Improved multispecies Dougherty collisions

The Dougherty model Fokker–Planck operator is extended to describe nonlinear full-$f$ ( f is the distribution function) collisions between multiple species in plasmas. Simple relations for cross-species primitive moments are developed which obey conservation laws, and reproduce familiar velocity and...

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Published in:Journal of plasma physics 2022-06, Vol.88 (3), Article 905880303
Main Authors: Francisquez, Manaure, Juno, James, Hakim, Ammar, Hammett, Gregory W., Ernst, Darin R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Benchmarks
Cartesian coordinates
Collisions
Conservation laws
Distribution functions
Flow velocity
Laboratories
Landau damping
Mass ratios
Operators (mathematics)
Physics
Plasma
Plasma physics
Plasmas (physics)
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Summary:The Dougherty model Fokker–Planck operator is extended to describe nonlinear full-$f$ ( f is the distribution function) collisions between multiple species in plasmas. Simple relations for cross-species primitive moments are developed which obey conservation laws, and reproduce familiar velocity and temperature relaxation rates. This treatment of multispecies Dougherty collisions, valid for arbitrary mass ratios, avoids unphysical temperatures and satisfies the $H$-theorem (H is related to the entropy) unlike an analogous Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook operator. Formulas for both a Cartesian velocity space and a gyroaveraged operator are provided for use in Vlasov as well as long-wavelength gyrokinetic models. We present an algorithm for the discontinuous Galerkin discretization of this operator, and provide results from relaxation and Landau damping benchmarks.
ISSN:0022-3778
1469-7807
DOI:10.1017/S0022377822000289