Download or read book High order Numerical Methods for Laser Plasma Modeling written by Jan Velechovsky and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis presents the overview and the original contributions to a high-orderArbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method applicable for the laser-generated plasma modeling withthe focus to a remapping step of the ALE method. The remap is the conservative interpolation of theconservative quantities from a low-quality Lagrangian grid onto a better, smoothed one. To avoidnon-physical numerical oscillations, the high-order numerical fluxes of the reconstruction arecombined with the low-order (first-order) numerical fluxes produced by a standard donor remappingmethod. The proposed method for a cell-centered discretization preserves bounds for the density,velocity and specific internal energy by its construction. Particular symmetry-preserving aspects of themethod are applied for a staggered momentum remap. The application part of the thesis is devoted tothe laser radiation absorption modeling in plasmas and microstructures materials with the particularinterest in the laser absorption in low-density foams. The absorption is modeled on two spatial scalessimultaneously. This two-scale laser absorption model is implemented in the hydrodynamic codePALE. The numerical simulations of the velocity of laser penetration in a low-density foam are in agood agreement with the experimental data.
Download or read book Numerical Methods for Modeling of Compressible Inviscid Flow of Laser Plasma written by Richard Liska and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plasma Modeling written by Gianpiero Colonna and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plasma Modeling: Methods and applications presents and discusses the different approaches that can be adopted for plasma modeling, giving details about theoretical and numerical methods. It describes kinetic models used in plasma investigations, develops the theory of fluid equations and hybrid models, and discusses applications and practical problems across a range of fields. This updated second edition contains over 200 pages of new material, including an extensive new part that discusses methods to calculate data needed in plasma modeling, such as thermodynamic and transport properties, state specific rate coefficients in heavy particle collisions and electron impact cross-sections. This updated research and reference text is an excellent resource to assist and direct students and researchers who want to develop research activity in the field of plasma physics in the choice of the best model for the problem of interest.
Download or read book Modeling Collisional Processes in Plasmas Using Discontinuous Numerical Methods written by Sean Miller and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fluid-based plasma models are typically applied to parameter regimes where a local thermal equilibrium is assumed. The applicability of this regime is valid for many plasmas, however, it is limited to plasma dynamics dominated by collisional effects. This study attempts to extend the validity of the collisional fluid regime using an anisotropic 13-moment fluid model derived from the Pearson type-IV probability distribution. The model explicitly evolves the heat flux hyperbolically alongside the density, momentum, and energy in order to capture dynamics usually restricted to costly kinetic models. Each particle species is modeled individually and collectively coupled through electromagnetic and collision operators. To remove electromagnetic divergence errors inherent to numerical representations of Maxwell’s equations, both hyperbolic and parabolic cleaning methods are presented. The plasma models are implemented using high-order finite volume and discontinuous Galerkin numerical methods designed for unstructured meshes. The unstructured code framework, numerical methods, and plasma models were developed in the University of Washington’s WARPXM code for use on heterogeneous accelerated clusters.
Download or read book High Power Laser Plasma Interaction written by C. S. Liu and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of high-power laser-plasma interaction has grown in the last few decades, with applications ranging from laser-driven fusion and laser acceleration of charged particles to laser ablation of materials. This comprehensive text covers fundamental concepts including electromagnetics and electrostatic waves, parameter instabilities, laser driven fusion,charged particle acceleration and gamma rays. Two important techniques of laser proton interactions including target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) and radiation pressure acceleration (RPA) are discussed in detail, along with their applications in the field of medicine. An analytical framework is developed for laser beat-wave and wakefield excitation of plasma waves and subsequent acceleration of electrons. The book covers parametric oscillator model and studies the coupling of laser light with collective modes.
Download or read book Plasma Modeling written by Gianpiero Colonna and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plasma Modeling: Methods and applications presents and discusses the different approaches that can be adopted for plasma modeling, giving details about theoretical and numerical methods. It describes kinetic models used in plasma investigations, develops the theory of fluid equations and hybrid models, and discusses applications and practical problems across a range of fields. This updated second edition contains over 200 pages of new material, including an extensive new part that discusses methods to calculate data needed in plasma modeling, such as thermodynamic and transport properties, state specific rate coefficients in heavy particle collisions and electron impact cross-sections. This updated research and reference text is an excellent resource to assist and direct students and researchers who want to develop research activity in the field of plasma physics in the choice of the best model for the problem of interest.
Download or read book Computational Methods in Plasma Physics written by Stephen Jardin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assuming no prior knowledge of plasma physics or numerical methods, Computational Methods in Plasma Physics covers the computational mathematics and techniques needed to simulate magnetically confined plasmas in modern magnetic fusion experiments and future magnetic fusion reactors. Largely self-contained, the text presents the basic concepts neces
Download or read book Mathematical Models and Methods for Plasma Physics Volume 1 written by Rémi Sentis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is dedicated to the derivation and analysis of fluid models occurring in plasma physics. It focuses on models involving quasi-neutrality approximation, problems related to laser propagation in a plasma, and coupling plasma waves and electromagnetic waves. Applied mathematicians will find a stimulating introduction to the world of plasma physics and a few open problems that are mathematically rich. Physicists who may be overwhelmed by the abundance of models and uncertain of their underlying assumptions will find basic mathematical properties of the related systems of partial differential equations. A planned second volume will be devoted to kinetic models. First and foremost, this book mathematically derives certain common fluid models from more general models. Although some of these derivations may be well known to physicists, it is important to highlight the assumptions underlying the derivations and to realize that some seemingly simple approximations turn out to be more complicated than they look. Such approximations are justified using asymptotic analysis wherever possible. Furthermore, efficient simulations of multi-dimensional models require precise statements of the related systems of partial differential equations along with appropriate boundary conditions. Some mathematical properties of these systems are presented which offer hints to those using numerical methods, although numerics is not the primary focus of the book.
Download or read book Numerical Simulation of Plasmas written by Y.N. Dnestrovskii and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to mathematical modeling of tokamak plasma. Since the appearance in 1982 of the first edition (in Russian), a considerable amount of experimental and theoretical material on tokamak research has been accumu lated. The new-generation devices, viz. , TFTR, JET and JT-60 were put into operation. The first experiments on these units have confirmed the correctness of the basic physical concepts underlying their construction. Experiments on plasma heating with the help of neutral beams and high-frequency (HF) waves on previous generation devices made it possible to obtain high-P plasmas. The number of "medium-size" tokamaks in operation has increased. New experi mental results and advances in the theory have led to more complicated and perfected models of high-temperature plasma. Rapid progress in computer hardware and software has played an important role in the further development of mathematical modeling. While preparing the English edition of the book, we have revised the text considerably. Several new models which have undergone significant advance ment in recent years are described. A section devoted to models of RF (radio frequency) current drive has been added to Chap. 2. The reduced magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) equations for high-P plasma are now considered in detail in Chap. 3. Chapter 4 contains the latest results on anomalous thermal conductivity, diffusion coefficient and pinching. Two new sections are added to Chap. 5.
Download or read book Handbook of Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Problems written by Remi Abgrall and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook on Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Problems: Applied and Modern Issues details the large amount of literature in the design, analysis, and application of various numerical algorithms for solving hyperbolic equations that has been produced in the last several decades. This volume provides concise summaries from experts in different types of algorithms, so that readers can find a variety of algorithms under different situations and become familiar with their relative advantages and limitations. Provides detailed, cutting-edge background explanations of existing algorithms and their analysis Presents a method of different algorithms for specific applications and the relative advantages and limitations of different algorithms for engineers or those involved in applications Written by leading subject experts in each field, the volumes provide breadth and depth of content coverage
Download or read book Space and Astrophysical Plasma Simulation written by Jörg Büchner and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of contributions covering the major subjects in numerical simulation of space and astrophysical plasma. It introduces the different approaches and methods to model plasma, the necessary computational codes, and applications in the field. The book is rooted in the previous work Space Plasma Simulation (Springer, 2003) and includes the latest developments. It is divided into three parts and all chapters start with an introduction motivating the topic and its use in research and ends with a discussion of its applications. The chapters of the first part contain tutorials of the different basic approaches needed to perform space plasma simulations. This part is particularly useful for graduate students to master the subject. The second part presents more advanced materials for students and researchers who already work with pre-existing codes but want to implement the recent progresses made in the field. The last part of the book discusses developments in the area for researchers who are actively working on advanced simulation approaches like higher order schemes and artificial intelligence, agent-based technologies for multiscale and multi-dimensional systems, which represent the recent innovative contributions made in space plasma research.
Download or read book LDRD Final Report written by M. R. Dorr and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this project was to investigate the utility of parallel adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) in the simulation of laser plasma interaction (LPI). The scope of work included the development of new numerical methods and parallel implementation strategies. The primary deliverables were (1) parallel adaptive algorithms to solve a system of equations combining plasma fluid and light propagation models, (2) a research code implementing these algorithms, and (3) an analysis of the performance of parallel AMR on LPI problems. The project accomplished these objectives. New algorithms were developed for the solution of a system of equations describing LPI. These algorithms were implemented in a new research code named ALPS (Adaptive Laser Plasma Simulator) that was used to test the effectiveness of the AMR algorithms on the Laboratory's large-scale computer platforms. The details of the algorithm and the results of the numerical tests were documented in an article published in the Journal of Computational Physics [2]. A principal conclusion of this investigation is that AMR is most effective for LPI systems that are ''hydrodynamically large'', i.e., problems requiring the simulation of a large plasma volume relative to the volume occupied by the laser light. Since the plasma-only regions require less resolution than the laser light, AMR enables the use of efficient meshes for such problems. In contrast, AMR is less effective for, say, a single highly filamented beam propagating through a phase plate, since the resulting speckle pattern may be too dense to adequately separate scales with a locally refined mesh. Ultimately, the gain to be expected from the use of AMR is highly problem-dependent. One class of problems investigated in this project involved a pair of laser beams crossing in a plasma flow. Under certain conditions, energy can be transferred from one beam to the other via a resonant interaction with an ion acoustic wave in the crossing region. AMR provides an effective means of achieving adequate resolution in the crossing region while avoiding the expense of using the same fine grid everywhere, including the region between the beams where no LPI occurs. We applied ALPS to a suite of problems modeling crossed beam experiments performed on the Omega laser at the University of Rochester. Our simulations contributed to the theoretical interpretation of these experiments, which was recently published in Physical Review Letters [4]. This project has advanced the Laboratory's computational capabilities in the area of AMR algorithms and their application to LPI problems. The knowledge gained and software developed will contribute to the computational tools available for use in the design and interpretation of experiments to be performed at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in support of Laboratory missions in stockpile stewardship, energy research and high energy density science.
Download or read book Laser plasma Acceleration at Ultra High Intensity Numerical Modeling written by Emilian-Dragoş Tatomirescu and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Numerical Methods for Two Fluid Plasma Equations written by Bhuvana Srinivasan and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 5-moment two-fluid plasma model uses Euler equations to describe the ion and electron fluids, and Maxwell s equations to describe the electric and magnetic fields. Two-fluid physics becomes significant when the characteristic spatial scales are on the order of the ion skin depth and characteristic time scales are on the order of the inverse ion cyclotron frequency. The two-fluid plasma model has disparate characteristic speeds ranging from the ion and electron speeds of sound to the speed of light. Explicit and implicit time-stepping schemes are explored for the two-fluid plasma model to study the accuracy and computational effectiveness with which they could capture two-fluid physics. The explicit schemes explored include the high resolution wave propagation method (a finite volume method) and the Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin method (a finite element method). The two-fluid plasma model is compared to the more commonly used Hall-MHD model for accuracy and computational effort using an explicit time-stepping scheme. Simulations of two-fluid instabilities in the Z-pinch and the field-reversed configuration are presented in 3-dimensions.
Download or read book Numerical Methods for Laser Fusion written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The LASNEX computer code was developed to study the many interrelated physical processes important in the effort to achieve laser initiated fusion. It has been used to calculate the results of numerous laser plasma experiments and to design targets and determine desirable laser pulse characteristics for future experiments. Some processes, such as hydrodynamics, are well formulated in fundamental equations and can be solved with high accuracy by sophisticated numerical methods. Other processes, such as laser absorption and electron transport, are less well understood and do not, in general, warrant the use of highly accurate techniques. Numerical models were chosen that adequately represent each physical process, keeping in mind its inherent uncertainties, the importance of the process to the overall calculation, and its effect on the determination of experimental observables.
Download or read book Laser Plasma Theory and Simulation written by Hector A. Baldis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers recent developments in laser plasma physics such as absorption, instability, energy transport and radiation from the standpoint of theory and simulation for plasma corona, showing how the elements for the high density compression depend on the interaction physics and heat transport.
Download or read book Laser Filamentation written by Andre D. Bandrauk and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is focused on the nonlinear theoretical and mathematical problems associated with ultrafast intense laser pulse propagation in gases and in particular, in air. With the aim of understanding the physics of filamentation in gases, solids, the atmosphere, and even biological tissue, specialists in nonlinear optics and filamentation from both physics and mathematics attempt to rigorously derive and analyze relevant non-perturbative models. Modern laser technology allows the generation of ultrafast (few cycle) laser pulses, with intensities exceeding the internal electric field in atoms and molecules (E=5x109 V/cm or intensity I = 3.5 x 1016 Watts/cm2 ). The interaction of such pulses with atoms and molecules leads to new, highly nonlinear nonperturbative regimes, where new physical phenomena, such as High Harmonic Generation (HHG), occur, and from which the shortest (attosecond - the natural time scale of the electron) pulses have been created. One of the major experimental discoveries in this nonlinear nonperturbative regime, Laser Pulse Filamentation, was observed by Mourou and Braun in 1995, as the propagation of pulses over large distances with narrow and intense cones. This observation has led to intensive investigation in physics and applied mathematics of new effects such as self-transformation of these pulses into white light, intensity clamping, and multiple filamentation, as well as to potential applications to wave guide writing, atmospheric remote sensing, lightning guiding, and military long-range weapons. The increasing power of high performance computers and the mathematical modelling and simulation of photonic systems has enabled many new areas of research. With contributions by theorists and mathematicians, supplemented by active experimentalists who are experts in the field of nonlinear laser molecule interaction and propagation, Laser Filamentation sheds new light on scientific and industrial applications of modern lasers.
