Energy-Preserving Coupling of Explicit Particle-In-Cell with Monte Carlo Collisions

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Main Authors: Vay, Jean-Luc, Angus, Justin Ray, Shapoval, Olga, Lehe, Remi, Grote, David, Huebl, Axel
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Published: 2024
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author Vay, Jean-Luc
Angus, Justin Ray
Shapoval, Olga
Lehe, Remi
Grote, David
Huebl, Axel
author_facet Vay, Jean-Luc
Angus, Justin Ray
Shapoval, Olga
Lehe, Remi
Grote, David
Huebl, Axel
contents The Particle-In-Cell (PIC) and Monte Carlo Collisions (MCC) methods are workhorses of many numerical simulations of physical systems. Recently, it was pointed out that, while the two methods can be exactly - or nearly - energy-conserving independently, combining the two is leading to anomalous numerical heating. This paper reviews the standard explicit PIC-MCC algorithm, elucidates the origins of the anomalous numerical heating and explains how to couple the two methods such that the anomalous numerical heating is avoided.
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spellingShingle Energy-Preserving Coupling of Explicit Particle-In-Cell with Monte Carlo Collisions
Vay, Jean-Luc
Angus, Justin Ray
Shapoval, Olga
Lehe, Remi
Grote, David
Huebl, Axel
Plasma Physics
Computational Physics
The Particle-In-Cell (PIC) and Monte Carlo Collisions (MCC) methods are workhorses of many numerical simulations of physical systems. Recently, it was pointed out that, while the two methods can be exactly - or nearly - energy-conserving independently, combining the two is leading to anomalous numerical heating. This paper reviews the standard explicit PIC-MCC algorithm, elucidates the origins of the anomalous numerical heating and explains how to couple the two methods such that the anomalous numerical heating is avoided.
title Energy-Preserving Coupling of Explicit Particle-In-Cell with Monte Carlo Collisions
topic Plasma Physics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14859