On numerical errors to the fields surrounding a relativistically moving particle in PIC codes

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109451zbMath1436.78009arXiv1910.13529OpenAlexW2982386384MaRDI QIDQ776728

Fei Li, Thamine N. Dalichaouch, Mark J. Hogan, Xinlu Xu, Han Wen, Weiming An, Warren B. Mori, Frank S. Tsung, Viktor K. Decyk, Ricardo A. Fonseca

Publication date: 13 July 2020

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.13529

zbMATH Keywords

particle-in-cell methodnumerical Cherenkov radiationnumerical space charge like fieldrelativistic drifting particles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M20) Special relativity (83A05) Motion of charged particles (78A35)

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Uses Software

• OSIRIS
• UPIC-EMMA

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