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7 lines
375 B
Markdown
VlaPlEx (Vlasov Plasma Expansion) code aims to provide a simple way to solve the collisionless plasma expansion into a vacuum.
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It solves the Vlasov equation for ions in a 1D spherical domain.
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Electrons are treated as a fluid either isothermal (Boltzmann) or polytropic.
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Self-consistent electric field is solved using a Newton-Raphson method to solve the Poisson equation.
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