Massively parallel Vlasov simulation of electromagnetic drift-wave turbulence

DOI10.1016/S0010-4655(99)00489-0zbMath0969.76099MaRDI QIDQ1973557

Frank Jenko

Publication date: 27 April 2000

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

zbMATH Keywords

distribution functionupwindingpredictor-correctormassively parallel computerexplicit finite difference methodsfive-dimensional phase spacedrift-kinetic electronselectromagnetic drift-wave turbulencefluid ionsinhomogeneous collisionless plasmastrong external magnetic field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Parallel numerical computation (65Y05) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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