An Asymptotic Preserving scheme for the Euler equations in a strong magnetic field

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3540-3558

  Degond, P ^a,b   Deluzet, F ^a,b   Sangam, A ^a,b,c   Vignal, M H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic Preserving scheme; Drift fluid limit; Euler equations; Large magnetic field; Lorentz force; Plasmas

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CHARGED PARTICLES; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETOPLASMA;

ASYMPTOTIC PRESERVING SCHEMES; DRIFT-FLUID LIMIT; EULER'S EQUATION; FLUID LIMITS; ION-CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY; LARGE MAGNETIC FIELD; LORENTZ SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EULER EQUATIONS;

EID: 63149157952     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.12.040     Document Type: Article

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