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We consider the applications of a numerical-analytical approach based on multiscale variational wavelet technique to the systems with collective type behaviour described by some forms of Vlasov-Poisson/Maxwell equations. We calculate the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Antonina N. Fedorova , Michael G. Zeitlin

Resolving numerically Vlasov-Poisson equations for initially cold systems can be reduced to following the evolution of a three-dimensional sheet evolving in six-dimensional phase-space. We describe a public parallel numerical algorithm…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-06-29 Thierry Sousbie , Stéphane Colombi

We present the applications of variational-wavelet approach for computing multiresolution/multiscale representation for solution of some approximations of Vlasov-Maxwell-Poisson equations.

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Antonina N. Fedorova , Michael G. Zeitlin

We introduce a multitree-based adaptive wavelet Galerkin algorithm {for} space-time discretized linear parabolic partial differential equations, focusing on time-periodic problems. It is shown that the method converges with the best…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-23 Sebastian Kestler , Kristina Steih , Karsten Urban

Vlasov solvers that operate on a phase-space grid are highly accurate but also numerically demanding. Coarse velocity space resolutions, which are unproblematic in particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations, can lead to numerical heating or…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 Florian Allmann-Rahn , Simon Lautenbach , Rainer Grauer

This paper presents an optimized and scalable semi-Lagrangian solver for the Vlasov-Poisson system in six-dimensional phase space. Grid-based solvers of the Vlasov equation are known to give accurate results. At the same time, these solvers…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-03-29 Katharina Kormann , Klaus Reuter , Markus Rampp

The dynamics of collisionless plasmas can be modelled by the Vlasov-Maxwell system of equations. An Eulerian approach is needed to accurately describe processes that are governed by high energy tails in the distribution function, but is of…

Sparse-grid methods have recently gained interest in reducing the computational cost of solving high-dimensional kinetic equations. In this paper, we construct adaptive and hybrid sparse-grid methods for the Vlasov-Poisson-Lenard-Bernstein…

Hot and tenuous plasmas are frequently far from local thermodynamic equilibrium, necessitating sophisticated methods for determining the associated plasma dielectric tensor and normal mode response. The Arbitrary Linear Plasma Solver…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Kristopher Klein , Daniel Verscharen

This paper reviews Vlasov-based numerical methods used to model plasma in space physics and astrophysics. Plasma consists of collectively behaving charged particles that form the major part of baryonic matter in the Universe. Many concepts…

We present a fully adaptive multiresolution scheme for spatially one-dimensional quasilinear strongly degenerate parabolic equations with zero-flux and periodic boundary conditions. The numerical scheme is based on a finite volume…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-06-22 Raimund Bürger , Ricardo Ruiz Baier , Mauricio Sepúlveda , Kai Schneider

In the paper, gridless particle techniques are presented in order to solve problems involving electrostatic, collisionless plasmas. The method makes use of computational particles having the shape of spherical shells or of rings, and can be…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-01-24 E. Boella , G. Coppa , A. D Angola , B. Peiretti Paradisi

Vlasiator is a space plasma simulation code which models near-Earth ion-kinetic dynamics in three spatial and three velocity dimensions. It is highly parallelized, modeling the Vlasov equation directly through the distribution function,…

This paper investigates an adaptive wavelet collocation time domain method for the numerical solution of Maxwell's equations. In this method a computational grid is dynamically adapted at each time step by using the wavelet decomposition of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-04-06 Haojun Li , Kirankumar R. Hiremath , Andreas Rieder , Wolfgang Freude

When the Vlasov equation is investigated numerically using the method of test particles, the particle-particle interactions that inevitably arise in the simulation (but are not present in the Vlasov equation itself) result in an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Jarzynski , G. F. Bertsch

An application of approximate transformation groups to study dynamics of a system with distinct time scales is discussed. The utilization of the Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolsky method of averaging to find solutions of the Lie equations is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Vladimir F. Kovalev

We analyse a reduced 1D Vlasov--Maxwell system introduced recently in the physical literature for studying laser-plasma interaction. This system can be seen as a standard Vlasov equation in which the field is split in two terms: an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-16 José A. Carrillo , Simon Labrunie

The linearized Vlasov equation for a plasma system in a uniform magnetic field and the corresponding linear Vlasov operator are studied. The spectrum and the corresponding eigenfunctions of the Vlasov operator are found. The spectrum of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Biao Wu

The Vlasov--Maxwell equations are used for the kinetic description of magnetized plasmas. As they are posed in an up to 3+3 dimensional phase space, solving this problem is extremely expensive from a computational point of view. In this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-29 Lukas Einkemmer , Alexander Ostermann , Chiara Piazzola

The boundary problem about behaviour (oscillations) of the electronic plasmas with arbitrary degree of degeneration of electronic gas in half-space with diffusion boundary conditions is analytically solved. The kinetic equation of Vlasov -…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-01-06 A. V. Latyshev , S. Suleimanova