Numerical heating in hybrid plasma simulations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-180

  Rambo, P W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

AMBIPOLAR FIELD; CHARGE STATE; FLUID ELECTRONS; FLUID SIMULATIONS; HYBRID PARTICLES; HYBRID PLASMA; ION TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE FLUIDS; PLASMA-SIMULATION; SIMPLE++;

IONS;

EID: 0031142028     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1997.5678     Document Type: Article

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