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FENNECS: a novel particle-in-cell code for simulating the formation of magnetized non-neutral plasmas trapped by electrodes of complex geometries

Le Bars, Guillaume  
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Loizu, Joaquim  
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Guinchard, Salomon
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October 1, 2024
Computer Physics Communications

This paper presents the new 2D electrostatic particle -in -cell code FENNECS developed to study the formation of magnetized non -neutral plasmas in geometries with azimuthal symmetry. This code has been developed in the domain of gyrotron electron gun design, but solves general equations and can be applied in other domains of plasma physics. FENNECS is capable of simulating electron -neutral collisions using a Monte Carlo approach and considers both elastic and inelastic (ionization) processes. It is also capable of solving the Poisson equation on domains with arbitrary geometries with either Dirichlet or natural boundary conditions. The Poisson solver is based on a meshless Finite Element Method, called web -splines, based on b -splines of any order, and used for the first time in the domain of plasma physics. In addition, the effect of fast ions colliding with the electrodes and causing ion induced electron emission at the electrode surfaces has been implemented in the code. In this paper, the governing equations solved by FENNECS and the numerical methods used to solve them are presented. A number of verification cases are then reported. Finally, the parallelization scheme used in FENNECS and its parallel scalability are presented.

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