Entwicklung und Überprüfung eines Photonenmodells für die Abstrahlung durch hochenergetische Elektronen

This diploma thesis extends the open source particle-in-cell code PIConGPU by two new physics modules which incorporate effects of radiation emission and back reaction of highly relativistic electrons in strong electromagnetic background fields into the simulation. The first module involves the treatment of nonlinear Thomson- and Compton-scattering using the synchrotron approximation. It allows for the generation of X-ray and gamma photons in the classical regime as well as in the QED regime including self consistent radiation back reaction. Through simulations of collisions between laser pulses and electron bunches the impact of QED effects on experimental spectra is investigated. The second module covers the scattering of electrons on atomic nuclei including electron deflection and generation of Bremsstrahlung-photons. In a numerical case study it is shown that the analysis of Bremstrahlung can be used as experimental diagnostic for electron dynamics in overdense plasmas.