Title :
BLOB and BLOB-SEED methods for kinetic plasma simulation
Author :
Coppa, G.G.M. ; Lapenta, G. ; Riccardo, Valeria
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Energetica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The BLOB method is a new approach to particle simulation of kinetic plasmas, based on computational particles with variable size (blobs). Descriptors of the shape and size of the blobs are added to the usual PIC description, obtaining better accuracy for a given number of computational particles. In the present communication, a review of the current status of the BLOB method is presented.
Keywords :
plasma simulation; BLOB method; BLOB-SEED method; PIC description; blob shape; blob size; computational particles; kinetic plasma simulation; particle simulation; review; Circuit simulation; Explosives; Kinetic theory; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Noise shaping; Numerical simulation; Plasma simulation; Plasma waves; Probes; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1996. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3322-5
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1996.550713
