Weighted particles in Coulomb collision simulations based on the theory of a cumulative scattering angle

DOI10.1006/jcph.1998.6049zbMath0929.76103OpenAlexW2088880811MaRDI QIDQ1268362

K. Appert

Publication date: 18 October 1998

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/144220

zbMATH Keywords

large scattering anglesmall-angle binary collisionsunique binary collision

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Particle methods and lattice-gas methods (76M28) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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