A new method for coalescing particles in PIC codes

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 550-571

  Assous, F ^a   Pougeard Dulimbert, T ^a   Segre J ^a  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Coalescence; PIC codes

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FLOCCULATION;

PARTICLE ENERGY; PIC CODES;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0038286332     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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