On energy and momentum conservation in particle-in-cell plasma simulation

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2016.04.050zbMath1349.76916arXiv1510.08741OpenAlexW1884800809MaRDI QIDQ726808

Jeremiah U. Brackbill

Publication date: 5 December 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.08741

zbMATH Keywords

plasmasimulationconservationparticle-in-cellPIC

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