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A Numerical Algorithm For Simulating Two Species Plasma, Richard F. Datwyler

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In our ever-growing technology-dependent society, a great need for cleaner, more lucrative energy sources is being sought out. Nuclear fission power plants have been used to help provide energy for many years now. More recently, fusion test reactors have been built and planned as another means to fill the energy quota. A large part of understanding the fundamental principles in a fusion reactor focuses on the principles of plasma physics. This topic of plasma physics has been studied for many decades and much progress has been made in its understanding.

More recently, computers have become larger and faster allowing for …