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Title: Linear stability analysis via simulated annealing and accelerated relaxation

Abstract

Simulated annealing (SA) is a kind of relaxation method for finding equilibria of Hamiltonian systems. A set of evolution equations is solved with SA, which is derived from the original Hamiltonian system so that the energy of the system changes monotonically while preserving Casimir invariants inherent to noncanonical Hamiltonian systems. The energy extremum reached by SA is an equilibrium. Since SA searches for an energy extremum, it can also be used for stability analysis when initiated from a state where a perturbation is added to an equilibrium. The procedure of the stability analysis is explained, and some examples are shown. Because the time evolution is computationally time consuming, efficient relaxation is necessary for SA to be practically useful. An acceleration method is developed by introducing time dependence in the symmetric kernel used in the double bracket, which is part of the SA formulation described here. An explicit formulation for low-beta reduced magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in cylindrical geometry is presented. Since SA for low-beta reduced MHD has two advection fields that relax, it is important to balance the orders of magnitude of these advection fields.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1891581
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG05-80ET-53088
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Volume: 29 Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Furukawa, M., and Morrison, P. J. Linear stability analysis via simulated annealing and accelerated relaxation. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1063/5.0101095.
Furukawa, M., & Morrison, P. J. Linear stability analysis via simulated annealing and accelerated relaxation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0101095
Furukawa, M., and Morrison, P. J. Mon . "Linear stability analysis via simulated annealing and accelerated relaxation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0101095.
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abstractNote = {Simulated annealing (SA) is a kind of relaxation method for finding equilibria of Hamiltonian systems. A set of evolution equations is solved with SA, which is derived from the original Hamiltonian system so that the energy of the system changes monotonically while preserving Casimir invariants inherent to noncanonical Hamiltonian systems. The energy extremum reached by SA is an equilibrium. Since SA searches for an energy extremum, it can also be used for stability analysis when initiated from a state where a perturbation is added to an equilibrium. The procedure of the stability analysis is explained, and some examples are shown. Because the time evolution is computationally time consuming, efficient relaxation is necessary for SA to be practically useful. An acceleration method is developed by introducing time dependence in the symmetric kernel used in the double bracket, which is part of the SA formulation described here. An explicit formulation for low-beta reduced magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in cylindrical geometry is presented. Since SA for low-beta reduced MHD has two advection fields that relax, it is important to balance the orders of magnitude of these advection fields.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0101095},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 10,
volume = 29,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Mon Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
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