Parallelization and optimization of electrostatic particle-in-cell/Monte-Carlo coupled codes as applied to RF discharges

DOI10.1016/j.cpc.2009.02.009zbMath1198.82061OpenAlexW2076118673MaRDI QIDQ603226

You-Nian Wang, Wei Jiang, Hong-Yu Wang

Publication date: 6 November 2010

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2009.02.009

zbMATH Keywords

plasma simulationPoisson solvercapacitively coupled plasmaparticle-in-cell/Monte-Carlo coupled

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10)

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Uses Software

• VORPAL
• PIC-MCC
• OOPIC

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