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The Particle‐In‐Cell Method
Author(s) -
Tskhakaya D.,
Matyash K.,
Schneider R.,
Taccogna F.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.200710072
Subject(s) - particle in cell , plasma , work (physics) , particle (ecology) , series (stratigraphy) , aerospace engineering , computer science , ion , engineering physics , physics , statistical physics , computational physics , nanotechnology , materials science , nuclear physics , thermodynamics , engineering , quantum mechanics , geology , paleontology , oceanography
This paper is the first in a series of three papers to summarize the recent work of an European‐wide collaborationwhich is ongoing since about one decade using Particle‐in‐Cell (PIC) methods in low temperature plasma physics. In the present first paper the main aspects of this computational technique will be presented. In the second paper, an overview of applications in low‐temperature plasma modelling will be given, whereas the third part will put emphasis on the specific results of modelling ion thrusters. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)