Ken-Ichi Nishikawa, Yosuke Mizuno, Jose L. Gomez, Ioana Duţan, Athina Meli, Jacek Niemiec, Oleh Kobzar, Martin Pohl, Hélène Sol, Nicholas MacDonald, Dieter H. Hartmann
- The particle-in-cell (PIC) method was developed to investigate microscopic phenomena, and with the advances in computing power, newly developed codes have been used for several fields, such as astrophysical, magnetospheric, and solar plasmas. PIC applications have grown extensively, with large computing powers available on supercomputers such as Pleiades and Blue Waters in the US. For astrophysical plasma research, PIC methods have been utilized for several topics, such as reconnection, pulsar dynamics, non-relativistic shocks, relativistic shocks, and relativistic jets. PIC simulations of relativistic jets have been reviewed with emphasis placed on the physics involved in the simulations. This review summarizes PIC simulations, starting with the Weibel instability in slab models of jets, and then focuses on global jet evolution in helical magnetic field geometry. In particular, we address kinetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities and mushroom instabilities.
MetadatenAuthor details: | Ken-Ichi Nishikawa, Yosuke MizunoORCiD, Jose L. GomezORCiD, Ioana DuţanGND, Athina Meli, Jacek Niemiec, Oleh KobzarORCiD, Martin PohlORCiDGND, Hélène SolGND, Nicholas MacDonald, Dieter H. Hartmann |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies7010029 |
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ISSN: | 2075-4434 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Galaxies : open access journal |
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Publisher: | MDPI |
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Place of publishing: | Basel |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2019/01/30 |
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Publication year: | 2019 |
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Release date: | 2021/04/19 |
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Tag: | global jets; helical magnetic fields; kink-like instability; mushroom instability; particle-in-cell simulations; recollimation shocks; relativistic jets; the Weibel instability |
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Volume: | 7 |
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Issue: | 1 |
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Number of pages: | 20 |
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Funding institution: | NSFNational Science Foundation (NSF) [AST-0908010, AST-0908040, NASA-NNX09AD16G, NNX12AH06G, NNX13AP-21G, NNX13AP14G]; Narodowe Centrum Nauki [DEC-2013/10/E/ST9/00662]; ERC Synergy Grant "BlackHoleCam-Imaging the Event Horizon of Black Holes" [610058]; Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [PO 1508/1-2]; National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [PHY05-51164]; NSFNational Science Foundation (NSF) |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
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DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 52 Astronomie / 520 Astronomie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
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License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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