PART 1: PRIMER Why attempting to do plasma physics via computer simulation using particles makes good sense Overall view of a one dimensional electrostatic program A one dimensional electrostatic program ES1 Introduction to the numerical methods used Projects for ES1 A 1d electromagnetic program EM1 Projects for EM1 PART 2: THEORY Effects of the spatial grid Effects of the finitw time ste Energy-conserving simulation models Multipole models Kinetic theory for fluctuations and noise; collisions Kinetic properties: theory, experience and heuristic estimates PART 3: PRACTIC. Read more...
Abstract: PART 1: PRIMER Why attempting to do plasma physics via computer simulation using particles makes good sense Overall view of a one dimensional electrostatic program A one dimensional electrostatic program ES1 Introduction to the numerical methods used Projects for ES1 A 1d electromagnetic program EM1 Projects for EM1 PART 2: THEORY Effects of the spatial grid Effects of the finitw time ste Energy-conserving simulation models Multipole models Kinetic theory for fluctuations and noise; collisions Kinetic properties: theory, experience and heuristic estimates PART 3: PRACTIC
Content: Front Cover
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: Primer: One Dimensional Electrostatic and Electromagnetic Codes
Chapter One: Why Attempting to Do Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation Using Particles Makes Good Physical Sense
Chapter Two: Overall View of a One-Dimensional Electrostatic Program
Chapter Three: A One-Dimensional Electrostatic Program ES1
Chapter Four: Introduction to the Numerical Methods Used
Chapter Five: Projects for ES1
Chapter Six: A 1D Electromagnetic Program EM1
Chapter Seven: Projects for EM1 Part Two: Theory: Plasma Simulation Using Particles in Spatial Grids with Finite Time Steps-Warm PlasmaChapter Eight: Effects of the Spatial Grid
Chapter Nine: Effects of the Finite Time Step
Chapter Ten: Energy-Conserving Simulation Models
Chapter Eleven: Multipole Models
Chapter Twelve: Kinetic Theory for Fluctuations and Noise
Collisions
Chapter Thirteen: Kinetic Properties: Theory, Experience, and Heuristic Estimates
Part Three: Practice: Programs in Two and Three Dimensions: Design Considerations
Chapter Fourteen: Electrostatic Programs in Two and Three Dimensions Chapter Fifteen: Electromagnetic Programs in Two and Three DimensionsChapter Sixteen: Particle Loading, Injection
Boundary Conditions and External Circuit
Part Four: Appendices
Appendix A: Fast Fourier Transform Subroutines
Appendix B: Compensating and Attenuating Functions Used in ES1
Appendix C: Digital Filtering in One and Two Dimensions
Appendix D: Direct Finite-Difference Equation Solutions
Appendix E: Differencing Operators
Local and Nonlocal (∇ → ik, ∇2 → -k2)
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