Particle-in-cell charged-particle simulations, plus Monte Carlo collisions with neutral atoms, PIC-MCC

CK Birdsall - IEEE Transactions on plasma science, 1991 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many-particle charged-particle plasma simulations using spatial meshes for the
electromagnetic field solutions, particle-in-cell (PIC) merged with Monte Carlo collision …

Current advance method and cyclic leapfrog for 2D multispecies hybrid plasma simulations

AP Matthews - Journal of Computational Physics, 1994 - Elsevier
CAM-CL (current advance method and cyclic leapfrog) is a new algorithm for hybrid plasma
simulations. In common with existing methods, its physical basis is a" hybrid" plasma model …

Capacitive RF discharges modelled by particle-in-cell Monte Carlo simulation. I. Analysis of numerical techniques

V Vahedi, G DiPeso, CK Birdsall… - Plasma Sources …, 1993 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Particle-in-cell Monte Carlo simulation has become a very effective tool in exploring
processing plasmas and in particular capacitive RF discharges. We describe the …

Novel methods in the particle-in-cell accelerator code-framework warp

JL Vay, DP Grote, RH Cohen… - Computational Science & …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Particle-In-Cell (PIC) Code-Framework Warp is being developed by the Heavy
Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory (HIFS-VNL) to guide the development of …

Simultaneous potential and circuit solution for two-dimensional bounded plasma simulation codes

V Vahedi, G DiPeso - Journal of Computational Physics, 1997 - Elsevier
An algorithm for coupling external circuit elements to be bounded two-dimensional
electrostatic plasma simulation codes is developed. In general, the external circuit equations …

Structure-preserving geometric particle-in-cell methods for Vlasov-Maxwell systems

X Jianyuan, QIN Hong, LIU Jian - Plasma Science and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent development of structure-preserving geometric particle-in-cell (PIC) algorithms for
Vlasov-Maxwell systems is summarized. With the arrival of 100 petaflop and exaflop …

Direct implicit and explicit energy-conserving particle-in-cell methods for modeling of capacitively coupled plasma devices

H Sun, S Banerjee, S Sharma, AT Powis… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Achieving large-scale kinetic modeling is a crucial task for the development and optimization
of modern plasma devices. With the trend of decreasing pressure in applications, such as …

An asymptotic preserving scheme for the two-fluid Euler–Poisson model in the quasineutral limit

P Crispel, P Degond, MH Vignal - Journal of Computational Physics, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the modeling of a plasma in the quasineutral limit using the two-fluid
Euler–Poisson system. In this limit, explicit numerical schemes suffer from severe numerical …

Application of adaptive mesh refinement to particle-in-cell simulations of plasmas and beams

JL Vay, P Colella, JW Kwan, P McCorquodale… - Physics of …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
Plasma simulations are often rendered challenging by the disparity of scales in time and in
space which must be resolved. When these disparities are in distinctive zones of the …

A second-order implicit particle mover with adjustable dam**

A Friedman - Journal of Computational Physics, 1990 - Elsevier
A new algorithm for the calculation of particle trajectories is introduced. The algorithm
combines second-order accuracy in the real frequency with third-order user-adjustable …