A Three-Dimensional Finite Volume Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian code for plasma simulations

Abstract

A Three-Dimensional Finite Volume Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian simulation code was developed to study different plasma physics problems in 3D+t. The code is based on a complex multi-component species program with transport and radiation terms written and applied to plasma and fusion physics problems. Three different examples are shown: double-base chemical propellant combustion, ignition and propagation of a thermonuclear detonation wave, and, the development of the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability in local plane slab models of the magnetopause, showing the response of a background equilibrium to the excitation by finite amplitude perturbations generated upstream.A Three-Dimensional Finite Volume Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian simulation code was developed to study different plasma physics problems in 3D+t. The code is based on a complex multi-component species program with transport and radiation terms written and applied to plasma and fusion physics problems. Three different examples are shown: double-base chemical propellant combustion, ignition and propagation of a thermonuclear detonation wave, and, the development of the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability in local plane slab models of the magnetopause, showing the response of a background equilibrium to the excitation by finite amplitude perturbations generated upstream.