Fast parallel Particle-To-Grid interpolation for plasma PIC simulations on the GPU

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1339-1349

  Stantchev, George ^a   Dorland, William ^a   Gumerov, Nail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

GPU computing; Numerical simulations; Parallel algorithms; Particle In cell methods; Plasma physics; Scientific computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; INTERPOLATION;

GPU COMPUTING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL METHODS; PLASMA PHYSICS; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING;

SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

EID: 51449106518     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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