Computational Plasma Physics : With Applications To Fusion And Astrophysics /: With Applications To Fusion And Astrophysics. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Toshi Tajima.
• Authors: Tajima, Toshi
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; EDITOR'S FOREWORD; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Computer and Computer Simulation; 1.2 Dynamical Systems of Many Degrees of Freedom; 1.3 Particle Simulation and Finite-Size Particles; 1.4 Limitations on Simulationâ#x80;#x94;Future Directions; 1.5 Hierarchical Nature and Simulation Methods; Chapter 2: Finite Size Particle Method; 2.1 Gridless Theory of a Finite-Size Particle System; 2.2 Dispersion Relation; 2.3 Collisional Effects Due to Finite-Size Particles; 2.4 Fluctuations; Chapter 3: Time Integration 3.1 Euler's First-Order Scheme3.2 Leapfrog Scheme; 3.3 Biasing Scheme; 3.4 Runge-Kutta Method; 3.5 Diffusion Equation; Chapter 4: Grid Method; 4.1 Grid Method and the Dipole Expansion; 4.2 Area Weighting Scheme; 4.3 Examples of Electrostatic Codes; 4.4 Spatially Periodic Systems; 4.5 Consequences of the Grid for the Vlasov Theory of Plasmas; 4.6 Smoother Grid Assignment; Chapter 5: Electromagnetic Model; 5.1 Electromagnetic Particle Simulation Code; 5.2 Analogy Between Electrodynamics and General Relativity; 5.3 Absorbing Boundary for the Electromagnetic Model 5.4 Magnetoinductive Particle Model5.5 Method of Relaxation; 5.6 Hyperbolic, Parabolic, and Elliptic Equations; 5.7 Classification of Second-Order P.D.E.; Chapter 6: Magnetohydrodynamic Model of Plasmas; 6.1 Difficulty with the Advective Term; 6.2 Lax Scheme; 6.3 Lax-Wendroff Scheme; 6.4 Leapfrog Scheme; 6.5 Flux-Corrected Transport Method; 6.6 Magnetohydrodynamic Particle Model; 6.7 Reduced Magnetohydrodynamic Equations; 6.8 Spectral Method; 6.9 Semi-Implicit Method; 6.10 Upwind Differencing; 6.11 Discussion of Various Methods; Chapter 7: Guiding-Center Method; 7.1 E x B Drift 7.2 Guiding-Center Model7.3 Numerical Methods for Guiding-Center Plasmas; 7.4 Polarization Drift; 7.5 Geostrophic Flows; 7.6 Finite Larmor Radius Effects; 7.7 Gyrokinetic Model; 7.8 Guiding-Center Magnetoinductive Model; Chapter 8: Hybrid Models of Plasmas; 8.1 Quasineutral Electrostatic Model; 8.2 Quasineutral Electromagnetic Model; 8.3 Particle Electron-Fluid Ion Model; Chapter 9: Implicit Particle Codes; 9.1 First Order Accurate Methods; 9.2 Implicit Time Filtering; 9.3 Decentered Lorentz Pusher; 9.4 Techniques for Direct Implicit Advancing; 9.5 Direct Implicit Electromagnetic Algorithm 9.6 Gyrokinetic Model (Revisited)9.7 Large Time Scaleâ#x80;#x94;Large Spatial Scale Simulation; Chapter 10: Geometry; 10.1 MHD Particle Code; 10.2 Toroidal Corrections; 10.3 Electrostatic Particle Code; 10.4 Method of Flux Coordinates; Chapter 11: Information and Computation; 11.1 The Future of Computers; 11.2 Computation on a Cellular Automaton; 11.3 Information Processing; 11.4 Information and Entropy; 11.5 Correlation Analysis and Maximum Entropy; Chapter 12: Interaction Between Radiation and a Plasma; 12.1 Radiation from Particle Beams; 12.2 Laser Plasma Accelerators
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: SCPC19; Physics; Physics; SCIENCE / Energy; SCIENCE / Mechanics / General; SCIENCE / Physics / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429501470; 0429501471; 9780429970023; 0429970021
• Related ISBNs: 9780813342115
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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