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Azimuthal mode decomposition Particle in Cell algorithm for cylindrical plasma sources
Matteo Ripoli, Eduardo Ahedo, Mario Merino
An efficient Particle-in-Cell numerical approach to perform full-dimensional kinetic simulations of low temperature plasmas is presented. Taking advantage of the cylindrical geomet…
Analysis of collisional and facility effects in a magnetic nozzle plasma expansion
Manuel Cortés-Hernán, Mario Merino, Diego García-Lahuerta +1
An axisymmetric, quasineutral three-fluid model is proposed to study the plasma expansion in a magnetic nozzle under the presence of neutrals coming either from the plasma source o…
Fully-implicit Particle-in-Cell model of a Magnetic Nozzle with electromagnetic power deposition
Mario Merino, Juan Martín-Hernández, Pedro Jiménez-Jiménez +1
A fraction of the electromagnetic power used to generate and heat the plasma in helicon sources and electrodeless plasma thrusters can leak into the outer expansion region, interac…