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20222026
most citedEnhancing one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations to self-consistently resolve instability-induced electron transport in Hall thrusters

36 citations · 116 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

physics.plasm-ph2026

Reconstruction of Multiscale Plasma Dynamics Across Operating Regimes

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji

Reconstructing spatially resolved plasma dynamics from few sensors is essential for diagnostics, reduced-order modelling and control, yet remains difficult because the sparse measu…

cs.LG2026

RECAST: A Machine-Learning Framework for Correction and Super-Resolution of Coarse-Grid PDE Solvers

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji

Coarse-grid numerical solvers can substantially reduce the computational cost of time-dependent PDE simulation, but under-resolution often degrades both the trajectory and the spat…

cs.IT2026

Space-Time Information Interchangeability in Dynamical Systems: Conditions and Bounds for Replacing Spatial Sensors with Temporal Histories

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji

Many dynamical-state reconstruction problems seek to infer a high-dimensional spatial state from measurements at only a few locations. Because the governing dynamics couple evoluti…

cs.LG2026

Verifier-Guided Model Discovery for Physical Dynamical Systems with Pretrained Symbolic Transformers

Farbod Faraji, Francesco Belardinelli

Reliable forecasting of nonlinear physical systems underpins scientific discovery and engineering decision-making. Yet high-fidelity simulations are prohibitively costly, and machi…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Machine-Learning-Enabled Full-State Reconstruction of Fusion Plasmas from Minimal Sensor Measurements

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji

Plasma in nuclear fusion reactors is only partially observable: diagnostics are constrained by limited access, cost, and the harsh plasma environment, while high-fidelity simulatio…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Inferring solar-wind plasma structures from sparse probe trajectories using recurrent reduced-order learning

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji

In space plasma studies, spacecraft measurements often provide time histories of the solar-wind plasma. However, many heliospheric plasma processes are organized over spatial scale…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Benchmark for two-dimensional large scale coherent structures in partially magnetized ExB plasmas -- Community collaboration & lessons learned

Andrew T. Powis, Eduardo Ahedo, Alejandro Álvarez Laguna +38

Low-temperature plasmas are essential to both fundamental scientific research and critical industrial applications. As in many areas of science, numerical simulations have become a…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Investigation of the influence of electrostatic excitation on instabilities and electron transport in ExB plasma configurations

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji, Aaron Knoll +1

Partially magnetized plasmas in ExB configurations - where the electric and magnetic fields are mutually perpendicular - exhibit a cross-field transport behavior, which is widely b…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Multiscale autonomous forecasting of plasma systems' dynamics using neural networks

Farbod Faraji, Maryam Reza

Plasma systems exhibit complex multiscale dynamics, resolving which poses significant challenges for conventional numerical simulations. Machine learning (ML) offers an alternative…

physics.plasm-ph2024★ 1 cited

Latest progress on the reduced-order particle-in-cell scheme: II. Quasi-3D implementation and verification

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji, Aaron Knoll

Across many plasma applications, the underlying phenomena and interactions among the involved processes are known to exhibit three-dimensional characteristics. Furthermore, the glo…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Latest progress on the reduced-order particle-in-cell scheme: I. refining the underlying formulation

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji, Aaron Knoll

The particle-in-cell (PIC) method is a well-established and widely used kinetic plasma modelling approach that provides a hybrid Lagrangian-Eulerian approach to solve the plasma ki…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Machine Learning Applications to Computational Plasma Physics and Reduced-Order Plasma Modeling: A Perspective

Farbod Faraji, Maryam Reza

Machine learning (ML) provides a broad spectrum of tools and architectures that enable the transformation of data from simulations and experiments into useful and explainable scien…

physics.plasm-ph2024★ 7 cited

Shallow Recurrent Decoder for Reduced Order Modeling of Plasma Dynamics

J. Nathan Kutz, Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji +1

Reduced order models are becoming increasingly important for rendering complex and multiscale spatio-temporal dynamics computationally tractable. The computational efficiency of su…

physics.plasm-ph2024★ 2 cited

Data-driven local operator finding for reduced-order modelling of plasma systems: II. Application to parametric dynamics

Farbod Faraji, Maryam Reza, Aaron Knoll +1

Real-world systems often exhibit dynamics influenced by various parameters, either inherent or externally controllable, necessitating models capable of reliably capturing these par…

physics.plasm-ph2024★ 2 cited

Data-driven local operator finding for reduced-order modelling of plasma systems: I. Concept and verifications

Farbod Faraji, Maryam Reza, Aaron Knoll +1

Reduced-order plasma models that can efficiently predict plasma behavior across various settings and configurations are highly sought after yet elusive. The demand for such models…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Effects of the applied fields' strength on the plasma behavior and processes in ExB plasma discharges of various propellants: II. Magnetic field

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji, Aaron Knoll

We present in this part II the effects of the magnetic field intensity on the properties of the plasma discharge and the underlying phenomena for different propellant's ion mass. T…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Effects of the applied fields' strength on the plasma behavior and processes in ExB plasma discharges of various propellants: I. Electric field

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji, Aaron Knoll

We present, in this two-part article, an extensive study on the influence that the magnitudes of the applied electric (E) and magnetic (B) fields have on a collisionless plasma dis…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Influence of the magnetic field's curvature on the radial-azimuthal dynamics of a Hall thruster plasma discharge with different propellants

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji, Aaron Knoll

The topology of the applied magnetic field is an important design aspect of Hall thrusters. For modern Hall thrusters, the field topology most often features curved lines with a co…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Dynamic Mode Decomposition for data-driven analysis and reduced-order modelling of ExB plasmas: II. dynamics forecasting

Farbod Faraji, Maryam Reza, Aaron Knoll +1

In part I of the article, we demonstrated that a variant of the Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) algorithm based on variable projection optimization, called Optimized DMD (OPT-DMD)…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Dynamic Mode Decomposition for data-driven analysis and reduced-order modelling of ExB plasmas: I. Extraction of spatiotemporally coherent patterns

Farbod Faraji, Maryam Reza, Aaron Knoll +1

In this two-part article, we evaluate the utility and the generalizability of the Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) algorithm for data-driven analysis and reduced-order modelling of…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 20 cited

Reduced-order particle-in-cell simulations of a high-power magnetically shielded Hall thruster

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji, Aaron Knoll +3

High-power magnetically shielded Hall thrusters have recently emerged to meet the needs of the next-generation space missions. Even though a few such thrusters are currently underg…

physics.plasm-ph2023★ 17 cited

Effects of the neutral dynamics model on the particle-in-cell simulations of a Hall thruster plasma discharge

Farbod Faraji, Maryam Reza, Aaron Knoll

The dynamics of the neutral atoms in Hall thrusters affect several plasma processes, from the ionization to the electrons' mobility. In the context of Hall thruster's particle-in-c…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 29 cited

Effects of magnetic field gradient and secondary electron emission on instabilities and transport in an ExB plasma configuration

Maryam Reza, Farbod Faraji, Aaron Knoll

Today, partially magnetized low-temperature plasmas (LTP) in an ExB configuration, where the applied magnetic field is perpendicular to the self-consistent electric field, have imp…

physics.plasm-ph2022

Verification of the generalized reduced-order particle-in-cell scheme in a radial-azimuthal ExB plasma configuration

Farbod Faraji, Maryam Reza, Aaron Knoll

In this article, we present an in-depth verification of the generalized electrostatic reduced-order particle-in-cell (PIC) scheme in a cross electric and magnetic field configurati…