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We present the applications of methods from nonlinear local harmonic analysis for calculations in nonlinear collective dynamics described by different forms of Vlasov-Maxwell-Poisson equations. Our approach is based on methods provided the…

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The calculation of potential energy surfaces for quantum dynamics can be a time consuming task -- especially when a high level of theory for the electronic structure calculation is required. We propose an adaptive interpolation algorithm…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Markus Kowalewski , Elisabeth Larsson , Alfa Heryudono

We present a non-staggered method for the Maxwell equations in adaptively refined grids. The code is based on finite volume central scheme that preserves in a discrete form both divergence-free property of magnetic field and the Gauss law.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-11-17 Nina Elkina , Hartmut Ruhl

In this paper we develop an adaptive procedure for the numerical solution of general, semilinear elliptic problems with possible singular perturbations. Our approach combines both a prediction-type adaptive Newton method and an adaptive…

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This paper concerns the numerical solution of three-dimensional degenerate Kawarada equations. These partial differential equations possess highly nonlinear source terms, and exhibit strong quenching singularities which pose severe…

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The motion of a collisionless plasma - a high-temperature, low-density, ionized gas - is described by the Vlasov-Maxwell (VM) system. These equations are considered in one space dimension and two momentum dimensions without the assumption…

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We propose an adaptive numerical solver for the study of viscoelastic 2D two-phase flows using the volume-of-fluid method. The scheme uses the robust log conformation tensor technique of Fattal & Kupferman (2004,2005} combined with the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-07-03 J. M. Lopez-Herrera , S. Popinet , A. A. Castrejon-Pita

We propose a new adaptive algorithm for the approximation of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation via a higher-order tangent plane scheme. We show that the adaptive approximation satisfies an energy inequality and demonstrate numerically,…

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This article is concerned with the kinetic modeling, by means of the Vlasov equation, of charged particles under the influence of a strong external electromagnetic field, i.e. when epsilon^2, the dimensionless cyclotron period, tends to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-05-15 Pierre Degond , Sever Hirstoaga , Marie-Hélène Vignal

High-order semi-Lagrangian methods for kinetic equations have been under rapid development in the past few decades. In this work, we propose a semi-Lagrangian adaptive rank (SLAR) integrator in the finite difference framework for linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-28 Nanyi Zheng , Daniel Hayes , Andrew Christlieb , Jing-Mei Qiu

In this paper, we develop sparse grid discontinuous Galerkin (DG) schemes for the Vlasov-Maxwell (VM) equations. The VM system is a fundamental kinetic model in plasma physics, and its numerical computations are quite demanding, due to its…

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We present the numerical methods, programming methodology, verification, and performance assessment of a non-equilibrium plasma fluid solver that can effectively utilize current and upcoming central processing and graphics processing unit…

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We propose a semi-classical approach based on the Vlasov equation to describe the time-dependent electronic dynamics in a bulk simple metal under an ultrashort intense laser pulse. We include in the effective potential not only the ionic…

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We present a novel method for solving the linearized Vlasov--Poisson equation, based on analyticity properties of the equilibrium and initial condition through Cauchy-type integrals, that produces algebraic expressions for the distribution…

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We present a new fast solver to calculate fixed-boundary plasma equilibria in toroidally axisymmetric geometries. By combining conformal mapping with Fourier and integral equation methods on the unit disk, we show that high-order accuracy…

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We establish a new self-consistent system of equations accounting for a nonminimal coupling of the cooperative gravitational, electromagnetic and pseudoscalar (axion) fields in a multi-component relativistic plasma. The axionic extension of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-02 Alexander B. Balakin , Ruslan K. Muharlyamov , Alexei E. Zayats

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