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T3P

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is

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a

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3D

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parallel

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finite-element

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time-domain

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solver

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to

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calculate

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transient

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field

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response

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of

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a

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electromagnetic

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structure

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to

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imposed

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fields,

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and

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dipole

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or

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beam

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excitations.

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In

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our

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approach,

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Ampere's

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and

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Faraday's

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laws

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are

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combined

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and

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integrated

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over

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time

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to

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yield

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the inhomogeneous

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vector

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wave

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equation

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for

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the

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time

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integral

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of

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the

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electric

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field

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E

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:

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\begin{eqnarray*}\left( \epsilon \frac{\partial^2}{\partial t^2} + \sigma_{eff} \frac{\partial}{\partial t} + \nabla \times \mu^{-1}\nabla\times \right) \int^t \emph{E} d \tau = -\emph{J}
\end{eqnarray*}

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with permittivity

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 $\epsilon = \epsilon_0 \epsilon_r $

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and

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permeability

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$\mu = \mu_0 \mu_r$

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.

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In

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the

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current

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implementation,

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a

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constant

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value

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of

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the

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effective

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conductivity

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$\sigma_{eff} = \tan \delta \cdot 2 \pi f \cdot \epsilon $

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is

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assumed

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by

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fixing

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a

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frequency

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 $f$ 

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,

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and

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the

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losses

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are

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specified

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by

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the

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loss

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tangent

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 $\tan \delta $ 

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As

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is

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common

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for

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Wakefield

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computations

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of

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rigid

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beams,

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the

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electric

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current

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source

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density

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J

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is

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given

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by

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a

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one-dimensional

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Gaussian

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particle

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distribution,

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moving

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at

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the

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speed

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of

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light

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along

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the

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beam

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line.

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The

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computational

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domain

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is

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discretized

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into

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curved

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tetrahedral

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elements

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and

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 $\int^t \emph{E}d \tau $

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in

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Eq.

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(1)

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is

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represented

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as

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an

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expansion

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in

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hierarchical

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Whitney

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vector

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basis

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functions

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$ \emph{N}_i (x) $

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\begin{eqnarray*} \int^t \emph{E} (\emph{x}, \tau) d \tau = \sigma^sum^{N_p}_{i=1} e_i (t) \cdot \emph{N}_i (x) \end{eqnarray*}

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up to order

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 $p$ 
within each element. For illustration, the numbers of basis functions for first, second and sixth order are
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 $N_1 = 6 $
,
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 $N_2 = 20 $
and
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 $N_6 = 216 $
, respectively.  Higher order elements (both curved and with higher-order basis functions) not only significantly improve field accuracy and dispersive properties, but also generally lead to higher-order accurate particle-field coupling equivalent to, but much less laborious than, complicated higher-order interpolation schemes commonly found in finite-difference methods.