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Loading experimental velocity distributions into particle-in-cell simulations of space and fusion plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2006

D. SCHRIVER ,
J.-N. LEBOEUF ,
M. ASHOUR-ABDALLA ,
M. EL-ALAOUI ,
J.-M. BOSQUED  and
V. SOTNIKOV
D. SCHRIVER
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J.-N. LEBOEUF
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
M. ASHOUR-ABDALLA
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
M. EL-ALAOUI
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J.-M. BOSQUED
Affiliation:
CESR/CNRS, Toulouse, 31028, France
V. SOTNIKOV
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Abstract

The increasing resolution in space and time with which multi-directional velocity distribution functions can be measured in laboratory and space plasmas makes it feasible to initialize particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations from experimental observations. We showcase this emerging capability for ion velocity space shells where the ion macro-particles are initialized in the PIC simulations according to the velocity distribution measured by the Cluster satellites.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 72 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 949 - 952
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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