[HTML][HTML] An implicit, conservative electrostatic particle-in-cell algorithm for paraxial magnetic nozzles

P Jiménez, L Chacón, M Merino - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
An electrostatic, implicit particle-in-cell (PIC) model for collisionless, fully magnetized,
paraxial plasma expansions in a magnetic nozzle is introduced with exact charge, energy …

An implicit, conservative and asymptotic-preserving electrostatic particle-in-cell algorithm for arbitrarily magnetized plasmas in uniform magnetic fields

G Chen, L Chacón - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We introduce a new electrostatic particle-in-cell algorithm capable of using large timesteps
compared to particle gyro-period under a uniform external magnetic field. The algorithm …

An implicit particle code with exact energy and charge conservation for electromagnetic studies of dense plasmas

JR Angus, W Farmer, A Friedman, D Ghosh… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A collisional particle code based on implicit energy-and charge-conserving methods is
presented. A modified version of the particle-suppressed Jacobian-Free Newton-Krylov …

Asymptotic-preserving gyrokinetic implicit particle-orbit integrator for arbitrary electromagnetic fields

LF Ricketson, L Chacón - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
We extend the asymptotic preserving and energy conserving time integrator for charged-
particle motion developed in [Ricketson & Chacón, JCP, 2020] to include finite Larmor …

A Particle-in-cell Method for Plasmas with a Generalized Momentum Formulation

AJ Christlieb, WA Sands, S White - arxiv preprint arxiv:2208.11291, 2022 - arxiv.org
In this paper we formulate a new particle-in-cell method for the Vlasov-Maxwell system.
Using the Lorenz gauge condition, Maxwell's equations for the electromagnetic fields are …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of the wave-plasma interaction in electrodeless plasma thrusters

P Jiménez - 2024 - e-archivo.uc3m.es
1.1. Background Electric Propulsion (EP) is a form of in-space propulsion that utilizes electric
power from an external source, such as solar panels or batteries, to ionize a neutral gas and …