A high-order finite-volume algorithm for Fokker-Planck collisions in magnetized plasmas

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2008.04.004zbMath1150.82026MaRDI QIDQ934117

B. E. Eshmatov

Publication date: 29 July 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2008.04.004

zbMATH Keywords

finite volume; high-order scheme; magnetized plasma; Fokker-Plank collisions; constants-of-motion coordinates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82C31: Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics

82D10: Statistical mechanics of plasmas

82D40: Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials

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