Outflow boundary conditions for the Fourier transformed three-dimensional Vlasov-Maxwell system

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1508-1532

  Eliasson, B ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fourier method; Outflow boundary; Vlasov Maxwell system

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FOURIER SERIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; VLASOV EQUATION;

FOURIER; FOURIER METHODS; FOURIER MODES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OUTFLOW BOUNDARY; OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SPATIAL DIMENSION; UNPHYSICAL OSCILLATIONS; VELOCITY DIMENSIONS; VLASOV-MAXWELL SYSTEM;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 34547495008     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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