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Modifications to Swisdak (2013)'s rejection sampling algorithm for a Maxwell-J\"{u}ttner distribution in particle simulations

Plasma Physics 2024-09-10 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Computational Physics

Abstract

Modifications to Swisdak [Phys. Plasmas 20, 062110 (2013)]'s rejection sampling algorithm for drawing a Maxwell-J\"{u}ttner distribution in particle simulations are presented. Handy approximations for ee-folding points and a linear slope in the envelope function are proposed, to make the algorithm self-contained and more efficient.

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@article{arxiv.2408.09105,
  title  = {Modifications to Swisdak (2013)'s rejection sampling algorithm for a Maxwell-J\"{u}ttner distribution in particle simulations},
  author = {Seiji Zenitani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.09105},
  year   = {2024}
}

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To appear in Physics of Plasmas

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