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The Numerical Flow Iteration (NuFI) method has recently been proposed as a memory-slim solution method for the Vlasov--Poisson system. It stores the temporal evolution of the electric field, instead of the distribution functions, and…

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Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Jian Zhang , Ping Zhu , Chris C. Hegna

We are interested in developing a numerical method for capturing stationary sheaths, that a plasma forms in contact with a metallic wall. This work is based on a bi-species (ion/electron) Vlasov-Amp{\`e}re model proposed in [3]. The main…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-19 Mehdi Badsi , Michel Mehrenberger , Laurent Navoret

In this article, the construction and implementation of a seventh order weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme is reported for hyperbolic conservation laws. Local smoothness indicators are constructed based on $L_{1}$-norm, where a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Samala Rathan , G Naga Raju

Electromagnetic particle simulation model has been formulated and verified for nonlinear processes of lower hybrid (LH) waves in fusion plasmas. Electron dynamics is described by the drift kinetic equation using either kinetic momentum or…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-06 J. Bao , Z. Lin , A. Kuley , Z. X. Wang

We have developed a high-order numerical method for the 3D simulation of viscous and inviscid multiphase flow described by a homogeneous equilibrium model and a general equation of state. Here we focus on single-phase, two-phase (gas-liquid…

Time-dependent cooling processes are of paramount importance in the evolution of astrophysical gaseous nebulae and, in particular, when radiative shocks are present. The present work introduces a necessary set of tools that can be used to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-20 O. Tesileanu , A. Mignone , S. Massaglia

Despite its numerical challenges, finite element method is used to compute viscous fluid flow. A consensus on the cause of numerical problems has been reached; however, general algorithms---allowing a robust and accurate simulation for any…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Bilen Emek Abali

Particle-wave interaction is of fundamental interest in plasma physics, especially in the study of runaway electrons in magnetic confinement fusion. Analogous to the concept of photons and phonons, wave packets in plasma can also be treated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Kun Huang , Irene M. Gamba , Chi-Wang Shu

We present a new numerical scheme to treat the non-linear evolution of cosmological power spectra. Governing equations for matter power spectra have been previously derived by a non-perturbative technique with closure approximation.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-30 Takashi Hiramatsu , Atsushi Taruya

A novel scheme, based on third-order Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory (WENO) reconstructions, is presented. It attains unconditionally optimal accuracy when the data is smooth enough, even in presence of critical points, and…

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We present a newly developed cosmological hydrodynamics code based on weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws. WENO is a higher order accurate finite difference scheme designed for problems with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Long-Long Feng , Chi-Wang Shu , Meng-Ping Zhang

We introduce a finite volume scheme to solve a special case of isotropic 3-wave kinetic equations. We test our numerical solution against theoretical results concerning the long time behavior of the energy and observe that our solutions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-16 Steven Walton , Minh-Binh Tran

In this paper, we will provide the the finite element method for the electro-osmotic flow in micro-channels, in which a convection-diffusion type equation is given for the charge density $\rho^e$. A time-discrete method based on the…

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This paper is concerned with mixed finite element method (FEM) for solving the two-dimensional, nonlinear fourth-order active fluid equations. By introducing an auxiliary variable $w=-\Delta u$, the original fourth problem is transformed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Nan Zheng , Xu Guo , Wenlong Pei , Wenju Zhao

Nonlinear axisymmetric cylindrical plasma oscillations in magnetized collisionless plasmas are a model for the electron fluid collapse on the axis behind an ultrashort relativisically intense laser pulse exciting a plasma wake wave. We…

Plasma spectroscopy is a fundamental tool for diagnosing laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. Accurate interpretation of spectra depends upon precise modeling and comprehension of Stark broadening and other mechanisms affecting spectral…

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In this article, we use the general theory derived in the companion paper [M. Tacu and D. B\'enisti, Phys. Plasmas (2021)] in order to address several long-standing issues regarding nonlinear electron plasma waves (EPW's). First, we discuss…

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This paper develops a strong computational approach to simulate a three-dimensional nonlinear radiation-conduction model in optically thick media, subject to suitable initial and boundary conditions. The space derivatives are approximated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Eric Ngondiep

In this paper we combine a flexible covariant formulation of the shallow water equations with the semi-implicit numerical scheme developed over the years by Casulli and collaborators. After adopting an orthogonal, but non-orthonormal,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-26 Maurizio Tavelli , Olindo Zanotti