Blob method for kinetic plasma simulation with variable-size particles
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Blob method for kinetic plasma simulation with variable-size particles
zbMATH Open document ID: 0861.76061
author: G. Coppa
author: G. Dellapiana
author: V. Riccardo
author: G. Lapenta
author: Filippo Donato
published in: Journal of Computational Physics
publication date: 1996-12-19T00:00:00Z
review text: An approach to particle-in-cell-simulation is presented for collisionless plasmas. The method is based on computational particles of variable size (blobs). Each blob represents an element of phase space, and its shape and size are evolved in time to represent better the correct evolution. The performance of the blob method is analyzed in the case of the Landau damping and in the formation of a sheath in a bounded plasma.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76M25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76X05
zbMATH DE Number: 947700
zbMATH Keywords: formation of sheath in bounded plasma
zbMATH Keywords: particle-in-cell-simulation
zbMATH Keywords: collisionless plasmas
zbMATH Keywords: phase space
zbMATH Keywords: Landau damping
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: jcph.1996.0174
OpenAlex ID: W2018482701
DOI: 10.1006/JCPH.1996.0174
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 947700