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Uniformly accurate methods for Vlasov equations with non-homogeneous strong magnetic field

Numerical Analysis 2020-05-25 v1 Computational Physics Plasma Physics

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the numerical solution of highly-oscillatory Vlasov and Vlasov-Poisson equations with non-homogeneous magnetic field. Designed in the spirit of recent uniformly accurate methods, our schemes remain insensitive to the stiffness of the problem, in terms of both accuracy and computational cost. The specific difficulty (and the resulting novelty of our approach) stems from the presence of a non-periodic oscillation, which necessitates a careful ad-hoc reformulation of the equations. Our results are illustrated numerically on several examples.

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@article{arxiv.1802.03067,
  title  = {Uniformly accurate methods for Vlasov equations with non-homogeneous strong magnetic field},
  author = {Philippe Chartier and Nicolas Crouseilles and Mohammed Lemou and Florian Mehats and Xiaofei Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.03067},
  year   = {2020}
}

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31 pages, 11 figures