DEMOCRITUS: an adaptive particle in cell (PIC) code for object-plasma interactions

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2011.02.041zbMath1416.76245MaRDI QIDQ550907

Giovanni Lapenta

Publication date: 13 July 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2011.02.041

zbMATH Keywords

adaptive; particle in cell; plasma-material interaction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76M28: Particle methods and lattice-gas methods

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

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Uses Software

• ORESD
• DEMOCRITUS

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