A grid-based coulomb collision model for PIC codes

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 169-181

  Jones, Michael E ^a   Lemons, Don S ^a   Mason, Rodney J ^a   Thomas, Vincent A ^a   Winske, Dan ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMA SIMULATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COLLISION MODELING; COLLISIONAL PROCESS; COLLISIONLESS; COULOMB COLLISION; GRID-BASED; INTERMEDIATE REGIMES; MOMENTS OF THE DISTRIBUTION; MULTI DIMENSIONAL; PARTICLEIN CELL (PIC) CODES; PIC CODES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0029691729     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1996.0014     Document Type: Article

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