In this paper, we present a finite-volume direct kinetic method, the so-called discrete unified
gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS), for electrostatic plasma. One key feature of this method is the …

A spacecraft during mission typically switches from chemical propulsion to electric
propulsion once it lifts out of the Earth's gravity as the thrust requirement to drive it reduces …

Due to large particle exhaust velocity and specific impulse, electric propulsion systems have
an edge over chemical propulsion for missions targeting regions outside the Earth's …

Landau damping in a collisionless plasma is a well-known example of wave particle
interaction. In the past, this phenomenon was addressed for homogeneous equilibria in the …

Using high resolution Vlasov-Poisson simulations, evolution of driven``cold" electron plasma
wave (EPW) in the presence of stationary inhomogeneous background of ions is studied …

Spacecraft electric propulsion (EP) takes advantage of the ability of electric and magnetic
fields to accelerate plasmas to high velocities to generate efficient thrust. The thermionic …

We discuss the particle-in-cell (PIC) method, which is one of the most widely used
approaches for the kinetic description of plasmas. The positions and velocities of the …

Kinetic instability due to trapped particles in non-linear evolution of large amplitude
electrostatic waves ie BGK (Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal) mode is investigated in a one …

In Part I of the companion paper [1], we have extensively investigated the instability due to
trapped particle by large amplitude electrostatic waves ie BGK (Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal) …

Using high resolution kinetic (VPPM-OMP 1.0) and fluid (BOUT++) solvers, evolution of long-
wavelength electron plasma wave (EPW) in the presence of stationary periodic ion …