PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ITERATIVE MONTE-CARLO METHOD FOR THE SIMULATION OF THE PRESHEATH OF AN OBJECT IMMERSED IN A PLASMA

Authors
MARTINES E CAVAZZANA R
Citation
E. Martines et R. Cavazzana, PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ITERATIVE MONTE-CARLO METHOD FOR THE SIMULATION OF THE PRESHEATH OF AN OBJECT IMMERSED IN A PLASMA, Computer physics communications, 103(1), 1997, pp. 43-50
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Method, Physical Science","Physycs, Mathematical","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Computer physics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00104655
Volume
103
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
43 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-4655(1997)103:1<43:PIOTIM>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The Iterative Monte Carlo method for the simulation of the presheath o f an object immersed in a plasma has been implemented on the Gray T3D massively parallel computer. Two different approaches are discussed, a nd it is shown that both yield good performance as the number of proce ssing elements grows. Simulations for the case of a plasma moving alon g the magnetic field are presented and compared to an existing analyti cal model.