Self-consistent simulations of the plasma-wall transition layer

Abstract

In the present work we develop a 1d3v (1D in space and 3D in velocity) kinetic Particle-in-cell model of the magnetised plasma-wall transition layer, where the charged and neutral particle dynamics and interaction between them is included in a fully self-consistent way. The plasma-surface interactions are described via fixed emission coefficients for the secondary particles. We obtained different profiles of plasma and neutral particles and cross-checked classical boundary conditions, which are usually formulated inside the PWT. © 2008 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.