Numerical solution of hyperbolic equations for electron drift in strongly non-uniform electric fields

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(81)90108-XzbMath0472.65089MaRDI QIDQ1157893

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1981

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

zbMATH Keywords

comparison; Runge-Kutta; Euler; continuity equations; Lax-Wendroff; electron drift; non-uniform electric fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65M12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M25: Numerical aspects of the method of characteristics for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65Z05: Applications to the sciences

65M20: Method of lines for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

78A35: Motion of charged particles

35L45: Initial value problems for first-order hyperbolic systems