Hybrid PIC simulations: laboratory magnetic reconnection and turbulence

Physical problems: laboratory experiments of magnetic reconnection, ion kinetic plasma turbulence

Numerical code: CHIEF: Hybrid-PIC (Particle-in-Cell) code

Relevant publications:

• Muñoz, P. A., Jain, N., Kilian, P., & Büchner, J. (2018). A new hybrid code (CHIEF) implementing the inertial electron fluid equation without approximation. Computer Physics Communications, 224, 245–264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2017.10.012