Improved Conservation Properties for Particle-in-cell Simulations with Kinetic Electrons
It is shown that a simple algorithm which exactly segregates between adiabatic and non-adiabatic electrons in particle-in-cell simulations of drift modes yields excellent conservation properties (e.g. particle number, energy) compared to the conventional df scheme. The removal of the free streaming term in the evolution of the marker weight is shown to be responsible for the improved linear and nonlinear properties of the simulated plasma.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 814690
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-3826; TRN: US0304310
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 19 Jun 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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