Spatially hybrid computations for streamer discharges with generic features of pulled fronts. I: Planar fronts
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Publication:1046147
DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2009.09.027zbMATH Open1177.78013arXiv0904.2968OpenAlexW2084523131MaRDI QIDQ1046147FDOQ1046147
Authors: Chao Li, Ute Ebert, Willem Hundsdorfer 
Publication date: 21 December 2009
Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Streamers are the first stage of sparks and lightning; they grow due to a strongly enhanced electric field at their tips; this field is created by a thin curved space charge layer. These multiple scales are already challenging when the electrons are approximated by densities. However, electron density fluctuations in the leading edge of the front and non-thermal stretched tails of the electron energy distribution (as a cause of X-ray emissions) require a particle model to follow the electron motion. As super-particle methods create wrong statistics and numerical artifacts, modeling the individual electron dynamics in streamers is limited to early stages where the total electron number still is limited. The method of choice is a hybrid computation in space where individual electrons are followed in the region of high electric field and low density while the bulk of the electrons is approximated by densities (or fluids). We here develop the hybrid coupling for planar fronts. First, to obtain a consistent flux at the interface between particle and fluid model in the hybrid computation, the widely used classical fluid model is replaced by an extended fluid model. Then the coupling algorithm and the numerical implementation of the spatially hybrid model are presented in detail, in particular, the position of the model interface and the construction of the buffer region. The method carries generic features of pulled fronts that can be applied to similar problems like large deviations in the leading edge of population fronts etc.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.2968
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