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It has recently been demonstrated that dynamical low-rank algorithms can provide robust and efficient approximation to a range of kinetic equations. This is true especially if the solution is close to some asymptotic limit where it is known…
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…
In this paper, we propose a numerical method for solving weakly compressible fluid flow based on a dynamical low-rank projector splitting. The low-rank splitting scheme is applied to the Boltzmann equation with BGK collision term, which…
We propose a dynamical low-rank algorithm for a gyrokinetic model that is used to describe strongly magnetized plasmas. The low-rank approximation is based on a decomposition into variables parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic field,…
Many problems encountered in plasma physics require a description by kinetic equations, which are posed in an up to six-dimensional phase space. A direct discretization of this phase space, often called the Eulerian approach, has many…
The primary challenge in solving kinetic equations, such as the Vlasov equation, is the high-dimensional phase space. In this context, dynamical low-rank approximations have emerged as a promising way to reduce the high computational cost…
We introduce a dynamical low-rank method to reduce the computational complexity for solving the multi-scale multi-dimensional linear transport equation. The method is based on a macro-micro decomposition of the equation. The proposed…
We present a dynamical low-rank (DLR) method for the Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker-Planck (VPFP) system. Our main contributions are two-fold: (i) a conservative spatial discretization of the Fokker-Planck operator that factors into velocity-only…
Continuum Vlasov simulations can be utilized for highly accurate modelling of fully kinetic plasmas. Great progress has been made recently regarding the applicability of the method in realistic plasma configurations. However, a reduction of…
Low-rank methods for kinetic equations have attracted increasing attention due to their effectiveness in reducing the high dimensionality of phase space. In our previous work [G. Wang & J. Hu, J. Comput. Phys. 558 (2026) 114884], we…
Dynamical low-rank algorithms are a class of numerical methods that compute low-rank approximations of dynamical systems. This is accomplished by projecting the dynamics onto a low-dimensional manifold and writing the solution directly in…
In this paper, we develop an asymptotic-preserving dynamical low-rank method for the multiscale linear kinetic transport equation. The proposed scheme is unconditionally stable in the diffusive regime while preserving the correct asymptotic…
The low-rank approximation is a complexity reduction technique to approximate a tensor or a matrix with a reduced rank, which has been applied to the simulation of high dimensional problems to reduce the memory required and computational…
In kinetic theory, numerically solving the full Boltzmann equation is extremely expensive. This is because the Boltzmann collision operator involves a high-dimensional, nonlinear integral that must be evaluated at each spatial grid point…
Active Flux (AF) is a modified Finite Volume method that evolves additional Degrees of Freedom (DoF) located on the cell interfaces to compute high-order approximations to the numerical fluxes through the respective interface. We present an…
We consider dynamical low-rank approximation (DLRA) for the numerical simulation of Vlasov--Poisson equations based on separation of space and velocity variables, as proposed in several recent works. The standard approach for the time…
Time-dependent kinetic models are ubiquitous in computational science and engineering. The underlying integro-differential equations in these models are high-dimensional, comprised of a six--dimensional phase space, making simulations of…
This paper presents a hybrid numerical method for linear collisional kinetic equations with diffusive scaling. The aim of the method is to reduce the computational cost of kinetic equations by taking advantage of the lower dimensionality of…
The thermal radiative transfer equations model temperature evolution through a background medium as a result of radiation. When a large number of particles are absorbed in a short time scale, the dynamics tend to a non-linear diffusion-type…
Radiation transport problems are posed in a high-dimensional phase space, limiting the use of finely resolved numerical simulations. An emerging tool to efficiently reduce computational costs and memory footprint in such settings is…