Plasma propulsion modeling with particle-based algorithms

F Taccogna, F Cichocki, D Eremin, G Fubiani… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This Perspective paper deals with an overview of particle-in-cell/Monte Carlo collision
models applied to different plasma-propulsion configurations and scenarios, from …

A tutorial overview on the angular scattering models of Electron-Neutral, Ion-Neutral, Neutral-Neutral, and Coulomb Collisions in Monte Carlo collision modeling on …

W Yang - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past decade, massive modeling practices on low temperature plasma reveal that
input data such as microscopic scattering cross sections are crucial to output macroscopic …

ThunderBoltz: an open-source direct simulation Monte Carlo Boltzmann solver for plasma transport, chemical kinetics, and 0D modeling

R Park, BS Scheiner, MC Zammit - Plasma Sources Science and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma-neutral interactions, including reactive kinetics, are often either studied in 0D using
ODE-based descriptions, or in multi-dimensional fluid or particle-based plasma codes. The …

Verification of a Monte Carlo binary collision model for simulating elastic and inelastic collisions in particle-in-cell simulations

MJ Lavell, AJ Kish, AT Sexton, RL Masti… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present the development and verification of a Monte Carlo binary collision model for
simulating elastic and inelastic collisions in particle-in-cell simulations. We apply the …

Benchmark calculations for anisotropic scattering in kinetic models for low temperature plasma

M Flynn, L Vialetto, A Fierro, A Neuber… - Journal of Physics D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Benchmark calculations are reported for anisotropic scattering in Boltzmann equation
solvers and Monte Carlo collisional models of electron swarms in gases. The work focuses …

Scattering Cross-Sections in Plasma Fluid Models

BJ Hamblin, R Horton, DV Fursa, N Garland - BOOK OF ABSTRACTS - jh-inst.cas.cz
Fluid models that accurately project the time evolution of low and high energy plasma
systems are of high importance for the success of the International Thermonuclear …