A new algorithm for charge deposition for multiple-grid method for PIC simulations in \(r-z\) cylindrical coordinates

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2007.01.004zbMath1343.76055MaRDI QIDQ2381177

Dixon T. K. Kwok, Christophe Cornet

Publication date: 14 September 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2007.01.004

zbMATH Keywords

cylindrical coordinates; weighting; multiple grid; particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation; volume weighting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76M28: Particle methods and lattice-gas methods

76M10: Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76X05: Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow

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