A positivity-preserving high-order semi-Lagrangian discontinuous Galerkin scheme for the Vlasov-Poisson equations

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2011.04.018zbMath1419.76506arXiv1012.2494OpenAlexW1974099477MaRDI QIDQ551043

David C. Seal, James A. Rossmanith

Publication date: 13 July 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.2494

zbMATH Keywords

plasma physicshigh-order schemesdiscontinuous Galerkinsemi-LagrangianVlasov-Poissonpositivity-preserving limiters

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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