Multi-moment advection scheme for Vlasov simulations

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DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2011.05.010zbMATH Open1408.76595arXiv1105.3061OpenAlexW1982451501MaRDI QIDQ655006FDOQ655006

Takanobu Amano, Yosuke Matsumoto, Takashi Minoshima

Publication date: 28 December 2011

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

Abstract: We present a new numerical scheme for solving the advection equation and its application to Vlasov simulations. The scheme treats not only point values of a profile but also its zeroth to second order piecewise moments as dependent variables, for better conservation of the information entropy. We have developed one- and two-dimensional schemes and show that they provide quite accurate solutions within reasonable usage of computational resources compared to other existing schemes. The two-dimensional scheme can accurately solve the solid body rotation problem of a gaussian profile for more than hundred rotation periods with little numerical diffusion. This is crucially important for Vlasov simulations of magnetized plasmas. Applications of the one- and two-dimensional schemes to electrostatic and electromagnetic Vlasov simulations are presented with some benchmark tests.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3061




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