Locally conformal finite-difference time-domain techniques for particle-in-cell plasma simulation

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2010.10.013zbMath1283.76044MaRDI QIDQ617476

Richard E. Clark, A. W. P. Jones, J. R. Threadgold, D. V. Rose, C. L. Miller, T. C. Genoni, D. J. Short, P. N. Martin, W. R. Zimmerman, D. W. Price, Dale R. Welch

Publication date: 21 January 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2010.10.013

zbMATH Keywords

conformal FDTD method; particle-in-cell technique; stair step

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

76M28: Particle methods and lattice-gas methods

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

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