Scaling and performance portability of the particle-in-cell scheme for plasma physics applications through mini-apps targeting exascale architectures

S Muralikrishnan, M Frey, A Vinciguerra… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
We perform a scaling and performance portability study of the particle-in-cell scheme for
plasma physics applications through a set of mini-apps we name" Alpine", which can make …

Numerical Simulation of Autoresonant Ion Oscillations in an Anharmonic Electrostatic Trap

JE López, JA Hernández… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This work presents the results of modeling the ion dynamics in the ART-MS (Autoresonant
Trap Mass Spectrometry) device in the quasi-static approximation. This instrument utilizes …

Investigation of air breakdown and plasma evolution on microstrip antenna surface using the particle-in-cell method

M Jiang, S Xie, L Hu, D Gao, L Zhang, K Zhu… - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper investigates the breakdown of two microstrip antennas through experiments and
particle-in-cell simulations. The breakdown thresholds of a microstrip dipole antenna and a …

Particle-in-cell method for plasmas in the one-dimensional electrostatic limit

S Gomez, JH Hoyos, JA Valdivia - American Journal of Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We discuss the particle-in-cell (PIC) method, which is one of the most widely used
approaches for the kinetic description of plasmas. The positions and velocities of the …

Analysis and Particle-in-Cell Simulation of Gridded ICRH Plasma Thruster

I Mishra - arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.09364, 2022 - arxiv.org
Large-payload deep space missions are impractical with current rocket propulsion
technologies in use. Chemical thrusters yield a high thrust but low efficiency while ion …

Plume simulation of atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion system

G Moon, E Jun - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Very-Low-Earth-Orbit (VLEO) satellite requires a propulsion system for drag-compensating
maneuvers to extend the mission lifetime. Electric propulsion (EP) systems have been …