Continuous-stage adapted exponential methods for charged-particle dynamics with arbitrary magnetic fields (Q6185804)

For solving the charged-particle dynamics (CPD) in a homogeneous magnetic field, symplectic methods were presented and studied. Using some transformations, adapted symplectic exponential methods up to order four are constructed for solving CPD in a strong and homogeneous magnetic field. Rigorous error estimates were presented and the proposed second order symplectic method was shown to have uniform error bound in the position w.r.t. the strength of the magnetic field. Furthermore, the extension of the symplectic methods to the case of a nonhomogeneous magnetic field was discussed. Three novel algorithms up to order four were constructed, whereas one method shows uniform accuracy in the position. Some numerical tests on homogeneous and non-homogeneous magnetic fields were presented to confirm the theoretical results and to demonstrate the numerical behaviour in accuracy and energy conservation.