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On electron boundary conditions in PIC plasma thruster plume simulations

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Li, Min, Merino, Mario, Ahedo, Eduardo, Tang, Haibin·2019·Plasma Sources Science and Technology
DOI 10.1088/1361-6595/ab0949
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The collisionless, steady state expansion of a warm electron, cold ion plasma thruster plume into vacuum is studied with an electrostatic particle-in-cell model and globally-consistent boundary conditions that discriminate between reflected and escaping electrons. As a proof of concept, several simulations are analyzed. Results from both two-dimensional planar and axisymmetric plasma plumes are discussed. In particular, the electron anisothermal and anisotropic behavior in the plume is recovered.

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    “In this respect, in order to reach the best performance, it is paramount to have a homogeneously distributed computational effort between the different processes, a fact that has led to the development of new MPI codes with dynamic load balancing 288 .”

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Authors
Li, M., Merino, M., Ahedo, E., & Tang, H.
Affiliations
  • Beihang University (CN)
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (ES)
Corresponding author
Tang, Haibin
ORCID
Venue
Plasma Sources Science and Technology
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Published
2019-03-01
Volume
28
Issue
3
Pages
034004
ISSN
  • 0963-0252 (ISSN-L)
  • 1361-6595
DOI
10.1088/1361-6595/ab0949
OpenAlex
W2915377126
Cited by
54
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FWCI
2.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Plasma Sources Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • e-Archivo (Carlos III University of Madrid) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (11872093)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Low-Pressure Plasma Processing and Diagnostics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Vacuum and Plasma Arcs
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena
Keywords
electron reflection, electron escape, electron anisotropy, axisymmetric plume

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