High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 36, Issue 3, 033002(2024)

A hierarchical method for verification of particle-in-cell/ Monte Carlo collision modelling on plasma discharges

Tianbo Shang1,2, Wei Yang1、*, Mengmeng Song1,2, and Qianhong Zhou1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
  • 2Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100088, China
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    Figures & Tables(9)
    Comparison of calculation results for self-implemented particle push using Boris algorithm and odeint
    Velocity moments of BKW gas versus time: data points are calculated with Monte Carlo collision method and line is from theory
    Variation of heat flux with macro-particle weight when spatial and temporal steps are fixed
    Variation of heat flux, discretization error, and statistical error with dimensionless time step when spatial step and macro-particle weight are fixed
    Variation of heat flux with generalized grid spacing during grid refinement with discrete grid uniformity
    Comparison of SCLC density calculated by PIC and Zhu’s model
    Benchmark validation of particle simulation for simplified reaction channel model of gas breakdown: comparison of macro-particle count vs time with commercial software
    • Table 1. Second-level functional verification of particle simulation validation

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      Table 1. Second-level functional verification of particle simulation validation

      functiontypical caseparticle pushparticle collisionfield solversgather and scatterparticle boundaries
      DSMCFourier heat flow××OOreflective boundary
      MCCcharged particle transport××OOO
      PICspace charge limited current×O××absorptive boundary
    • Table 2. Transport of charged particles in a plasma

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      Table 2. Transport of charged particles in a plasma

      physical problemtypical casecollision type
      transport of electrons in weakly ionized plasmasMaxwell gas modelelectron-heavy particle elastic collisions
      model/hard sphere gaselectron-heavy particle elastic + excitation
      Lucas-Salee modelelectron-heavy particle elastic + excitation + ionization
      Ness-Robson modelelectron-heavy particle elastic + excitation + ionization + attachment
      ion transport in weakly ionized plasmaion velocity distribution in an alternating electric fieldelastic collisions between ions and heavy particles
      transport in fully ionized plasmaSpitzer conductivityCoulomb collisions between electrons and ions
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    Tianbo Shang, Wei Yang, Mengmeng Song, Qianhong Zhou. A hierarchical method for verification of particle-in-cell/ Monte Carlo collision modelling on plasma discharges[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2024, 36(3): 033002

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    Received: Sep. 28, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 29, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 20, 2024

    The Author Email: Wei Yang (yangwei861212@126.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202436.230335

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