Guiding center simulations on curvilinear grids

Adnane Hamiaz (1, 2) , Michel Mehrenberger (1, 2, 3)

1 CALVI - Scientific computation and visualization
2 IRMA - Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée
3 IPP - Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching]

We consider a guiding center simulation on curvilinear grids. The code uses a classical semi-Lagrangian scheme for the advection and a curvilinear Poisson solver developed by A. Back. We report here some numerical results

Mots clés: Guiding center model curvilinear grid semi-Lagrangian

Domaines: Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]; Analyse numérique [math.NA]

Adnane Hamiaz, Michel Mehrenberger. Guiding center simulations on curvilinear grids. 2013. ⟨hal-00908500v1⟩