Instructor Notes

Who develops WarpX? A lot of people from all around the world that work in different fields! WarpX is an open-source project that belongs to the High Performance Software Foundation, which itself is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation.
What is the difference between a Monte Carlo code and a Particle-In-Cell code? Typically in MC the particles are independent one another, while in PIC they interact through the self-consistent field (collective effect). That being said, MC can and are included in the core PIC loop to simulate, e.g., binary collisions, ionzation, nuclear reactions, QED processes.
Why Conda environments over Python environments? Conda is a system package manager, while pip is a Python package manager. With conda you can install much more than just Python libraries.
Can WarpX deal with different species? But of course! One can initialize as many species as desired, with user-define mass and charge. Beware that not all the additional physics modules (ionization, QED, …) may work for arbitrary species!
Does WarpX support mixed kinetic and fluid descriptions? Yes, check out the hybrid solver!

Introduction to WarpX