A finite mass based method for Vlasov-Poisson simulations

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2014.12.022zbMath1351.82081OpenAlexW2094199930WikidataQ59942006 ScholiaQ59942006MaRDI QIDQ728987

David J. Larson, Christopher V. Young

Publication date: 20 December 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2014.12.022

zbMATH Keywords

plasma simulationparticle methodcompact supportVlasov equationshape functionremapping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic methods, particle methods, etc. for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N75) Particle methods and lattice-gas methods (76M28) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

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Uses Software

• SPICES1

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