Reply to comment on "Improvements for drift-diffusion plasma fluid models with explicit time integration"

TL;DR

This paper responds to a critique of a plasma modeling method, clarifying the validity of the current-limited approach and discussing its behavior under different time steps.

Contribution

It defends the current-limited scheme against criticism and explores its behavior in explicit time integration for plasma fluid models.

Findings

Current-limited approach remains valid despite criticism.

Discussion on the scheme's behavior for various time steps.

Clarification of the method's consistency with underlying equations.

Abstract

This is a reply to the comment of Jiayong Zou on the paper "Improvements for drift-diffusion plasma fluid models with explicit time integration". The criticism in the comment, namely that the current-limited approach is inconsistent with the underlying partial different equations, seems to be invalid. However, this criticism raises an interesting question about the behavior of the current-limited scheme for a given time step, which is discussed in this reply.