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Particle-in-cell charged-particle simulations, plus Monte Carlo collisions with neutral atoms, PIC-MCC
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In this paper, particle-in-cell (PIC) combined with Monte Carlo collision (MCC) calculations are used for simulation of partially ionized gases, with many of the features met in low-temperature collision plasmas.Abstract:
Many-particle charged-particle plasma simulations using spatial meshes for the electromagnetic field solutions, particle-in-cell (PIC) merged with Monte Carlo collision (MCC) calculations, are coming into wide use for application to partially ionized gases. The author emphasizes the development of PIC computer experiments since the 1950s starting with one-dimensional (1-D) charged-sheet models, the addition of the mesh, and fast direct Poisson equation solvers for 2-D and 3-D. Details are provided for adding the collisions between the charged particles and neutral atoms. The result is many-particle simulations with many of the features met in low-temperature collision plasmas; for example, with applications to plasma-assisted materials processing, but also related to warmer plasmas at the edges of magnetized fusion plasmas. >read more
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A Monte Carlo collision model for the particle-in-cell method: applications to argon and oxygen discharges
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Direct Simulation Monte Carlo: Recent Advances and Applications
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Ion energy distributions in rf sheaths; review, analysis and simulation
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Tutorial: Physics and modeling of Hall thrusters
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