A method of incorporating general relativity in electromagnetic particle-in-cell code
Computational Physics
2015-05-13 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
An algorithm is presented that incorporates the tensor form of Maxwell's equations in a general relativistic electromagnetic particle-in-cell code. The code simplifies to Schwartzschild space-time for a non-spinning central mass. The particle advance routine uses a fourth-order Runge-Kutta algorithm to integrate the four-velocity form of Lorentz force. The current density is calculated using the curved space-time of the metric.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0904.0232,
title = {A method of incorporating general relativity in electromagnetic particle-in-cell code},
author = {Michael Watson and Ken-Ichi Nishikawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.0232},
year = {2015}
}
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17 pages, 8 figures