Convergence of a semi-Lagrangian scheme for the one-dimensional Vlasov-Poisson system

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 350-382

  Besse, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Convergence analysis; Semi Lagrangian methods; Vlasov Poisson system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GALERKIN METHODS; INTERPOLATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STABILITY;

CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; MACROPARTICLES; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN METHODS; VLASOV-POISSON SYSTEM;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 20144361964     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142902410775     Document Type: Article

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