On the numerical dispersion of electromagnetic particle-in-cell code: finite grid instability

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2015.05.037zbMath1349.76507arXiv1407.5253MaRDI QIDQ2374606

Yong Zeng, M. D. Meyers, C.-K. Huang, S. A. Yi, B. J. Albright

Publication date: 5 December 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5253

zbMATH Keywords

numerical instability; plasma simulation; particle-in-cell; numerical dispersion relation; relativistic plasma drift; finite grid instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76M20: Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics

65M06: Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

78M20: Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory

82D10: Statistical mechanics of plasmas

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

65M75: Probabilistic methods, particle methods, etc. for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

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