MAGY: A Time-dependent code for simulation of slow and fast microwave sources

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 882-892

  Button, M ^a   Antonsen Jr , Thomas M ^a   Levush, Baruch ^b   Nguyen, Khanh T ^c   Vlasov, Alexander N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KN Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast wave devices; Numerical simulations; Particle in cell

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE IN CELL (PIC) SCHEME;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 0032095815     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700860     Document Type: Article

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