Ion energization by wave-particle interactions: Comparison of spectral and particle simulation solutions of the Vlasov equation

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2566-2581

  Gibelli, L ^a   Shizgal, B D ^b   Yau, A W ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collisionless Boltzmann equation; Fourier Hermite expansion; Ion heating; Particle simulation; Stochastic dynamics

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONLESS BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; FOURIER; HERMITE EXPANSION; ION HEATING; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA HEATING; SPECTROSCOPY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

VLASOV EQUATION;

EID: 77950187500     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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