On the Boris solver in particle-in-cell simulation
Computational Physics
2018-11-20 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Plasma Physics
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Abstract
A simple form of the Boris solver in particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation is proposed. It employs an exact solution of the Lorentz-force part, and it is equivalent to the Boris solver with a gyrophase correction. As a favorable property for stable schemes, this form preserves a volume in the phase space. Numerical tests of the Boris solvers are conducted by test-particle simulations and by PIC simulations. The proposed form provides better accuracy than the popular form, while it only requires few additional computation time.
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@article{arxiv.1809.04378,
title = {On the Boris solver in particle-in-cell simulation},
author = {Seiji Zenitani and Takayuki Umeda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.04378},
year = {2018}
}
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7 pages; 3 figures