Plasma and Fusion Research
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Particle Simulation of Plasma Blob Dynamics: Preliminary Results
Hiroki HASEGAWASeiji ISHIGURO
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2012 Volume 7 Pages 2401060

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A three dimensional electrostatic plasma particle code has been developed to investigate blob dynamics. Some results of preliminary simulations are in agreement with previous studies based on a two-dimensional reduced fluid model. When periodic boundary condition is applied in the ambient magnetic field direction, it was observed that a blob evolves to a mushroom-shaped structure. Furthermore, the relation between the observed blob propagation speed and the initial blob size is consistent with the expectation by the fluid theory.

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