Implicit methods in particle simulation
Abstract
This paper surveys recent advances in the application of implicit integration schemes to particle simulation of plasmas. The use of implicit integration schemes is motivated by the goal of efficiently studying low-frequency plasma phenomena using a large timestep, while retaining accuracy and kinetics. Implicit schemes achieve numerical stability and provide selective damping of unwanted high-frequency waves. This paper reviews the implicit moment and direct implicit methods. Lastly, the merging of implicit methods with orbit averaging can result in additional computational savings.
- Publication:
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IN: World Congress on System Simulation and Scientific Computation
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983sssc....4..191C
- Keywords:
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- Computerized Simulation;
- Particle Trajectories;
- Plasma Physics;
- Time Marching;
- Flow Equations;
- Numerical Integration;
- Numerical Stability;
- Plasma Physics