  Ion cyclotron resonance energization (ICRE) such as ion cyclotron resonance
heating (ICRH) is widely applied to magnetic confinement fusion and high-power
electric propulsion. Since ICRE involves cyclotron resonance processes, a
kinetic model is required. Both conventional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations
and solving the Boltzmann equation require enormous computation and memory. The
hybrid simulation incorporating of adiabatic electrons and PIC ions allows both
a substantial reduction in computation and the inclusion of cyclotron resonance
effects. Under the adiabatic electron approximation, we have developed a
two-dimensional (r,z) hybrid electromagnetic (EM) PIC-MCC (Monte-Carlo
collision) simulation program, named HYPIC. The advantages of HYPIC are the
inclusion of ion kinetic effects, electrostatic (ES) and EM effects, and
collisional effects of ions and electrons, with a small computation. The HYPIC
program is able to fast simulate the antenna-plasma interactions and the ion
cyclotron resonance energization and/or ion cyclotron resonance heating
processes in linear devices, such as high-power electric propulsion, magnetic
mirror, and field-reversed-configuration (FRC), etc.
