Multi-scale simulations of plasma with iPIC3D (Q975024)

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    Multi-scale simulations of plasma with iPIC3D
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5718146

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      Multi-scale simulations of plasma with iPIC3D (English)
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      8 June 2010
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      The method called iPIC3D implicite particle in cell procedure for computer simulation of plasma behaviour is shown When applied to the in time of the applied implicit integration Vlasov-Maxwell system of equations, it is seen that it removes the numerical stability constraints and enables kinetic plasma simulations at magnetohydrodynamic time scales. To show the advantage of the procedure simulations of magnetic reconnection in plasma are presented.
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      particle-in-cell
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      computational plasma physics
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      implicit PIC
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      3D magnetic reconnection
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