Particle-in-cell charged-particle simulations, plus Monte Carlo collisions with neutral atoms, PIC-MCC
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Many-particle charged-particle plasma simulations using spatial meshes for the electromagnetic field solutions, particle-in-cell (PIC) merged with Monte Carlo collision (MCC) calculations, are coming into wide use for application to partially ionized gases. The author emphasizes the development of PIC computer experiments since the 1950s starting with one-dimensional (1-D) charged-sheet models, the addition of the mesh, and fast direct Poisson equation solvers for 2-D and 3-D. Details are provided for adding the collisions between the charged particles and neutral atoms. The result is many-particle simulations with many of the features met in low-temperature collision plasmas; for example, with applications to plasma-assisted materials processing, but also related to warmer plasmas at the edges of magnetized fusion plasmas.>
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Numerical tricks (enlarged vacuum permittivity, reduced ion mass, thruster size scaling) are still used in many simulations to reduce computational time.
“Nevertheless, numerical tricks (e.g. enlarged vacuum permittivity and/or reduction of ion mass or thruster size scaling) are still used in many simulations to reduce the computational time (see Refs. 59-64 for E × B thrusters, and Refs. 65-67 for PATs).”
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- Authors
- Birdsall, C. K.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Corresponding author
- Birdsall, C.K.
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Published
- 1991-04
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 65-85
- ISSN
- 0093-3813 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2165215367
- Cited by
- 1,363
- References
- 91
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- FWCI
- 26.44
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Keywords
- particle-in-cell simulation, Monte Carlo collisions, partially ionized plasma, Poisson solver
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