Note on the use of Yee-lattices in (semi-) implicit Particle-in-cell codes
Computational Physics
2012-12-21 v1 Plasma Physics
Abstract
A modification of the implicit algorithm for particle-in-cell simulations proposed by Petrov and Davis [2011] is presented. The original lattice arrangement is not inherently divergence-free, possibly leading to unphysical results. This arrangement is replaced by a staggered mesh resulting in a reduction of the divergence of the magnetic field by several orders of magnitude.
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@article{arxiv.1212.5148,
title = {Note on the use of Yee-lattices in (semi-) implicit Particle-in-cell codes},
author = {Andreas Kempf and Urs Ganse and Patrick Kilian and Felix Spanier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5148},
year = {2012}
}
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8 pages, 4 figures