Computational Modeling of Fully Ionized Magnetized Plasmas Using the fluid Approximationa…
PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 13, 058103 ͑2006͒ Computational modeling of fully ionized magnetized plasmas using the fluid approximationa… ͒ D. D. Schnackb Center for Energy and Space Science, Science Applications International Corporation, 10260 Campus Point Drive, San Diego, California 92121 D. C. Barnes Center for Integrated Plasma Studies, University of Colorado, 2000 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80309 D. P. Brennan General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186 C. C. Hegna Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1500 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 E. Held Department of Physics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322 C. C. Kim Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1500 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 and Plasma Science and Innovation Center, University of Washington, P.O. Box 352250, Seattle, Washington 98195 S. E. Kruger TechX Corporation, 5621 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite A, Boulder, Colorado 80303 A. Y. Pankin Center for Energy and Space Science, Science Applications International Corporation, 10260 Campus Point Drive, San Diego, California 92121 C. R. Sovinec Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1500 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 ͑Received 20 October 2005; accepted 6 January 2006; published online 11 May 2006͒ Strongly magnetized plasmas are rich in spatial and temporal scales, making a computational approach useful for studying these systems. The most accurate model of a magnetized plasma is based on a kinetic equation that describes the evolution of the distribution function for each species in six-dimensional phase space. High dimensionality renders this approach impractical for computations for long time scales. Fluid models are an approximation to the kinetic model.
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