Finite time step and spatial grid effects in simulation of warm plasmas

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2015.10.055zbMATH Open1349.82122OpenAlexW2129401323MaRDI QIDQ2374955FDOQ2374955

Authors: Scott E. Parker, Benjamin J. M. Sturdevant 

Publication date: 5 December 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2015.10.055

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zbMATH Keywords

numerical stabilitynumerical dispersionparticle-in-cellplasma simulationtime integrationimplicit methods\(\delta\) method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Probabilistic methods, particle methods, etc. for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M75) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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