Particle rezoning for multidimensional kinetic particle-in-cell simulations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 317-337

  Lapenta, Giovanni ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS;

2D SIMULATIONS; COLLISIONLESS SHOCKS; COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PIC METHOD; PIC SIMULATION;

PLASMA SIMULATION;

EID: 0036741953     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2002.7126     Document Type: Article

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