Weak scaling of the parallel immersed-finite-element particle-in-cell (PIFE-PIC) framework with lunar plasma charging simulations

Weak scaling performance of a recently developed fully kinetic, 3-D parallel immersed-finite-element particle-in-cell framework, namely PIFE-PIC, was investigated. A nominal 1-D plasma charging problem, the lunar photoelectron sheath at a low Sun elevation angle, was chosen to validate PIFE-PIC agai...

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