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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 9, Issue 6, 067204(2024)

Modeling of axion and electromagnetic fields interaction in particle-in-cell simulations

Xiangyan An^1,2,3, Min Chen^1,2、a), Jianglai Liu³, Zhengming Sheng^1,2,3, and Jie Zhang^1,2,3

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¹Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

³Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Received: Jun. 29, 2024

Accepted: Aug. 21, 2024

Published Online: Jan. 8, 2025

The Author Email: Min Chen (minchen@sjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1063/5.0226159

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