Numerical stability of relativistic beam multidimensional PIC simulations employing the Esirkepov algorithm

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2013.04.006zbMath1349.82081arXiv1211.0232OpenAlexW2081076561MaRDI QIDQ347858

Brendan B. Godfrey, Jean-Luc Vay

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/1211.0232

zbMATH Keywords

numerical stabilityparticle-in-cellEsirkepov algorithmrelativistic beam

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Uses Software

• Mathematica
• WARP

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