NUMERICAL CONVERGENCE IN SOLVING THE VLASOV EQUATION

Authors
JARZYNSKI C BERTSCH GF
Citation
C. Jarzynski et Gf. Bertsch, NUMERICAL CONVERGENCE IN SOLVING THE VLASOV EQUATION, Physical review. C. Nuclear physics, 53(2), 1996, pp. 1028-1031
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Physical review. C. Nuclear physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562813
Volume
53
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1028 - 1031
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(1996)53:2<1028:NCISTV>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
When the Vlasov equation is investigated numerically using the method of test particles, the particle-particle interactions that inevitably arise in the simulation (but are not present in the Vlasov equation it self) result in an accumulation of errors which eventually drive the c ollection of test particles toward a state of classical thermal equili brium. We estimate the rate at which these errors accumulate.