An efficient solver for the equations of resistive MHD with spatially-varying resistivity

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4797-4804

  Graves, D T ^a   Trebotich, D ^b   Miller, G H ^a,c   Colella, P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Helmholtz equation; Multigrid; Resistive MHD

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

DISCRETIZATIONS; EFFICIENT SOLVERS; HELMHOLTZ'S EQUATIONS; MULTIGRIDS; RESISTIVE MHD; SECOND ORDERS; SYMMETRIC POSITIVE DEFINITE; TIME DISCRETIZATION; TIME STEP; VARIABLE COEFFICIENTS;

HELMHOLTZ EQUATION;

EID: 41449114085     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.01.044     Document Type: Article

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