Julia-based Optimization of Relativistic Spheres to Explore Kerker-Like Effects
This repository contains code for the paper "Identifying regions of minimal back-scattering by a relativistically-moving sphere" (arXiv).
To install Jorkle, download/clone this repository and install it using Julia's package manager. Navigate to the package directory, open the Julia REPL, type ] to enter package mode, and install as follows:
pkg> add .We provide two command-line utilities in the folder scripts/ with which the results from the paper can be reproduced.
The quadrupole sweeps for specific dipole angles were obtained using the file scripts/sweep_quadrupoles.jl.
The backscattering minimization was done using the file scripts/minimize_directivity.jl.
Optimization results as shown in Table 1 in the paper can be found in the folder results/.
For detailed usage, refer to the cmdline_args() function of the two scripts.
If you find this code useful in your research, please cite:
@article{whittam2023identifying,
title={Identifying regions of minimal back-scattering by a relativistically-moving sphere},
author={Whittam, Mitchell R. and Lamprianidis, Aristeidis G. and Augenstein, Yannick and Rockstuhl, Carsten},
journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.05319},
year={2023}
}