Positivity preserving semi-Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin formulation: theoretical analysis and application to the Vlasov-Poisson system

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2011.07.018zbMath1273.65147OpenAlexW2026836732MaRDI QIDQ414007

Chi-Wang Shu, Jing-Mei Qiu

Publication date: 8 May 2012

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2011.07.018

zbMATH Keywords

stabilitynumerical examplesdiscontinuous Galerkin methodsemidiscretizationadvection equationsemi-Lagrangian methodLandau dampingVlasov simulationcharacteristic/Lagrangian Galerkin methodpositivity preserving methodrigid body rotationStrang splitting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M60) Numerical aspects of the method of characteristics for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M25) Method of lines for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M20) Vlasov equations (35Q83)

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