Control of the number of particles in fluid and MHD particle in cell methods

DOI10.1016/0010-4655(94)00180-AzbMath0923.76194MaRDI QIDQ1378172

Giovanni Lapenta, Jeremiah U. Brackbill

Publication date: 16 March 1998

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

contact discontinuities; cell-by-cell replacement algorithm; grid data; positivity of particle data

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76X05: Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow

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