The LisbOn KInetics Monte Carlo solver
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Abstract
The LisbOn KInetics Monte Carlo (LoKI-MC) is an open-source code for the Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in an arbitrarily complex gas mixture [1]. The simulation tool can address electron-neutral collisions with any target state (electronic, vibrational and rotational), characterized by any user-prescribed population, allowing to include the effects of superelastic collisions in a general manner. The influence of the thermal motion of the background molecules is considered, enabling the description of electron swarm properties at low reduced electric fields E/N. On output, the code provides: the electron energy and velocity distribution functions; flux and bulk swarm parameters; collision rates; power balance; and the spatiotemporal evolution of the electron swarm. The code will be released as part of the simulation tools provided by the N-PRiME group at Lisbon. We will also discuss the features of future versions: inclusion of time-dependent electric fields, magnetic fields (crossed at any arbitrary angles) and anisotropic scattering for any type of collision.
*This work was partially funded by the Portuguese FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, under projects UIDB/50010/2020, UIDP/50010/2020, PTDC/FIS-PLA/1616/2022 and grant PD/BD/150414.
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Publication: [1] T C Dias, A Tejero-del-Caz, L L Alves, V Guerra 2022 Comput. Phys. Commun. submitted
Presenters
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Tiago C Dias
- Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
- Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa