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RBG-Maxwell Framework: Simulation of Collisional Plasma Systems via Coupled Boltzmann-Maxwell equations on GPU

Plasma Physics 2023-08-10 v1 Computational Physics

Abstract

This paper presents the RBG-Maxwell framework, a relativistic collisional plasma simulator on GPUs. We provide detailed discussions on the fundamental equations, numerical algorithms, implementation specifics, and key testing outcomes. The RBG-Maxwell framework is a robust numerical code designed for simulating the evolution of plasma systems through a kinetic approach on large-scale GPUs. It offers easy adaptability to a wide range of physical systems. Given the appropriate initial distributions, particle masses, charges, differential cross-sections, and external forces (which are not confined to electromagnetic forces), the RBG-Maxwell framework can direct the evolution of a particle system from a non-equilibrium state to a thermal state.

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@article{arxiv.2308.04869,
  title  = {RBG-Maxwell Framework: Simulation of Collisional Plasma Systems via Coupled Boltzmann-Maxwell equations on GPU},
  author = {Ming-Yan Sun and Peng Xu and Jun-Jie Zhang and Qun Wang and Tai-Jiao Du and Jian-Guo Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.04869},
  year   = {2023}
}

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21 pages, 10 figures

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