On the numerical dispersion of electromagnetic particle-in-cell code: Finite grid instability

Meyers, M. D.; Huang, C. -K.; Zeng, Y.; Yi, S. A.; Albright, B. J.

doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2015.05.037

Title: On the numerical dispersion of electromagnetic particle-in-cell code: Finite grid instability

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Computational Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2015.05.037· OSTI ID:1249976

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