Two coupled particle-finite volume methods using Delaunay-Voronoï meshes for the approximation of Vlasov-Poisson and Vlasov-Maxwell equations (Q2365903)

Two coupled particle-finite volume methods are presented using unstructured meshes -- that is, Delaunay and Voronoï meshes are applied for the approximation of the Poisson and Maxwell equations or the coupled Vlasov-Poisson and Vlasov-Maxwell equations. Boundary conditions, stability criteria, application to the wave equation, and generalization to the 3D case are detailed. Some numerical results concerning benchmarks which permit comparisons between the exact solution and the approximated one are presented, and the solutions of engineering problems such as injector devices are also considered.