Ebook: The Hybrid Multiscale Simulation Technology: An Introduction with Application to Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas

This book is a comprehensive description of hybrid plasma simulation models and will provide a very useful summary and guide to the vast literature on this topic. It addresses researchers and graduate students knowledgeable about computational science and numerical analysis, and can be used in courses on astrophysical and space plasmas. It is also meant for plasma installation designers. The coupled Vlasov--Maxwell equations with collisions describing well the physical system are far too heavy for numerical siumulations. Hybrid models treat some aspects kinetically and some as fluids. In the first part the author discusses hybrid codes, which include a wide spectrum of description for ions, positrons, dust grains, atoms and electrons. In the second part he treats the applications to basic plasma phenomena like particle acceleration and dissipation processes as well as to the global interaction of the solar wind with nonmagnetic planets, comets, and the local interstellar medium.

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This book is a comprehensive description of hybrid plasma simulation models and will provide a very useful summary and guide to the vast literature on this topic. It addresses researchers and graduate students knowledgeable about computational science and numerical analysis, and can be used in courses on astrophysical and space plasmas. It is also meant for plasma installation designers. The coupled Vlasov--Maxwell equations with collisions describing well the physical system are far too heavy for numerical siumulations. Hybrid models treat some aspects kinetically and some as fluids. In the first part the author discusses hybrid codes, which include a wide spectrum of description for ions, positrons, dust grains, atoms and electrons. In the second part he treats the applications to basic plasma phenomena like particle acceleration and dissipation processes as well as to the global interaction of the solar wind with nonmagnetic planets, comets, and the local interstellar medium.

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This book is a comprehensive description of hybrid plasma simulation models and will provide a very useful summary and guide to the vast literature on this topic. It addresses researchers and graduate students knowledgeable about computational science and numerical analysis, and can be used in courses on astrophysical and space plasmas. It is also meant for plasma installation designers. The coupled Vlasov--Maxwell equations with collisions describing well the physical system are far too heavy for numerical siumulations. Hybrid models treat some aspects kinetically and some as fluids. In the first part the author discusses hybrid codes, which include a wide spectrum of description for ions, positrons, dust grains, atoms and electrons. In the second part he treats the applications to basic plasma phenomena like particle acceleration and dissipation processes as well as to the global interaction of the solar wind with nonmagnetic planets, comets, and the local interstellar medium.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Physical Systems and Computational Models....Pages 3-23
Particle-Mesh Models....Pages 25-65
Time Integration of the Particle Motion Equations....Pages 67-82
Density and Current Assignment. Force Interpolation. Conservation Laws....Pages 83-104
Time Integration of the Field and Electron Pressure Equations....Pages 105-142
General Loops for Hybrid Codes. Multiscale Methods....Pages 143-164
Particle Loading and Injection. Boundary Conditions....Pages 165-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Collisionless Shock Simulation....Pages 189-236
Tangential Discontinuity Simulation....Pages 237-253
Magnetic Field Reconnection Simulation....Pages 255-281
Beam Dynamics Simulation....Pages 283-307
Interaction of the Solar Wind with Astrophysical Objects....Pages 309-353
Appendix....Pages 355-364
Solutions....Pages 365-379
Back Matter....Pages 381-403

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This book is a comprehensive description of hybrid plasma simulation models and will provide a very useful summary and guide to the vast literature on this topic. It addresses researchers and graduate students knowledgeable about computational science and numerical analysis, and can be used in courses on astrophysical and space plasmas. It is also meant for plasma installation designers. The coupled Vlasov--Maxwell equations with collisions describing well the physical system are far too heavy for numerical siumulations. Hybrid models treat some aspects kinetically and some as fluids. In the first part the author discusses hybrid codes, which include a wide spectrum of description for ions, positrons, dust grains, atoms and electrons. In the second part he treats the applications to basic plasma phenomena like particle acceleration and dissipation processes as well as to the global interaction of the solar wind with nonmagnetic planets, comets, and the local interstellar medium.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Physical Systems and Computational Models....Pages 3-23
Particle-Mesh Models....Pages 25-65
Time Integration of the Particle Motion Equations....Pages 67-82
Density and Current Assignment. Force Interpolation. Conservation Laws....Pages 83-104
Time Integration of the Field and Electron Pressure Equations....Pages 105-142
General Loops for Hybrid Codes. Multiscale Methods....Pages 143-164
Particle Loading and Injection. Boundary Conditions....Pages 165-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Collisionless Shock Simulation....Pages 189-236
Tangential Discontinuity Simulation....Pages 237-253
Magnetic Field Reconnection Simulation....Pages 255-281
Beam Dynamics Simulation....Pages 283-307
Interaction of the Solar Wind with Astrophysical Objects....Pages 309-353
Appendix....Pages 355-364
Solutions....Pages 365-379
Back Matter....Pages 381-403
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