Numerical methods, energy conservation, and a new method for particle motion in magnetic fields

DOI10.1016/J.MATCOM.2022.09.015MaRDI QIDQ2104335zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. Arendt

Publication date 7 December 2022

Published in Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matcom.2022.09.015

zbMATH Keywords

energy conservationnumerical methodsmagnetic fieldscharged particlescosmic rays

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX) Optics, electromagnetic theory (78-XX)

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• A family of embedded Runge-Kutta formulae
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• Analytical description of nonlinear cosmic ray scattering: isotropic and quasilinear regimes of pitch-angle diffusion
• Explicit high-order symplectic integrators for charged particles in general electromagnetic fields
• Fourth-order symplectic integration
• On Runge-Kutta processes of high order

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