Based on High Magnetic field Helicon eXperiment, considering the parabolic distribution and Gaussian distribution of radial plasma density, HELIC code was used to study the influence of temperature and pressure gradient on power deposition, electric field, and current density of Helicon Wave Plasma. Three different gradients (positive, negative, and zero gradient) were selected. The results show that positive temperature gradient is beneficial to increase the relative absorption power at the center of plasma. Compared with negative and zero pressure gradients, positive pressure gradient increases the relative absorption power and weakens the current density at the center of plasma, and increases the electric field intensity at the edge of plasma. Larger edge heating will cause the relative absorption power at edge to rise rapidly, which is not conducive to the coupling at the center of plasma. In practical experiments, it is particularly important to reduce the heating effect at edge by cooling the antenna itself. Three different gradients of temperature and pressure have little effect on electric field intensity and current density in plasma, and the variation trend is basically similar, which proves the stability of the antenna mode: m = 1.
In this work, we prepare a simulation framework for a high-accuracy numerical study of electron–ion temperature relaxation in nonideal (strongly coupled) plasmas. The existing relaxation rate theories require either parameter selection or some pre-knowledge of the electron–ion correlation functions and effective interaction potentials. This makes non-equilibrium classical and quantum molecular dynamics simulations a crucial stage in the study of energy transfer rates. We begin by revisiting the classical molecular dynamics simulations of a system of equally charged particles with different masses on a neutralizing background. We accurately simulate this simple ab-initio (parameterless) system with controlled precision in terms of number of particles, mass ratio, and energy convergence. The predictions for the equally charged system are compared to the previous simulations and theories, which are reproduced with higher accuracy. We also perform a series of classical molecular dynamics simulations of the system of oppositely charged particles with the corrected Kelbg potential based on the quantum statistical approach. We analyze the differences and similarities between the same-charge and opposite-charge systems. Some remarks about the forthcoming application of quantum simulations with the help of WPMD or WPMD-DFT methods are given.