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A Second-Order Symplectic Integrator for Guiding-Center Equations

Plasma Physics 2018-09-17 v1

Abstract

This paper had no abstract originally. A second-order symplectic integration algorithm for guiding center motion is presented. The algorithm is based on the Poincar\'e (mid-point) generating function.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1809.05498,
  title  = {A Second-Order Symplectic Integrator for Guiding-Center Equations},
  author = {John R. Cary},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.05498},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

This paper was originally sent to Jim Rome of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1989 as part of a collaboration with him on guiding center modeling for transport. Paper put on Arxiv in September, 2018, so that it could be cited

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