The formation of a magnetosphere with implicit Particle-in-Cell simulations

• We demonstrate the improvements to an implicit Particle-in-Cell code, iPic3D, on the example of dipolar magnetic field immersed in the flow of the plasma and show the formation of a magnetosphere. We address the problem of modelling multi-scale phenomena during the formation of a magnetosphere by implementing an adaptive sub-cycling technique to resolve the motion of particles located close to the magnetic dipole centre, where the magnetic field intensity is maximum. In addition, we implemented new open boundary conditions to model the inflow and outflow of plasma. We present the results of a global three-dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulation and discuss the performance improvements from the adaptive sub-cycling technique.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Magnetosphere

Multi-scale simulations

Particle methods

Particle movers

Particle-in-Cell

Cells

Cytology

Magnetic fields

Magnetism

Magnetoplasma

Particle beam dynamics

Dipolar magnetic fields

Magnetic-field intensity

Multi-scale simulation

Open boundary condition

Particle in cell

Particle-in-cell simulations

Three dimensional particle-in-cell simulations

Plasma simulation

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