90 citations · 653 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for
6 papers · 1 filter
Topological Analysis of Magnetic Reconnection in Kinetic Plasma Simulations
Divya Banesh, Li-Ta Lo, Patrick Kilian +2
Magnetic reconnection is a ubiquitous plasma process in which oppositely directed magnetic field lines break and rejoin, resulting in a change of the magnetic field topology. Recon…
Studying particle acceleration from driven magnetic reconnection at the termination shock of a relativistic striped wind using particle-in-cell simulations
Yingchao Lu, Fan Guo, Patrick Kilian +3
A rotating pulsar creates a surrounding pulsar wind nebula (PWN) by steadily releasing an energetic wind into the interior of the expanding shockwave of supernova remnant or inters…
An \mathcal{O}(N) Maxwell solver with improved numerical dispersion properties
Yingchao Lu, Chengkun Huang, Patrick Kilian +3
A Maxwell solver derived from finite element method with \mathcal{O}(N) computing cost is developed to improve the numerical dispersion properties in relativistic particle-in-cell…
Simulating the Injection of Magnetized Plasma without Electromagnetic Precursor Wave
Patrick Kilian, Felix Spanier
Injecting magnetized plasma with changes in magnetization or injection rate necessitate a time variable magnetic field at the boundary of the simulation box. Naive implementation w…
Plasma Waves as a Benchmark Problem
Patrick Kilian, Patricio A. Muñoz, Cedric Schreiner +1
A large number of wave modes exist in a magnetized plasma. Their properties are determined by the interaction of particles and waves. In a simulation code, the correct treatment of…
Recovering the damping rates of cyclotron damped plasma waves from simulation data
Cedric Schreiner, Patrick Kilian, Felix Spanier
Plasma waves with frequencies close to the particular gyrofrequencies of the charged particles in the plasma lose energy due to cyclotron damping. We briefly discuss the gyro-reson…