Numerical solution to the Vlasov equation: the 2D code

Authors
Citation
E. Fijalkow, Numerical solution to the Vlasov equation: the 2D code, COMP PHYS C, 116(2-3), 1999, pp. 336-344
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00104655 → ACNP
Volume
116
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
336 - 344
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-4655(199902)116:2-3<336:NSTTVE>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The present code solves the two-dimensional Vlasov equation for a periodic in space system, in presence of an external magnetic field B-o. The self co herent electric field given by Poisson equation is computed by Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). The output of the code consist of a list of diagnostics, such as total mass conservation, total momentum and energies, and of projec tions of the distribution function in different subspaces as the x-u(x) spa ce, the x-y space and so on, (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.