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+/* Copyright 2021 Modern Electron
+ *
+ * This file is part of WarpX.
+ *
+ * License: BSD-3-Clause-LBNL
+ */
+#include "BackgroundMCCCollision.H"
+#include "MCCScattering.H"
+#include "Particles/ParticleCreation/FilterCopyTransform.H"
+#include "Particles/ParticleCreation/SmartCopy.H"
+#include "Utils/ParticleUtils.H"
+#include "Utils/WarpXUtil.H"
+#include "Utils/WarpXProfilerWrapper.H"
+#include "WarpX.H"
+
+#include <AMReX_ParmParse.H>
+#include <AMReX_REAL.H>
+#include <AMReX_Vector.H>
+
+#include <string>
+
+BackgroundMCCCollision::BackgroundMCCCollision (std::string const collision_name)
+ : CollisionBase(collision_name)
+{
+ AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE(m_species_names.size() == 1,
+ "Background MCC must have exactly one species.");
+
+ amrex::ParmParse pp(collision_name);
+
+ pp.query("background_density", m_background_density);
+ pp.query("background_temperature", m_background_temperature);
+
+ // if the neutral mass is specified use it, but if ionization is
+ // included the mass of the secondary species of that interaction
+ // will be used. If no neutral mass is specified and ionization is not
+ // included the mass of the colliding species will be used
+ m_background_mass = -1;
+ pp.query("background_mass", m_background_mass);
+
+ // query for a list of collision processes
+ // these could be elastic, excitation, charge_exchange, back, etc.
+ amrex::Vector<std::string> scattering_process_names;
+ pp.queryarr("scattering_processes", scattering_process_names);
+
+ // create a vector of MCCProcess objects from each scattering
+ // process name
+ for (auto scattering_process : scattering_process_names) {
+ std::string kw_cross_section = scattering_process + "_cross_section";
+ std::string cross_section_file;
+ pp.query(kw_cross_section.c_str(), cross_section_file);
+
+ amrex::Real energy = 0.0;
+ // if the scattering process is excitation or ionization get the
+ // energy associated with that process
+ if (scattering_process.find("excitation") != std::string::npos ||
+ scattering_process.find("ionization") != std::string::npos) {
+ std::string kw_energy = scattering_process + "_energy";
+ pp.get(kw_energy.c_str(), energy);
+ }
+
+ auto process = new MCCProcess(scattering_process, cross_section_file, energy);
+
+ AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE(process->m_type != MCCProcessType::INVALID,
+ "Cannot add an unknown MCC process type");
+
+ // if the scattering process is ionization get the secondary species
+ // only one ionization process is supported, the vector
+ // m_ionization_processes is only used to make it simple to calculate
+ // the maximum collision frequency with the same function used for
+ // particle conserving processes
+ if (process->m_type == MCCProcessType::IONIZATION) {
+ AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE(!ionization_flag,
+ "Background MCC only supports a single ionization process");
+ ionization_flag = true;
+
+ std::string secondary_species;
+ pp.get("ionization_species", secondary_species);
+ m_species_names.push_back(secondary_species);
+
+ m_ionization_processes.push_back(process);
+ } else {
+ m_scattering_processes.push_back(process);
+ }
+
+ amrex::Gpu::synchronize();
+ }
+}
+
+/** Calculate the maximum collision frequency using a fixed energy grid that
+ * ranges from 1e-4 to 5000 eV in 0.2 eV increments
+ */
+amrex::Real
+BackgroundMCCCollision::get_nu_max(amrex::Gpu::ManagedVector<MCCProcess*> const& mcc_processes)
+{
+ using namespace amrex::literals;
+ amrex::Real nu, nu_max = 0.0;
+
+ for (double E = 1e-4; E < 5000; E+=0.2) {
+ amrex::Real sigma_E = 0.0;
+
+ // loop through all collision pathways
+ for (const auto &scattering_process : mcc_processes) {
+ // get collision cross-section
+ sigma_E += scattering_process->getCrossSection(E);
+ }
+
+ // calculate collision frequency
+ nu = (
+ m_background_density * std::sqrt(2.0_rt / m_mass1 * PhysConst::q_e)
+ * sigma_E * std::sqrt(E)
+ );
+ if (nu > nu_max) {
+ nu_max = nu;
+ }
+ }
+ return nu_max;
+}
+
+void
+BackgroundMCCCollision::doCollisions (amrex::Real cur_time, MultiParticleContainer* mypc)
+{
+ WARPX_PROFILE("BackgroundMCCCollision::doCollisions()");
+ using namespace amrex::literals;
+
+ const amrex::Real dt = WarpX::GetInstance().getdt(0);
+ if ( int(std::floor(cur_time/dt)) % m_ndt != 0 ) return;
+
+ auto& species1 = mypc->GetParticleContainerFromName(m_species_names[0]);
+ // this is a very ugly hack to have species2 be a reference and be
+ // defined in the scope of doCollisions
+ auto& species2 = (
+ (m_species_names.size() == 2) ?
+ mypc->GetParticleContainerFromName(m_species_names[1]) :
+ mypc->GetParticleContainerFromName(m_species_names[0])
+ );
+
+ if (!init_flag) {
+ m_mass1 = species1.getMass();
+
+ // calculate maximum collision frequency without ionization
+ m_nu_max = get_nu_max(m_scattering_processes);
+
+ // calculate total collision probability
+ auto coll_n = m_nu_max * dt;
+ m_total_collision_prob = 1.0_rt - std::exp(-coll_n);
+
+ // dt has to be small enough that a linear expansion of the collision
+ // probability is sufficiently accurately, otherwise the MCC results
+ // will be very heavily affected by small changes in the timestep
+ AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE(coll_n < 0.1_rt,
+ "dt is too large to ensure accurate MCC results"
+ );
+
+ if (ionization_flag) {
+ // calculate maximum collision frequency for ionization
+ m_nu_max_ioniz = get_nu_max(m_ionization_processes);
+
+ // calculate total ionization probability
+ auto coll_n_ioniz = m_nu_max_ioniz * dt;
+ m_total_collision_prob_ioniz = 1.0_rt - std::exp(-coll_n_ioniz);
+
+ AMREX_ALWAYS_ASSERT_WITH_MESSAGE(coll_n_ioniz < 0.1_rt,
+ "dt is too large to ensure accurate MCC results"
+ );
+
+ // if an ionization process is included the secondary species mass
+ // is taken as the background mass
+ m_background_mass = species2.getMass();
+ }
+ // if no neutral species mass was specified and ionization is not
+ // included assume that the collisions will be with neutrals of the
+ // same mass as the colliding species (like with ion-neutral collisions)
+ else if (m_background_mass == -1) {
+ m_background_mass = species1.getMass();
+ }
+
+ amrex::Print() <<
+ "Setting up collisions for " << m_species_names[0] << " with total "
+ "collision probability: " <<
+ m_total_collision_prob + m_total_collision_prob_ioniz << "\n";
+
+ init_flag = true;
+ }
+
+ // Loop over refinement levels
+ auto const flvl = species1.finestLevel();
+ for (int lev = 0; lev <= flvl; ++lev) {
+
+ // firstly loop over particles box by box and do all particle conserving
+ // scattering
+#ifdef _OPENMP
+#pragma omp parallel if (amrex::Gpu::notInLaunchRegion())
+#endif
+ for (WarpXParIter pti(species1, lev); pti.isValid(); ++pti) {
+ doBackgroundCollisionsWithinTile(pti);
+ }
+
+ // secondly perform ionization through the SmartCopyFactory if needed
+ if (ionization_flag) {
+ doBackgroundIonization(lev, species1, species2);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+
+/** Perform all particle conserving MCC collisions within a tile
+ *
+ * @param pti particle iterator
+ *
+ */
+void BackgroundMCCCollision::doBackgroundCollisionsWithinTile
+( WarpXParIter& pti )
+{
+ using namespace amrex::literals;
+
+ // So that CUDA code gets its intrinsic, not the host-only C++ library version
+ using std::sqrt;
+
+ // get particle count
+ const long np = pti.numParticles();
+
+ // get collider properties
+ amrex::Real mass1 = m_mass1;
+
+ // get neutral properties
+ amrex::Real n_a = m_background_density;
+ amrex::Real T_a = m_background_temperature;
+ amrex::Real mass_a = m_background_mass;
+ amrex::Real vel_std = sqrt(PhysConst::kb * T_a / mass_a);
+
+ // get collision parameters
+ auto scattering_processes = m_scattering_processes.data();
+ auto process_count = m_scattering_processes.size();
+
+ amrex::Real total_collision_prob = m_total_collision_prob;
+ amrex::Real nu_max = m_nu_max;
+
+ // get Struct-Of-Array particle data, also called attribs
+ auto& attribs = pti.GetAttribs();
+ amrex::ParticleReal* const AMREX_RESTRICT ux = attribs[PIdx::ux].dataPtr();
+ amrex::ParticleReal* const AMREX_RESTRICT uy = attribs[PIdx::uy].dataPtr();
+ amrex::ParticleReal* const AMREX_RESTRICT uz = attribs[PIdx::uz].dataPtr();
+
+ amrex::ParallelForRNG(np,
+ [=] AMREX_GPU_HOST_DEVICE (long ip, amrex::RandomEngine const& engine)
+ {
+ // determine if this particle should collide
+ if (amrex::Random(engine) > total_collision_prob) return;
+
+ amrex::Real v_coll, v_coll2, E_coll, sigma_E, nu_i = 0;
+ amrex::Real col_select = amrex::Random(engine);
+ amrex::ParticleReal ua_x, ua_y, ua_z;
+ amrex::ParticleReal uCOM_x, uCOM_y, uCOM_z;
+
+ // get velocities of gas particles from a Maxwellian distribution
+ ua_x = vel_std * amrex::RandomNormal(0_rt, 1.0_rt, engine);
+ ua_y = vel_std * amrex::RandomNormal(0_rt, 1.0_rt, engine);
+ ua_z = vel_std * amrex::RandomNormal(0_rt, 1.0_rt, engine);
+
+ // calculate the center of momentum velocity
+ uCOM_x = (mass1 * ux[ip] + mass_a * ua_x) / (mass1 + mass_a);
+ uCOM_y = (mass1 * uy[ip] + mass_a * ua_y) / (mass1 + mass_a);
+ uCOM_z = (mass1 * uz[ip] + mass_a * ua_z) / (mass1 + mass_a);
+
+ // calculate relative velocity of collision and collision energy if
+ // the colliding particle is an ion. For electron collisions we
+ // cannot use the relative velocity since that allows the
+ // possibility where the electron kinetic energy in the lab frame
+ // is insufficient to cause excitation but not in the COM frame -
+ // for energy to balance this situation requires the neutral to
+ // lose energy during the collision which we don't currently
+ // account for.
+ if (mass_a / mass1 > 1e3) {
+ v_coll2 = ux[ip]*ux[ip] + uy[ip]*uy[ip] + uz[ip]*uz[ip];
+ E_coll = 0.5_rt * mass1 * v_coll2 / PhysConst::q_e;
+ }
+ else {
+ v_coll2 = (
+ (ux[ip] - ua_x)*(ux[ip] - ua_x)
+ + (uy[ip] - ua_y)*(uy[ip] - ua_y)
+ + (uz[ip] - ua_z)*(uz[ip] - ua_z)
+ );
+ E_coll = (
+ 0.5_rt * mass1 * mass_a / (mass1 + mass_a) * v_coll2
+ / PhysConst::q_e
+ );
+ }
+ v_coll = sqrt(v_coll2);
+
+ // loop through all collision pathways
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < process_count; i++) {
+ auto const& scattering_process = **(scattering_processes + i);
+
+ // get collision cross-section
+ sigma_E = scattering_process.getCrossSection(E_coll);
+
+ // calculate normalized collision frequency
+ nu_i += n_a * sigma_E * v_coll / nu_max;
+
+ // check if this collision should be performed and call
+ // the appropriate scattering function
+ if (col_select > nu_i) continue;
+
+ if (scattering_process.m_type == MCCProcessType::ELASTIC) {
+ ElasticScattering(
+ ux[ip], uy[ip], uz[ip], uCOM_x, uCOM_y, uCOM_z, engine
+ );
+ }
+ else if (scattering_process.m_type == MCCProcessType::BACK) {
+ BackScattering(
+ ux[ip], uy[ip], uz[ip], uCOM_x, uCOM_y, uCOM_z
+ );
+ }
+ else if (scattering_process.m_type == MCCProcessType::CHARGE_EXCHANGE) {
+ ChargeExchange(ux[ip], uy[ip], uz[ip], ua_x, ua_y, ua_z);
+ }
+ else if (scattering_process.m_type == MCCProcessType::EXCITATION) {
+ // get the new velocity magnitude
+ amrex::Real vp = sqrt(
+ 2.0_rt / mass1 * PhysConst::q_e
+ * (E_coll - scattering_process.m_energy_penalty)
+ );
+ RandomizeVelocity(ux[ip], uy[ip], uz[ip], vp, engine);
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ );
+}
+
+
+/** Perform MCC ionization interactions
+ *
+ * @param pti particle iterator
+ * @param species1/2 reference to species container used to inject new
+ particles from ionization events
+ *
+ */
+void BackgroundMCCCollision::doBackgroundIonization
+( int lev, WarpXParticleContainer& species1,
+ WarpXParticleContainer& species2)
+{
+ WARPX_PROFILE("BackgroundMCCCollision::doBackgroundIonization()");
+
+ SmartCopyFactory copy_factory_elec(species1, species1);
+ SmartCopyFactory copy_factory_ion(species1, species2);
+ const auto CopyElec = copy_factory_elec.getSmartCopy();
+ const auto CopyIon = copy_factory_ion.getSmartCopy();
+
+ const auto Filter = ImpactIonizationFilterFunc(
+ *m_ionization_processes[0],
+ m_mass1, m_total_collision_prob_ioniz,
+ m_nu_max_ioniz / m_background_density
+ );
+
+ amrex::Real vel_std = std::sqrt(
+ PhysConst::kb * m_background_temperature / m_background_mass
+ );
+
+#ifdef AMREX_USE_OMP
+#pragma omp parallel if (amrex::Gpu::notInLaunchRegion())
+#endif
+ for (WarpXParIter pti(species1, lev); pti.isValid(); ++pti) {
+ auto& elec_tile = species1.ParticlesAt(lev, pti);
+ auto& ion_tile = species2.ParticlesAt(lev, pti);
+
+ const auto np_elec = elec_tile.numParticles();
+ const auto np_ion = ion_tile.numParticles();
+
+ auto Transform = ImpactIonizationTransformFunc(
+ m_ionization_processes[0]->m_energy_penalty, m_mass1, vel_std
+ );
+
+ const auto num_added = filterCopyTransformParticles<1>(
+ elec_tile, ion_tile, elec_tile, np_elec, np_ion,
+ Filter, CopyElec, CopyIon, Transform
+ );
+
+ setNewParticleIDs(elec_tile, np_elec, num_added);
+ setNewParticleIDs(ion_tile, np_ion, num_added);
+ }
+}