Implicit electrostatic particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo simulation for the magnetized plasma: Algorithms and application in gas-inductive breakdown

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/6/065207

Abstract An implicit electrostatic particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo (PIC/MC) algorithm is developed for the magnetized discharging device simulation. The inductive driving force can be considered. The direct implicit PIC algorithm (DIPIC) and energy conservation scheme are applied together and the grid heating can be eliminated in most cases. A tensor-susceptibility Poisson equation is constructed. Its discrete form is made up by a hybrid scheme in one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) cylindrical systems. A semi-coarsening multigrid method is used to solve the discrete system. The algorithm is applied to simulate the cylindrical magnetized target fusion (MTF) pre-ionization process and get qualitatively correct results. The potential application of the algorithm is discussed briefly.

Keywords: particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo implicit simulation discharging simulation

Received: 28 October 2014
Revised: 23 January 2015
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PACS:	52.80.Pi	(High-frequency and RF discharges)
	52.27.Aj	(Single-component, electron-positive-ion plasmas)
	52.65.Rr	(Particle-in-cell method)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11275007, 11105057, 11175023, and 11275039). One of the author (Wang H Y) is supported by Program for Liaoning Excellent Talents in University (Grant No. LJQ2012098).

Corresponding Authors: Wang Hong-Yu
E-mail: why@btitgroup.com

About author: 52.80.Pi; 52.27.Aj; 52.65.Rr

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Wang Hong-Yu (王虹宇), Sun Peng (孙鹏), Jiang Wei (姜巍), Zhou Jie (周杰), Xie Bai-Song (谢柏松) Implicit electrostatic particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo simulation for the magnetized plasma: Algorithms and application in gas-inductive breakdown 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 065207

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