PIC Code Software
Northrop Grumman offers LSP, a 3D electromagnetic PIC (particle-in-cell) code designed for large scale plasma simulations such as E-beam driven radiography, pulsed power accelerator design, heavy-ion fusion and petawatt laser-interaction.
LSP Suite
The LSP Suite is a 3-D electromagnetic particle-in-cell (PIC) code designed for large scale plasma simulations. The code calculates the interaction between charged particles (electrons and ions) and external and self-generated electric and magnetic fields. The code started with SBIR funding in 1995 and became commercialized in 2002. Some current applications are E-beam driven radiography, pulsed power accelerator design, heavy-ion fusion, KrF e-beam pumped laser, petawatt laser-plasma interaction, and plasma reactor.