High-order discretization of a gyrokinetic Vlasov model in edge plasma geometry

Dorr, Milo R.; Colella, Phillip; Dorf, Mikhail A.; Ghosh, Debojyoti; Hittinger, Jeffrey A. F.; Schwartz, Peter O.

doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2018.07.008

Title: High-order discretization of a gyrokinetic Vlasov model in edge plasma geometry

Journal Article · Thu Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of Computational Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.07.008· OSTI ID:1526551

Dorr, Milo R. ^[1]; Colella, Phillip ^[2]; Dorf, Mikhail A. ^[3]; Ghosh, Debojyoti ^[1]; Hittinger, Jeffrey A. F. ^[1]; Schwartz, Peter O. ^[2]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Center for Applied Scientific Computing
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Applied Numerical Algorithms Group
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Fusion Energy Program

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Journal Information:: Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 373, Issue C; ISSN 0021-9991

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