Plasma electron hole kinematics. II. Hole tracking Particle-In-Cell simulation

Zhou, C.; Hutchinson, I. H.

doi:10.1063/1.4959871

Plasma electron hole kinematics. II. Hole tracking Particle-In-Cell simulation

Journal Article · Tue Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4959871· OSTI ID:1467859

Zhou, C. ^[1]; ^[2]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Here, the kinematics of a 1-D electron hole is studied using a novel Particle-In-Cell simulation code. A hole tracking technique enables us to follow the trajectory of a fast-moving solitary hole and study quantitatively hole acceleration and coupling to ions. We observe a transient at the initial stage of hole formation when the hole accelerates to several times the cold-ion sound speed. Artificially imposing slow ion speed changes on a fully formed hole causes its velocity to change even when the ion stream speed in the hole frame greatly exceeds the ion thermal speed, so there are no reflected ions. The behavior that we observe in numerical simulations agrees very well with our analytic theory of hole momentum conservation and the effects of “jetting.”

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) (SC-24); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010491

OSTI ID:: 1467859

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22599972
OSTI ID: 1280201

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 23; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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