• DocumentCode
    1468172
  • Title

    Object-oriented interface system for particle-in-cell simulations

  • Author

    Gladd, N.T.

  • Author_Institution
    JAYCOR, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2010
  • Lastpage
    2017
  • Abstract
    An interface system for particle-in-cell plasma simulation codes is described. The interface system utilizes contemporary computing techniques from object-oriented and symbolic programming and offers a number of advantages over traditional methods of interfacing with scientific and engineering computations. A specific application is made to MAGIC, a well documented two-dimensional finite-difference PIC simulation code
  • Keywords
    digital simulation; object-oriented programming; plasma simulation; MAGIC; interface system; object-oriented; particle-in-cell simulations; plasma simulation codes; symbolic programming; two-dimensional finite-difference PIC simulation code; Computational modeling; Computer interfaces; Equations; Finite difference methods; Graphics; Microcomputers; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Plasma simulation; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.7420
  • Filename
    7420