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In this paper, we generalize the exponential energy-preserving integrator proposed in the recent paper [SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 38(2016) A1876-A1895] for conservative systems, which now becomes linearly implicit by further utilizing the idea…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Chaolong Jiang , Yushun Wang , Wenjun Cai

Common time-explicit numerical methods for kinetic simulations of plasmas in the low-collisions limit fall into two classes of algorithms: momentum conserving and energy conserving. Each has certain drawbacks. The PIC algorithm does not…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 E. G. Evstatiev , B. A. Shadwick

In this paper, energy-preserving methods are formulated and studied for solving charged-particle dynamics. We first formulate the scheme of energy-preserving methods and analyze its basic properties including algebraic order and symmetry.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-31 Ting Li , Bin Wang

We study the conditions under which one can conserve local translationally invariant operators by local translationally invariant Lindblad equations in one-dimensional rings of spin-1/2 particles. We prove that for any 1-local operator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-11 Marko Znidaric , Giuliano Benenti , Giulio Casati

In this work, we present a novel family of explicit relaxation Particle-in-Cell (ER-PIC) methods for the Vlasov-Poisson equation with a strong magnetic field. These schemes achieve exact energy conservation by combining a splitting…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Lina Wang , Bin Wang

Wereportonanewmultiscalemethodapproachforthestudyofsystemswith wide separation of short-range forces acting on short time scales and long-range forces acting on much slower scales. We consider the case of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation that…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-10-22 Giovanni Lapenta , Wei Jiang

A new methodology is developed to integrate numerically the equations of motion for classical many-body systems in molecular dynamics simulations. Its distinguishable feature is the possibility to preserve, independently on the size of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 I. P. Omelyan , I. M. Mryglod , R. Folk

We present a class of non-standard numerical schemes which are modifications of the discrete gradient method. They preserve the energy integral exactly (up to the round-off error). The considered class contains locally exact discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2013-08-08 Jan L. Cieśliński , Bogusław Ratkiewicz

We investigate discretization strategies for a recently introduced class of energy-based models. The model class encompasses classical port-Hamiltonian systems, generalized gradient flows, and certain systems with algebraic constraints. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Robert Altmann , Attila Karsai , Philipp Schulze

We prove integrated local energy decay for solutions of the damped wave equation with time-dependent damping satisfying an appropriate generalization of the geometric control condition on asymptotically flat, stationary space-times. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Perry Kleinhenz , Michael McNulty

We present a new technique for transferring momentum and velocity between particles and grid with Particle-In-Cell (PIC) calculations which we call Affine-Particle-In-Cell (APIC). APIC represents particle velocities as locally affine,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Chenfanfu Jiang , Craig Schroeder , Joseph Teran

This study proposes a novel spatial discretization procedure for the compressible Euler equations which guarantees entropy conservation at a discrete level when an arbitrary equation of state is assumed. The proposed method, based on a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-24 Alessandro Aiello , Carlo De Michele , Gennaro Coppola

For a general class of nonlinear port-Hamiltonian systems we develop a high-order time discretization scheme with certain structure preservation properties. The finite or infinite-dimensional system under consideration possesses a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-23 Jan Giesselmann , Attila Karsai , Tabea Tscherpel

In this letter, we study the energy-optimal control of nonlinear port-Hamiltonian (pH) systems in discrete time. For continuous-time pH systems, energy-optimal control problems are strictly dissipative by design. This property, stating that…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Arijit Sarkar , Vaibhav Kumar Singh , Manuel Schaller , Karl Worthmann

Particle-in-cell (PIC) plasma simulations are a productive and valued tool for the study of nonlinear plasma phenomena, yet there are basic questions about the simulation methods themselves that remain unanswered. Here we study one such…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 J. U. Brackbill

We present a fully variational locally scaled self-interaction corrected (SIC) energy functional using complex optimal orbitals. This represents an important milestone for fully variational SIC energy functionals, which have been shown to…

This paper introduces a robust reformulation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, establishing a foundational framework for designing efficient, structure-preserving algorithms that strictly conserve the original energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Zihan Weng , Qi Hong , Chunwu Wang , Yuezheng Gong

We propose a new explicit pseudo-energy and momentum conserving scheme for the time integration of Hamiltonian systems. The scheme, which is formally second-order accurate, is based on two key ideas: the integration during the time-steps of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-14 Frédéric Marazzato , Alexandre Ern , Christian Mariotti , Laurent Monasse

We show for a variety of classes of conservative PDEs that discrete gradient methods designed to have a conserved quantity (here called energy) also have a time-discrete conservation law. The discrete conservation law has the same conserved…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-20 Robert I McLachlan , G R W Quispel

A recent paper by Huang et al. [Computer Physics Communications 207, 123 (2016)] thoroughly analyzed the Finite Grid Instability(FGI) and spectral fidelity of standard Particle-In-Cell (PIC) methods. Numerical experiments were carried out…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-04-02 Jianyuan Xiao , Hong Qin