Publications related to Binary collision approximation

Simulating energetic particle losses in JET plasmas with a reverse integration biasing scheme

An integrated energetic particle transport model has been constructed in JET plasmas constrained by experimental fast ion loss measurements. The model incorporates a synthetic fast ion loss detector identical to JET's thin-foil Faraday cup fast ion loss de ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2022

Evidence for a spin acoustic surface plasmon from inelastic atom scattering

Davide Campi

Closed-shell atoms scattered from a metal surface exchange energy and momentum with surface phonons mostly via the interposed surface valence electrons, i.e., via the creation of virtual electron-hole pairs. The latter can then decay into surface phonons v ...

Nature Research2021

Unexpected Indirect Dynamics in Base-Induced Elimination

Eduardo Carrascosa Casado

Base-induced elimination (E2) and bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (S(N)2) are two of the most versatile reactions that are important in preparative organic chemistry. These stereospecific reactions are often found in direct competition with each othe ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Kinetic approach to the Schwinger effect during inflation

Oleksandr Sobol

Using the kinetic approach, we study the impact of the charged particle dynamics due to the Schwinger effect on the electric field evolution during inflation. As a simple model of the electric field generation, we consider the kinetic coupling of the elect ...

American Physical Society2019

Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Coulomb Collision Operator

Paolo Ricci, Rogério Manuel Cabete De Jesus Jorge, Baptiste Jimmy Frei

A gyrokinetic Coulomb collision operator is derived, which is particularly useful to describe the plasma dynamics at the periphery region of magnetic confinement fusion devices. The derived operator is able to describe collisions occurring in distribution ...

Cambridge University Press2019

Convergence Analysis and Criterion for Data Assimilation with Sensitivities from Monte Carlo Neutron Transport Codes

Andreas Pautz, Daniel Jerôme Siefman, Mathieu Hursin

Sensitivity coefficients calculated with Monte Carlo neutron transport codes are subject to statistical fluctuations. The fluctuations affect parameters that are calculated with the sensitivity coefficients. The convergence study presented here describes t ...

ANS2018

Modeling Surface Recombination with Enhanced Devices Network for Optoelectronics

Jean-Michel Sallese, Camillo Stefanucci, Pietro Buccella, Chiara Rossi

We present a lumped devices network approach to simulate surface recombination effects in optoelectronics devices. The network is composed of generalized lumped devices where the excess carrier concentrations and gradients are mapped on electrical quantiti ...

IEEE2018

A novel approach to ion-ion Langevin self-collisions in particle-in-cell modules applied to hybrid MHD codes

Jonathan Graves

In order to have a better closure for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations, a common approach is to obtain the ion fluid pressure tensor by directly computing the moments of an ion distribution function, obtained by a Particle-in-cell (PIC) solver of the V ...

IOP Publishing2017

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Low-Energy Penning Ionization of NH3, CH3F, and CHF3

Andreas Osterwalder, Justinas Jankunas

We present results from a joint theoretical and experimental study of the low-energy Penning ionization of NH3, CH3F, and CHF3 by metastable Ne(P-3(2)) and He(S-3(1)) atoms. We combine the merged neutral beams experiment, covering a range of collision ener ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Average-atom interatomic potential for random alloys

William Curtin, Céline Varvenne

An average-atom (A-atom) embedded-atom-method potential for random multicomponent alloys at any composition is derived analytically and validated by comparing A-atom and true random alloys bulk and defect properties, in model Fe-Ni-Cr systems. The A-atom c ...

Amer Physical Soc2016

Demonstrating the saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering by ion acoustic decay using fully kinetic simulations

Stephan Brunner

The saturation of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) by the decay to turbulence of the ion acoustic wave (IAW) that participates in the three-wave SBS interaction is demonstrated using a quasinoiseless one-dimensional numerical solution to the Vlasov-Ma ...

Amer Inst Physics2015

Molecular dynamics simulations of irradiation of alpha-Fe thin films with energetic Fe ions under channeling conditions

Anna Prokhodtseva

Using molecular dynamics simulations with recent interatomic potentials developed for Fe, we have studied the defects in thin films of pure bcc Fe induced by the displacement cascade produced by Fe atoms of 50, 100, and 150 keV impinging under a channeling ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

Study of the Ne(3P2) + CH3F Electron-Transfer Reaction below 1 K

Andreas Osterwalder, Justinas Jankunas, Benjamin Bertsche

Relatively little is known about the dynamics of electron-transfer reactions at low collision energy. We present a study of Penning ionization of ground-state methyl fluoride molecules by electronically excited neon atoms in the 13 μeV–4.8 meV (150 mK–56 K ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Dynamics of gas phase Ne* + NH3 and Ne* + ND3 Penning ionisation at low temperatures

Andreas Osterwalder, Justinas Jankunas, Benjamin Bertsche

Two isotopic chemical reactions, Ne* + NH_3, and Ne* + ND_3, have been studied at low collision energies by means of a merged beams technique. Partial cross sections have been recorded for the two reactive channels, namely, Ne* + NH_3 → Ne + NH^+_3 + e −, ...

American Institute of Physics2014

A sequence-dependent rigid-base model of DNA

John Maddocks, Daiva Petkeviciute

A novel hierarchy of coarse-grain, sequence-dependent, rigid-base models of B-form DNA in solution is introduced. The hierarchy depends on both the assumed range of energetic couplings, and the extent of sequence dependence of the model parameters. A signi ...

Amer Inst Physics2013

Sequential Deposition Of Multisegment Nanowires

Jean-Philippe Ansermet

Electrochemical replication of nanoporous membranes represents a facile approach towards the fabrication of nanostructures with tailored properties. By the template method we prepared multisegment nanowires with tailored structure. The first step of the pr ...

2010

Molecular dynamics simulation of radiation damage in bcc tungsten

Robin Schäublin

Molecular dynamics simulations of collision cascades in pure tungsten are performed to assess the primary damage due to irradiation. For short-range interaction the universal potential is used [J.F. Ziegler, J.P. Biersack, U. Littmark, The Stopping and Ran ...

Elsevier2009

Material degradation under DEMO relevant neutron fluences

Nadine Baluc

In fusion power reactors, the plasma facing and breeding-blanket components will suffer intense irradiation by 14MeV neutrons. These high-energy fusion neutrons will produce atomic displacement cascades and nuclear transmutation reactions inside the irradi ...

2009

Analysis of nano-sized irradiation-induced defects in Fe-base materials by means of small angle neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations

Gang Yu

Thermonuclear fusion of light atoms is considered since decades as an unlimited, safe and reliable source of energy that could eventually replace classical sources based on fossile fuel or nuclear fuel. Fusion reactor technology and materials studies are i ...

EPFL2008

Exact results for thermodynamics of the hydrogen plasma: Low-temperature expansions beyond Saha theory

We study hydrogen in the Saha regime, within the physical picture in terms of a quantum proton-electron plasma. Long ago, Saha showed that, at sufficiently low densities and low temperatures, the system behaves almost as an ideal mixture made with hydrogen ...

2008