in VORPAL.