3D hybrid simulation code using curvilinear coordinates

Kurzfassung

A new simulation code using the hybrid approximation for modeling extraterrestial plasma processes is described, which can be used in arbitrary three-dimensional, ordered, hexahedral grid. Maxwell's equations are transformed using common tensor analysis and solved by a finite differening scheme. A particle coalescing technique was adopted to account for difference in cell size. The numerical techniques and some results are presented.