A hybrid method for accelerated simulation of coulomb collisions in a plasma

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 865-887

  Caflisch, Russel ^a   Wang, Chiaming ^a   Dimarco, Giacomo ^b   Cohen, Bruce ^c   Dimits, Andris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bump on tail; Coulomb collisions; Hybrid method; Plasma; Simulation; Thermalization

Indexed keywords

BUMP ON TAIL; COULOMB COLLISIONS; HYBRID METHOD; SIMULATION; THERMALIZATION;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DYNAMICS; HYBRID SENSORS; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

PLASMAS;

EID: 55149084172     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070704939     Document Type: Article

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