Fundamentals of Plasma Modeling - Particle-In-Cell techniques for plasma simulations

ABSTRACT

The course starts with a review of the main physical features of non-thermal plasmas, produced by gas discharges. The main differences between fluid and kinetic approaches for numerical simulations are highlited from the perspective of modelling non-equilibrium phoenomena. The fundamentals of the Particle-In-Cell technique (also widely employed in semiconductor modelling) are presented. Participants are guided in the development of a simple 1D electrostatic collisionless PIC code, to be subsequently extended to include a Monte Carlo Collision module for chemical reactions.

SCHEDULE

• 5th March, 2:30pm-6pm
• 6th March, 2:30pm-6pm
• 7th March, 3pm-6pm

This course is part of the training provided for IBES PhD Students in the academic year 2023/2024.

Those who succesfully attend and complete the course:

• are eligible for max. 3 credits if they are enrolled in cycle 37;
• gain 10 attendance hours of the IBES training for the Electrical Engineering (EE) curriculum if they are enrolled in cycle 38 and 39.

Check the links above for further information about the specific academic requirements for each cyle and how to comply with them.