Grid-free plasma simulation techniques

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 149-165

  Christlieb, Andrew J ^a   Krasny, Robert ^a   Verboncoeur, John P ^b   Emhoff, Jerold W ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary integral method; Coulomb potential; Grid free; Ion optics; Multipole expansion; Particle in cell method; Penning Malmberg trap; Poisson solver; Sheath formation; Treecode algorithm; Two stream instability; Virtual cathode

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SHEATHS; POISSON EQUATION;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; COULOMB POTENTIAL; GRID-FREE PLASMA SIMULATION; LAGRANGIAN MACRO-PARTICLES; MULTIPOLE EXPANSION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL METHOD; POISSON SOLVER; SHEATH FORMATION; TREECODE ALGORITHM; VIRTUAL CATHODE;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 33646030585     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.871104     Document Type: Review

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