Hybrid numerical model of the plasma flow dynamics in open magnetic systems

Abstract

The report provides a brief overview of the numerical models used to solve plasma physics problems. The necessity of using hybrid models is shown, and a hybrid model that can be used in computer modeling of plasma flows in open magnetic systems is considered in more detail. The features of using hybrid models in two-dimensional cylindrical coordinates are given. To solve the equations of particle motion, the Boris algorithm is considered and its improvement is proposed based on the analytical solution of equations at a time step. We present a number of results of numerical simulation of the interaction of plasma flows obtained on the basis of a hybrid model. The calculations were performed in relation to the conditions of laboratory experiments with laser plasma at the KI-1 facility of the ILF SB RAS and the conditions of the diamagnetic regime at the CAT facility of the INP SB RAS.