A numerical method for parallel particle motions in gyrokinetic Vlasov simulations

Plasma and Fusion Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SPECIAL ISSUE, 2011, Pages

  Maeyama, Shinya ^a   Ishizawa, Akihiro ^b   Watanabe, Tomo Hiko ^b   Nakajima, Noriyoshi ^b   Tsuji Iio, Shunji ^a   Tsutsui, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gyrokinetic simulation; Semi Lagrangian scheme; Symplectic integrator

Indexed keywords

CFL CONDITION; COURANT-FRIEDRICHS-LEWY; DISCRETIZATIONS; EULERIAN; FLUX TUBES; GRID-SPACINGS; GYROKINETIC EQUATIONS; GYROKINETIC SIMULATIONS; GYROKINETIC VLASOV SIMULATIONS; ION TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; NOVEL NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL ERRORS; PARALLEL MOTION; PARTICLE MOTIONS; SEMI-LAGRANGIAN SCHEME; SYMPLECTIC INTEGRATORS; TIME STEP; TIME STEP SIZE;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMA SIMULATION;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 84861138487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18806821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1585/pfr.6.2401028     Document Type: Article

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