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-max_step = 2
-amr.n_cell = 256 256 1024
-
-my_constants.kp_inv = clight/wp
-my_constants.kp = wp/clight
-my_constants.wp = sqrt( ne * q_e^2/(m_e *epsilon0) )
-my_constants.ne = 1.0505e23
-my_constants.Rm = 3*kp_inv
-my_constants.Lramp = 6.e-3
-
-hipace.verbose = 1
-hipace.dt = 10.*kp_inv/clight
-diagnostic.output_period = 10
-
-amr.max_level = 0
-boundary.field = Dirichlet
-boundary.particle = Absorbing
-geometry.prob_lo     = -9*kp_inv   -9*kp_inv   -3*kp_inv
-geometry.prob_hi     =  9*kp_inv    9*kp_inv    3*kp_inv
-
-lasers.names = laser
-lasers.lambda0 = 800e-9
-lasers.solver_type = multigrid
-lasers.MG_tolerance_rel = 1e-5
-laser.a0 = 1.9
-laser.position_mean = 0. 0. 0
-laser.w0 = 3*kp_inv
-laser.L0 = 5e-6
-laser.phi2 = 2.4e-20
-laser.beta = 3e-15
-laser.STC_theta_xy = 3.14159265358 / 2
-plasmas.names = plasma
-plasma.density(x,y,z) = "ne*(1+4*(x^2+y^2)/(kp^2 * Rm^4 ) ) *
-                         if (z > Lramp, 1, .5*(1-cos(pi*z/Lramp))) *
-                         if (z>0,1,0)"
-plasma.ppc = 1 1
-plasma.element = electron
-plasma.radius = 23.*kp_inv
-diagnostic.field_data = laserEnvelope
-diagnostic.diag_type = yz