Spectral convergence of the Hermite basis function solution of the Vlasov equation: The free-streaming term

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 477-488

  Gibelli, Livio ^a   Shizgal, Bernie D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filamentation; Hermite basis functions; Recurrence; Spectral methods; Vlasov equation

Indexed keywords

FILAMENTATION; HERMITE BASIS FUNCTIONS; RECURRENCE; SPECTRAL METHODS;

VLASOV EQUATION;

EID: 33750630219     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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