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RE : Quasi-neutral plume in vacuum
posted by Jean-Francois Roussel at May 3, 2010 6:07 PM
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Hi Nuno,

exact neutrality is not implemented. Effectively the right way to do it is through UnlimitedMaxwellBoltzmannVolDistrib (in principle it is simply superior, so no real need for neutrality was expressed)

JFR

Quasi-neutral plume in vacuum
posted by Nuno Loureiro at May 3, 2010 5:53 PM
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Hello everyone,

Is it possible to model a plume of ions in a vacuum environment but implementing a Boltzmann distribution for electrons so that the plume is assumed as a quasi-neutral plasma?

I have been doing this with an environment of electrons (introducing a population of electrons with the UnlimitedMaxwellBoltzmannVolDistrib) and the electron's density actually adapts to the ion's density, but I was wondering if this simulation could be performed in vacuum environment.

best regards,

Nuno