Young Researchers Workshop: Kinetic theory with applications in physical sciences

A hybrid method with deviational particles for spatial inhomogeneous plasma

Bokai Yan

University of California, Los Angeles
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In this work we propose a Hybrid method with Deviational Particles (HDP) for a plasma modeled by the inhomogeneous Vlasov-Poisson-Landau system. We split the distribution into a Maxwellian part evolved by a grid based fluid solver and a deviation part simulated by numerical particles. These particles, named deviational particles, could be both positive and negative. We combine the Monte Carlo method proposed in an early work, a Particle in Cell method and a Macro-Micro decomposition method to design an efficient hybrid method. Furthermore, coarse particles are employed to accelerate the simulation. A particle resampling technique on both deviational particles and coarse particles is also investigated and improved. The efficiency is significantly improved compared to a PIC-MCC method, especially near the fluid regime.