@inproceedings{0d786f1c9e684be19035a83d53c2082d,
title = "KAD12D-A particle-in-cell code based on finite-volume methods",
abstract = "Pulsed-power diodes have been developed at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe and are the objects of extensive experimental as well as numerical investigations. The electrical behavior of the diodes is substantially influenced by a charged particle flow forming a non-neutral plasma inside these devices. A detailed understanding of the fundamental time-dependent phenomena (e.g., the origin of instabilities) caused by this plasma requires the solution of the Maxwell-Lorentz equations for realistic configurations with a very accurate replica of the border of the domain, where several kinds of boundary conditions are imposed. An attractive method to attack this non-linear equations numerically is the particle-in-cell (PIC) technique. As a preliminary to use the PIC approach, the relevant diode domain has to be covered by an appropriate computational mesh. Therefore, we adopt a grid model based on boundary-fitted coordinates resulting in a quadrilateral mesh zone arrangement with regular data structure. The numerical solution of the Maxwell equations in time domain is obtained by using a finite-volume (FV) approach on a non-rectangular quadrilateral mesh in two space dimensions. A very favorable property of these modern FV schemes consists in the fact that they combine inherent robustness at steep gradients with accurate resolution. In the context of self-consistent charged particle simulation in electromagnetic fields the coupling of a high-resolution FV Maxwell solver with the PIC method is a new way of approximation.",
keywords = "Boundary conditions, Context modeling, Data structures, Diodes, Electromagnetic fields, Finite volume methods, Maxwell equations, Nonlinear equations, Plasma devices, Robustness",
author = "Munz, {C. D.} and P. Omnes and R. Schneider and E. Sonnendrucker and E. Stein and U. Voss and T. Westermann",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1998 Beam Organizing Committee.; 12th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams, BEAMS 1998 ; Conference date: 12-06-1998",
year = "1998",
doi = "10.1109/BEAMS.1998.822498",
language = "English",
series = "BEAMS 1998 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "541--544",
editor = "Meir Markovitis and Joseph Shiloh",
booktitle = "BEAMS 1998 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams",
}