Numerical solution of hyperbolic equations for electron drift in strongly non-uniform electric fields

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(81)90108-XzbMath0472.65089OpenAlexW2086941831MaRDI QIDQ1157893

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(81)90108-x

zbMATH Keywords

comparisonRunge-KuttaEulercontinuity equationsLax-Wendroffelectron driftnon-uniform electric fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Numerical aspects of the method of characteristics for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M25) Applications to the sciences (65Z05) Method of lines for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M20) Motion of charged particles (78A35) Initial value problems for first-order hyperbolic systems (35L45)

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