scholarly journals Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation of electron acceleration by Langmuir waves in an inhomogeneous plasma

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 012903 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Pechhacker ◽  
D. Tsiklauri
Keyword(s):  
Inhomogeneous Plasma ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Electron Acceleration ◽  
Langmuir Waves ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Cell Simulation

scholarly journals Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation study of a relativistic magnetron

1999 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 603-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Lemke ◽  
T. C. Genoni ◽  
T. A. Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Study ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Relativistic Magnetron ◽  
Cell Simulation

scholarly journals Thrust Evaluation of Small-Scale Magnetic Sail Spacecraft by Three-Dimensional Particle-in-Cell Simulation

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasumasa Ashida ◽  
Hiroshi Yamakawa ◽  
Ikkoh Funaki ◽  
Hideyuki Usui ◽  
Yoshihiro Kajimura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Cell Simulation

Three dimensional particle-in-cell simulation of L-band relativistic klystron amplifier

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 613-617
Author(s):  
张泽海 Zhang Zehai ◽  
舒挺 Shu Ting ◽  
张军 Zhang Jun ◽  
刘静 Liu Jing ◽  
白现臣 Bai Xianchen
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Cell Simulation ◽  
L Band ◽  
Relativistic Klystron

scholarly journals ELBA (electron beams in accelerators) particle simulation code

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Joyce ◽  
Jonathan Krall ◽  
Steven Slinker
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Electron Beams ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Forward Direction ◽  
Laboratory Frame ◽  
Particle Simulation ◽  
Simulation Code ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Charged Particle Beams ◽  
Cell Simulation

ELBA is a three-dimensional, particle-in-cell, simulation code that has been developed to study the propagation and transport of relativistic charged particle beams. The code is particularly suited to the simulation of relativistic electron beams propagating through collisionless or slightly collisional plasmas or through external electric or magnetic fields. Particle motion is followed via a coordinate “window” in the laboratory frame that moves at the speed of light. This scheme allows us to model only the immediate vicinity of the beam. Because no information can move in the forward direction in these coordinates, particle and field data can be handled in a simple way that allows for very large scale simulations. A mapping scheme has been implemented that, with corrections to Maxwell's equations, allows the inclusion of bends in the simulation system.

scholarly journals Particle acceleration in a reconnecting current sheet: PIC simulation

2009 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 619-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
TARAS V. SIVERSKY ◽  
VALENTINA V. ZHARKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Energy Distribution ◽  
Current Sheet ◽  
Plasma Density ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Polarization Field ◽  
Electron Mass ◽  
Langmuir Waves ◽  
Particle In Cell ◽  
Reconnecting Current Sheet

AbstractThe acceleration of protons and electrons in a reconnecting current sheet (RCS) is simulated with a particle-in-cell (PIC) 2D3V (two-dimensional in space and three-dimensional in velocity space) code for the proton-to-electron mass ratio of 100. The electromagnetic configuration forming the RCS incorporates all three components of the magnetic field (including the guiding field) and a drifted electric field. PIC simulations reveal that there is a polarization electric field that appears during acceleration owing to a separation of electrons from protons towards the midplane of the RCS. If the plasma density is low, the polarization field is weak and the particle trajectories in the PIC simulations are similar to those in the test particle (TP) approach. For the higher plasma density the polarization field is stronger and it affects the trajectories of protons by increasing their orbits during acceleration. This field also leads to a less asymmetrical abundance of ejected protons towards the midplane in comparison with the TP approach. For a given magnetic topology electrons in PIC simulations are ejected to the same semispace as protons, in contrast to the TP results. This happens because the polarization field extends far beyond the thickness of a current sheet. This field decelerates the electrons, which are initially ejected into the semispace opposite to the protons, returns them back to the RCS, and, eventually, leads to the electron ejection into the same semispace as protons. The energy distribution of the ejected electrons is rather wide and single-peaked, in contrast to the two-peak narrow-energy distribution obtained in the TP approach. In the case of a strong guiding field, the mean energy of the ejected electrons is found to be smaller than it is predicted analytically and by the TP simulations. The beam of accelerated electrons is also found to generate turbulent electric field in the form of Langmuir waves.

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