An isogeometric analysis approach for the study of the gyrokinetic quasi-neutrality equation (Q418962)

A new discretization scheme for the gyrokinetic quasi-neutrality equation is proposed. It is based on isogeometric analysis (IGA) which relies on NURBS functions (i.e., a generalization of spline functions), accommodates arbitrary coordinates and the use of complicated computation domains. Moreover, an arbitrary high-order degree of basis functions can be used, and their regularity enables the use of a low number of elements. Here, this approach is successfully tested on elliptic problems like the quasi-neutrality equation arising in gyrokinetic models. In this last application, when polar coordinates are considered, a fast solver can be used and the non-locality is dealt with a suitable decomposition which reduces the resolution of the gyrokinetic quasi-neutrality equation to a sequence of local 2D elliptic problems.