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Betaboltz: a Monte-Carlo simulation tool for gas scattering processes

Computational Physics 2021-09-14 v3 Plasma Physics

Abstract

We present an open-source code for the simulation of electron and ion transport for user-defined gas mixtures with static uniform electric and magnetic fields. The program provides microscopic interaction simulation and is interfaced with cross-section tables published by LXCat[1]. The framework was validated against drift velocity tables available in literature obtaining an acceptable match for atomic and non-polar molecular gases with spherical symmetry. The code is written in C++17 and is available as a shared library for easy integration into other simulation applications.

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@article{arxiv.1901.08140,
  title  = {Betaboltz: a Monte-Carlo simulation tool for gas scattering processes},
  author = {Michele Renda and Dan Andrei Ciubotaru and Calin Iulian Banu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.08140},
  year   = {2021}
}

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41 pages, 12 figures

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