Understanding the accuracy of Nanbu's numerical Coulomb collision operator

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2009.03.041zbMath1169.82018OpenAlexW2049374464MaRDI QIDQ2390438

Bruce I. Cohen, Chiaming Wang, Andris M. Dimits, Yanghong Huang, Russel E. Caflisch

Publication date: 22 July 2009

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2009.03.041

zbMATH Keywords

numerical methodsMonte Carlo methodsCoulomb collisionscollisional plasmaLorentz collisions

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Cites Work

• Particle simulation of Coulomb collisions: Comparing the methods of Takizuka \& Abe and Nanbu
• A comparison of particle-in-cell and Fokker-Planck methods as applied to the modeling of auxiliary-heated mirror plasmas
• A binary collision model for plasma simulation with a particle code
• A Hybrid Method for Accelerated Simulation of Coulomb Collisions in a Plasma

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