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Numerical study of an anisotropic Vlasov equation arising in plasma physics

Numerical Analysis 2017-08-10 v2

Abstract

Goal of this paper is to investigate several numerical schemes for the resolution of two anisotropic Vlasov equations. These two toy-models arise from a kinetic description of a tokamak plasma confined by strong magnetic fields. The simplicity of our toy-models permits to better understand the features of each scheme, in particular to investigate their asymptotic-preserving properties, in the aim to choose then the most adequate numerical scheme for upcoming, more realistic simulations.

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@article{arxiv.1610.01592,
  title  = {Numerical study of an anisotropic Vlasov equation arising in plasma physics},
  author = {Baptiste Fedele and Claudia Negulescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.01592},
  year   = {2017}
}