A comparison of particle-in-cell and Fokker-Planck methods as applied to the modeling of auxiliary-heated mirror plasmas

DOI10.1016/S0021-9991(05)80003-8zbMath0775.76100MaRDI QIDQ1195110

Bruce I. Cohen, Richard J. Procassini

Publication date: 12 October 1992

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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Uses Software

• YSMP

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