A self-consistent analytical model for non-collisional heating

A self-consistent analytical model for non-collisional heating

Non-collisional heating is an important phenomenon in low-pressure inductively coupled plasmas. In this paper, a self-consistent analytical model for non-collisional heating is developed which shows that non-collisional heating is a warm-electron effect that relies on a resonant interaction of electrons with the electromagnetic wave. Electrons with velocities comparable to the effective wave ph...

A self-consistent kinetic model for droplet heating and evaporation

A new kinetic model for heating and evaporation of Diesel fuel droplets is suggested. The model is based on the introduction of the kinetic region in the immediate vicinity of the heated and evaporating droplets, where the dynamics of molecules are described in terms of the Boltzmann equations for vapour components and air, and the hydrodynamic region. The effects of finite thermal conductivity...

Non-collisional Ion Heating and Magnetic Turbulence in the RFP

strong non-collisional ion heating occurs during sawtooth-like magnetic reconnection events in Madison Symmetric Torus, where ions are transiently heated to as high as 3 keV, often exceeding the electron temperature. The free energy source for this ion heating is the mean magnetic energy. Measured magnetic fluctuations exhibit an exponential spectral density consistent with dissipative nonlinea...

Analytical energy gradient for reference interaction site model self - consistent field

Ultrafast collisional ion heating by electrostatic shocks

High-intensity lasers can be used to generate shockwaves, which have found applications in nuclear fusion, proton imaging, cancer therapies and materials science. Collisionless electrostatic shocks are one type of shockwave widely studied for applications involving ion acceleration. Here we show a novel mechanism for collisionless electrostatic shocks to heat small amounts of solid density matt...