This repository contains slides and demonstration input decks for a 2026 EPOCH workshop given at the University of York. The content includes theory and examples on the following features of the code:
- The field solver
- Laser injection
- Particle loading
- Macro-particle shapes
- The current solver
- The particle pusher
- Self-heating
- Radiation
- Ionisation
- Pair production
- Collisions
- Large-scale running
In this workshop, SDF files will be read using the Python sdf-xarray project, developed by the University of York.
The visualisation resources and Python plotting scripts can be found on the sdf-xarray documentation under the section titled "EPOCH Workshop 2026".
EPOCH slides: Stuart Morris
sdf-xarray: Joel Adams
Current EPOCH developers (Warwick): Keith Bennet, Stuart Morris, Tom Goffrey, Tony Arber