Author: Jordan Paul DeHaven
Publisher:
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Category : Particles (Nuclear physics)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Collisions between particles in a hot plasma can be ignored in many high-temperature plasma simulations. However, at lower temperatures, collisional effects play a significant role in determining the plasma's overall behavior. While fluid modeling can accurately capture collisional effects (with some limitations), proper definition of boundary conditions for fluid modeling depend on accurate assumptions about the kinetic (real) behavior of plasma near material surfaces, where the plasma sheath dominates the plasma behavior. This thesis project is an attempt to develop a tool to elucidate sheath and presheath plasma behavior in the presence of strong collisional effects. Using the Particle In Cell (PIC) method, a Coulomb collisional model is implemented to study near-surface plasma behavior. The information gleaned from this project could provide important refinement of boundary conditions for fluid codes, and more generally, insights into kinetic behavior of the collisional plasma sheath.
PIC Modeling of Coulomb Collisional Effects in a Wall-bounded Plasma
Author: Jordan Paul DeHaven
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Particles (Nuclear physics)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Collisions between particles in a hot plasma can be ignored in many high-temperature plasma simulations. However, at lower temperatures, collisional effects play a significant role in determining the plasma's overall behavior. While fluid modeling can accurately capture collisional effects (with some limitations), proper definition of boundary conditions for fluid modeling depend on accurate assumptions about the kinetic (real) behavior of plasma near material surfaces, where the plasma sheath dominates the plasma behavior. This thesis project is an attempt to develop a tool to elucidate sheath and presheath plasma behavior in the presence of strong collisional effects. Using the Particle In Cell (PIC) method, a Coulomb collisional model is implemented to study near-surface plasma behavior. The information gleaned from this project could provide important refinement of boundary conditions for fluid codes, and more generally, insights into kinetic behavior of the collisional plasma sheath.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Particles (Nuclear physics)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Collisions between particles in a hot plasma can be ignored in many high-temperature plasma simulations. However, at lower temperatures, collisional effects play a significant role in determining the plasma's overall behavior. While fluid modeling can accurately capture collisional effects (with some limitations), proper definition of boundary conditions for fluid modeling depend on accurate assumptions about the kinetic (real) behavior of plasma near material surfaces, where the plasma sheath dominates the plasma behavior. This thesis project is an attempt to develop a tool to elucidate sheath and presheath plasma behavior in the presence of strong collisional effects. Using the Particle In Cell (PIC) method, a Coulomb collisional model is implemented to study near-surface plasma behavior. The information gleaned from this project could provide important refinement of boundary conditions for fluid codes, and more generally, insights into kinetic behavior of the collisional plasma sheath.
A Particle-in-cell Method for Modeling Small Angle Coulomb Collisions in Plasmas
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
We propose a computational method to self-consistently model small angle collisional effects. This method may be added to standard Particle-In-Cell (PIC) plasma simulations to include collisions, or as an alternative to solving the Fokker-Planck (FP) equation using finite difference methods. The distribution function is represented by a large number of particles. The particle velocities change due to the drag force, and the diffusion in velocity is represented by a random process. This is similar to previous Monte-Carlo methods except we calculate the drag force and diffusion tensor self- consistently. The particles are weighted to a grid in velocity space and associated Poisson equations'' are solved for the Rosenbluth potentials. The motivation is to avoid the very time consuming method of Coulomb scattering pair by pair. First the approximation for small angle Coulomb collisions is discussed. Next, the FP-PIC collision method is outlined. Then we show a test of the particle advance modeling an electron beam scattering off a fixed ion background. 4 refs.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
We propose a computational method to self-consistently model small angle collisional effects. This method may be added to standard Particle-In-Cell (PIC) plasma simulations to include collisions, or as an alternative to solving the Fokker-Planck (FP) equation using finite difference methods. The distribution function is represented by a large number of particles. The particle velocities change due to the drag force, and the diffusion in velocity is represented by a random process. This is similar to previous Monte-Carlo methods except we calculate the drag force and diffusion tensor self- consistently. The particles are weighted to a grid in velocity space and associated Poisson equations'' are solved for the Rosenbluth potentials. The motivation is to avoid the very time consuming method of Coulomb scattering pair by pair. First the approximation for small angle Coulomb collisions is discussed. Next, the FP-PIC collision method is outlined. Then we show a test of the particle advance modeling an electron beam scattering off a fixed ion background. 4 refs.
Investigation of Coulomb Collisional Effects on Plasma Wave Echo by Using Particle-in-Cell Simulation
Energy Research Abstracts
Particle-in-cell Simulations of Bounded Plasma Discharges Applied to Low Pressure High Density Sources and Positive Columns
Proceedings of the International Conference on Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement
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Category : Open systems (Physics)
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Open systems (Physics)
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Applied Mechanics Reviews
Electron Dynamics of Diode Regions
Author: Charles K. Birdsall
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 032316241X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Electron Dynamics of Diode Regions describes the model construction and analysis of motion of charged particles of diode regions in time-varying fields. The models analyzed are simplified versions of parts of practical devices, primarily active microwave devices, tubes, and semiconductor amplifiers, while the most striking results obtained are due to electron inertia and space-charge effects in terms of laboratory observable. This book is composed of seven chapters, and begins with an introduction to the general concepts of time dependent flow, including induced current, the techniques of linearization, calculating variational transit time, and obtaining equivalent circuits. The following chapters present the classical linear analysis, which includes the space-charge effects, with several applications. These chapters also explore the existence of a maximum stable current in a space-charge limited diode. The discussion then shifts to the basics of high velocity, klystron, gap with nonuniform field distributions, and the application of the multicavity klystron. This text further covers the analysis and examples of crossed-field gaps. The final chapters deal with the fundamentals of velocity and current distributions obtained from common electron emitters, with some attempt to show how the multivelocity streams evolve into single-velocity equivalents needed for the methods of earlier chapters. Results of applying the Lagrangian starting analysis to semiconductor diode regions, necessarily from a new equation of motion, are also provided. This book is intended for graduate courses, seminars, and research studies.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 032316241X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Electron Dynamics of Diode Regions describes the model construction and analysis of motion of charged particles of diode regions in time-varying fields. The models analyzed are simplified versions of parts of practical devices, primarily active microwave devices, tubes, and semiconductor amplifiers, while the most striking results obtained are due to electron inertia and space-charge effects in terms of laboratory observable. This book is composed of seven chapters, and begins with an introduction to the general concepts of time dependent flow, including induced current, the techniques of linearization, calculating variational transit time, and obtaining equivalent circuits. The following chapters present the classical linear analysis, which includes the space-charge effects, with several applications. These chapters also explore the existence of a maximum stable current in a space-charge limited diode. The discussion then shifts to the basics of high velocity, klystron, gap with nonuniform field distributions, and the application of the multicavity klystron. This text further covers the analysis and examples of crossed-field gaps. The final chapters deal with the fundamentals of velocity and current distributions obtained from common electron emitters, with some attempt to show how the multivelocity streams evolve into single-velocity equivalents needed for the methods of earlier chapters. Results of applying the Lagrangian starting analysis to semiconductor diode regions, necessarily from a new equation of motion, are also provided. This book is intended for graduate courses, seminars, and research studies.
Annual Report 1989-90
Author: New Brunswick. Department of Transportation
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781550483925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
General activity review of associated branches and agencies to the Department which includes corporate securities registrations, a list of tenders received, and general financial data. Branches and agencies reviewed are responsible for motor vehicle activity, highway construction, traffic engineering, telecommunications and public utilities.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781550483925
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
General activity review of associated branches and agencies to the Department which includes corporate securities registrations, a list of tenders received, and general financial data. Branches and agencies reviewed are responsible for motor vehicle activity, highway construction, traffic engineering, telecommunications and public utilities.
Documentation of Plasma Physics. Pt. 1, Experimental Plasma Physics [and] Theoretical Plasma Physics
Author:
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Category : Plasma (Ionized gases)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plasma (Ionized gases)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description