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Open boundary particle simulation of electrostatic ion cyclotron instability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

SEIJI ISHIGURO ,
TETSUYA SATO ,
HISANORI TAKAMARU  and
Complexity Simulation Group
SEIJI ISHIGURO
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Aobayama 05, Sendai 980-8579, Japan Present address: Theory and Computer Simulation Center, National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6, Oroshi-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan.
TETSUYA SATO
Affiliation:
Theory and Computer Simulation Center, National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
HISANORI TAKAMARU
Affiliation:
Theory and Computer Simulation Center, National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
Complexity Simulation Group
Affiliation:
Theory and Computer Simulation Center, National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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Abstract

We have developed a 2½-dimensional open boundary particle simulation model and have studied the current-driven electrostatic ion-cyclotron instability and related d.c. potential difference. Fresh streaming electrons are injected smoothly from the boundaries at each time step, avoiding unphysical accumulation of charged particles in front of the boundaries. As a current-driven electrostatic ion cyclotron instability grows, a d.c. potential difference along the magnetic field lines is created.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , April 1999 , pp. 407 - 414
Copyright
1999 Cambridge University Press

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