Modeling of Bound Electron Effects in Particle-in-Cell Simulation

Modeling of Bound Electron Effects in Particle-in-Cell Simulation

Year:    2022

Author:    Xiangyan An, Min Chen, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Jie Zhang

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 32 (2022), Iss. 2 : pp. 583–594

Abstract

To include the bound electron effects in particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation, we propose a model in which the response of the dipole components of partially ionized ions to external electromagnetic fields can be included. Instead of treating the macroion particle as a single particle without an internal structure, the ions are considered to have a structure composed of a central nucleus and a bounded electron cloud in our model. The two parts experience the interactions of both the external electromagnetic fields and the internal Coulomb fields. In this way, the laser scattering effects by a partially ionized medium can be modeled properly in the PIC simulation. The laser propagation in a neutral medium and the Bragg scattering of the laser in crystal structure have been simulated with a PIC code modified based on our model as the benchmark. Our model may find applications to study some interesting problems, such as the x-ray laser-driven wakefield acceleration in crystals, the x-ray laser-driven high energy density physics, and intense laser propagation in partially ionized nonlinear optical materials, etc.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2021-0258

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 32 (2022), Iss. 2 : pp. 583–594

Published online:    2022-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    12

Keywords:    Particle-in-cell simulation bound electrons x-rays crystals.

Author Details

Xiangyan An

Min Chen

Zheng-Ming Sheng

Jie Zhang

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