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A Monte Carlo algorithm for degenerate plasmas

plasma
intertial confinement fusion
Monte Carlo

Turrell, Arthur E., Mark Sherlock, and Steven J. Rose. “A Monte Carlo algorithm for degenerate plasmas.” Journal of Computational Physics 249 (2013): 13-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2013.03.052

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Authors
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Arthur Turrell

Bank of England

Mark Sherlock

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Steven Rose

Imperial College London

Published

September 2013

Doi

10.1016/j.jcp.2013.03.052

Abstract

A procedure for performing Monte Carlo calculations of plasmas with an arbitrary level of degeneracy is outlined. It has possible applications in inertial confinement fusion and astrophysics. Degenerate particles are initialised according to the Fermi–Dirac distribution function, and scattering is via a Pauli blocked binary collision approximation. The algorithm is tested against degenerate electron–ion equilibration, and the degenerate resistivity transport coefficient from unmagnetised first order transport theory. The code is applied to the cold fuel shell and alpha particle equilibration problem of inertial confinement fusion.

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@article{turrell2013monte,
  title={A Monte Carlo algorithm for degenerate plasmas},
  author={Turrell, Arthur E and Sherlock, Mark and Rose, Steven J},
  journal={Journal of Computational Physics},
  volume={249},
  pages={13--21},
  year={2013},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}