Three-dimensional electrostatic particle-in-cell simulation with open boundaries applied to a plasma beam entering a curved magnetic field

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4291-4305

  Hurtig, Tomas ^a   Brenning, Nils ^a   Raadu, Michael A ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PERMITTIVITY; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA TURBULENCE;

OPEN BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PLASMA BEAM; PLASMA CONDUCTIVITY; PLASMA DEFORMATION; PLASMA MOTION; PLASMA STREAM DEFORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ELECTROSTATIC PARTICLE IN CELL SIMULATION;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 0344118035     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1619381     Document Type: Article

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