A method for obtaining three-dimensional computational equilibrium of non-neutral plasmas using WARP

HIFAN 1580 A Method for Obtaining Three Dimensional Computational Equilibrium of Non-Neutral Plasmas Using WARP K. Gomberoff and J. Wurtele Center for Beam Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Physics, UC Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 A. Friedman and D. P. Grote Fusion Energy Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94550 J-L. Vay Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 Accelerator Fusion Research Division Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California Berkeley, California 94720 January 2007 This work has been supported by US DOE division of High Energy Physics, Grant number: DE-FG02- 04ER41289. This work has been supported by US DOE division of High Energy Physics, Grant No. DE-FG02-04ER41289 and was partially supported by the ISF (Isreal). This work was supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

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