Concepts

VPIC (Vector Particle-in-Cell)

A plasmaplasmaplasma simulation code developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory for modeling kinetic magnetic reconnectionplasmaplasma processes at extreme scales. VPIC tracks individual particles in electromagnetic fields, enabling first-principles simulation of plasmamagnetic reconnectionFRC, MTFplasma instabilities, and beam-plasma interactions relevant to FRC and MTF physics. It runs on the world's largest supercomputers.