Grid-point requirements for direct kinetic simulation of weakly collisional plasma plume expansion

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111861OpenAlexW4311998696MaRDI QIDQ2683083

Iain D. Boyd, Wai Hong Ronald Chan

Publication date: 3 February 2023

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111861

zbMATH Keywords

plasma simulationVlasov solverdirect kinetic simulationgrid-point requirementsplasma plume expansionweakly collisional plasmas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76Mxx) Numerical methods for partial differential equations, initial value and time-dependent initial-boundary value problems (65Mxx) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76Xxx)

Uses Software

• Vador

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