ABSTRACT
The collective interaction of particles and fields in laser plasma interactions represent a complex and strongly nonlinear problem, with applications covering a wide range of physical scenarios. Traditionally the investigation of such systems has been done through theoretical and experimental work, developing analytical models to determine the behavior of our system, and carrying out sophisticated experiments to observe the system evolution. Notwithstanding the great success and power of this approach, the simultaneous interaction the extraordinary complexity and many degrees of freedom of laser plasma interactions render analytical modeling impractical. Also, many of the significant details of laser plasma interaction are extremely difficult to obtain experimentally, and other tools are required to further the understanding in this field.
