The Hybrid Multiscale Simulation Technology

An Introduction with Application to Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas

Alexander S. Lipatov

404 pages, parution le 10/06/2002

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Résumé

This book is a comprehensive description of hybrid plasma simulation models and will provide a very useful summary and guide to the vast literature on this topic. It addresses researchers and graduate students knowledgeable about computational science and numerical analysis, and can be used in courses on astrophysical and space plasmas. It is also meant for plasma installation designers. The coupled Vlasov--Maxwell equations with collisions describing well the physical system are far too heavy for numerical simulations. Hybrid models treat some aspects kinetically and some as fluids. In the first part the author discusses hybrid codes, which include a wide spectrum of description for ions, positrons, dust grains, atoms and electrons. In the second part he treats the applications to basic plasma phenomena like particle acceleration and dissipation processes as well as to the global interaction of the solar wind with nonmagnetic planets, comets, and the local interstellar medium.

Contents

Computational Models and Numerical Methods
1.Physical Systems and Computational Models
2.Particle-Mesh Models
3.Time I tegration of the Particle Motion Equations
4.Density and Current Assignment.Force Interpolation
Conservation Laws
5.Time I tegration of the Field and Electron Pressure Equations
6.General Loops for Hybrid Codes.Multiscale Methods
7.Particle Loading and Injection.Boundary Conditions

Applications
8.Collisionless Shock Simulation
9.Tangential Discontinuity Simulation
10.Magnetic Field Reconnection Simulation
11.Beam Dynamics Simulation
12.Interaction of the Solar Wind with Astrophysical Objects
13.Appendix
14.Solutions

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Alexander S. Lipatov
Parution	10/06/2002
Nb. de pages	404
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	776g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9783540417347