Advances and challenges in computational plasma science

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Tang, W M ^a   Chan, V S ^b  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OSCILLATIONS; TURBULENCE; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL PLASMA SCIENCE; CROSS-CUTTING; FLUID SIMULATIONS; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSORS (MPP);

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 13944265114     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/47/2/R01     Document Type: Review

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