Exploration on the possible bump-on-tail instability in VASIMR

D Jing, L Chang, X Yang, Y Xia, JH Zhang… - Space: Science & …, 2024 - spj.science.org
The bump-on-tail (BOT) instability is generally caused by a beam of energetic particles
existing in relatively cold background plasma. The employment of second-stage wave …

Simulation of the impact of particle recycling on the plasma in MPS‐LD device based on the BOUT++ LPD module

Y Wang, C Sun, C Sang, N Li, Y Bian… - … to Plasma Physics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A linear plasma device (LPD) module has been developed under the BOUT++ framework to
simulate plasma transport in the MPS‐LD. However, previously, the LPD module used a …