Smoothing and spatial grid effects in implicit particle simulation

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(84)90083-4MaRDI QIDQ1087109zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. I. Cohen, A. Bruce Langdon, Alex Friedman

Publication date 1984

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(84)90083-4

zbMATH Keywords

Convergencedegrade convergencedegrade linear stabilitydispersion characteristicsimplicit field solutionimplicit particle codeslinear dispersion propertiesnon-iterated, partially converged solution schemesplasma simulationspatial differencingspatial smoothingstability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications to the sciences (65Z05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

Review text

Convergence and linear dispersion properties in implicit particle codes used in plasma simulation are investigated. Inconsistent spatial smoothing and simplified spatial differencing are shown to be closely related and degrade convergence and, if suitable care is not taken, stability. The convergence and dispersion properties of non-iterated, partially converged solution schemes are calculated. A careful combination of an implicit field solution with extrapolation of particle quantities using a previously calculated electric field need not degrade linear stability and dispersion characteristics. Even with some degradation of convergence, and with only one pass through the coupled particle and field equations on each time step, code performance can be entirely satisfactory if good stability and dispersion characteristics are preserved.

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