Magnetized Spherical Langmuir Probe Simulations for Ionospheric Plasma Conditions

Particle-in-Cell simulations of Langmuir probes in magnetized plasma, as described in the paper 'Spherical Langmuir probes in magnetized plasma. A model based on Particle-in-Cell simulations'. The dataset was created by Steffen M. Brask of the University of Oslo and contains simulation results for plasma parameters representative of the lower E-region ionosphere.

Use Cases

• Validate Langmuir probe theory in magnetized plasmas based on simulated current and energy data.
• Analyze electron and ion current collection dynamics based on probe bias and magnetic field strength parameters.
• Study plasma potential and energy evolution over time based on the high-frequency sampling of the simulation data.

Strengths

• Simulations use specific plasma parameters: Density of 5.9e9 m−3 and temperatures of 1000 K for electrons and ions.
• Data is sampled at a high frequency of 6.67e8 Hz, providing detailed temporal resolution.
• Includes example Python plotting scripts for ease of access and data visualization.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Oslo

Collection Method

Particle-in-Cell simulations