Asymptotic-Preserving Schemes for Fluid Models of Plasmas
Mathematical Physics
2014-04-08 v1 math.MP
Plasma Physics
Abstract
These notes summarize a series of works related to the numerical approximation of plasma fluid problems. We construct so-called 'Asymptotic-Preserving' schemes which are valid for a large range of values (from very small to order unity) of the dimensionless parameters that appear in plasma fluid models. Specifically, we are interested in two parameters, the scaled Debye length which quantifies how close to quasi-neutrality the plasma is, and the scaled cyclotron period, which is inversely proportional to the magnetic field strength. We will largely focus on the ideas, in order to enable the reader to apply these concepts to other situations.
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@article{arxiv.1104.1869,
title = {Asymptotic-Preserving Schemes for Fluid Models of Plasmas},
author = {Pierre Degond},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.1869},
year = {2014}
}