Multi-scale simulations of plasma with iPIC3D

Stefano Markidis; Giovanni Lapenta

doi:10.1016/j.matcom.2009.08.038

Multi-scale simulations of plasma with iPIC3D

Stefano Markidis, Giovanni Lapenta, Rizwan-uddin

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Abstract

The implicit Particle-in-Cell method for the computer simulation of plasma, and its implementation in a three-dimensional parallel code, called iPIC3D, are presented. The implicit integration in time of the Vlasov-Maxwell system, removes the numerical stability constraints and it enables kinetic plasma simulations at magnetohydrodynamics time scales. Simulations of magnetic reconnection in plasma are presented to show the effectiveness of the algorithm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1509-1519
Number of pages	11
Journal	Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
Volume	80
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matcom.2009.08.038
State	Published - Mar 2010

Keywords

3D Magnetic reconnection
Computational plasma physics
Implicit PIC
Particle-in-Cell

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science
Numerical Analysis
Modeling and Simulation
Applied Mathematics

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