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