Density estimation techniques for multiscale coupling of kinetic models of the plasma material interface

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2019.108965zbMATH Open1453.76099arXiv1804.03724OpenAlexW2978192063WikidataQ127216230 ScholiaQ127216230MaRDI QIDQ2222666FDOQ2222666

Authors: Shane Keniley, Davide Curreli 

Publication date: 27 January 2021

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this work we analyze two classes of Density-Estimation techniques which can be used to consistently couple different kinetic models of the plasma-material interface, intended as the region of plasma immediately interacting with the first surface layers of a material wall. In particular, we handle the general problem of interfacing a continuum multi-species Vlasov-Poisson-BGK plasma model to discrete surface erosion models. The continuum model solves for the energy-angle distributions of the particles striking the surface, which are then driving the surface response. A modification to the classical Binary-Collision Approximation (BCA) method is here utilized as a prototype discrete model of the surface, to provide boundary conditions and impurity distributions representative of the material behavior during plasma irradiation. The numerical tests revealed the superior convergence properties of Kernel Density Estimation methods over Gaussian Mixture Models, with Epanechnikov-KDEs being up to two orders of magnitude faster than Gaussian-KDEs. The methodology here presented allows a self-consistent treatment of the plasma-material interface in magnetic fusion devices, including both the near-surface plasma (plasma sheath and presheath) in magnetized conditions, and surface effects such as sputtering, back-scattering, and ion implantation. The same coupling techniques can also be utilized for other discrete material models such as Molecular Dynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03724

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zbMATH Keywords

density estimationkernel density estimationGaussian mixture modelVlasov-Poisson equationbinary collision approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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• Plasma-material boundary conditions for discontinuous Galerkin continuum-kinetic simulations, with a focus on secondary electron emission

Uses Software

• Scikit
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