Preconditioned descent algorithm for rapid calculations of magnetohydrodynamic equilibria

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(91)90267-OzbMath0726.76079OpenAlexW2060873746MaRDI QIDQ802986

Steven P. Hirshman, Octavio Betancourt

Publication date: 1991

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9991(91)90267-o

zbMATH Keywords

variational moments equilibrium codepreconditioning matrixConjugate gradient descent algorithmseigenvalues of the linearized MHD forceslinearized discrete MHD equationslocal stable equilibriaMHD energyNumerical convergence studiesspectral equilibrium code

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