Abstract
A method for solving the quasineutral hybrid plasma equations in two dimensions is presented, using full ion dynamics and inertialess electrons. The method uses a predictor-corrector field solver and is extended to allow plasma-vacuum interfaces of arbitrary shape. A three-region method for treating the plasma-vacuum interfaces makes possible the simulation of slowly evolving phenomena over time scales much longer than the ion cyclotron period. The algorithm is applied to the study of rotational instabilities in theta pinch Vlasov equilibria.
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