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Explicit integrators for the magnetized equations of motion in Particle in Cell codes

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Patacchini, Leonardo; Hutchinson, Ian Horner
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Explicit time-reversible orbit integration in Particle In Cell codes with static homogeneous magnetic field
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Abstract
A new explicit time-reversible orbit integrator for the equations of motion in a static homogeneous magnetic field – called Cyclotronic integrator – is presented. Like Spreiter and Walter’s Taylor expansion algorithm, for sufficiently weak electric field gradients this second order method does not require a fine resolution of the Larmor motion; it has however the essential advantage of being symplectic, hence time-reversible. The Cyclotronic integrator is only subject to a linear stability constraint ([OmegaDelta t] < pi, [Omega] being the Larmor angular frequency), and is therefore particularly suitable to electrostatic Particle In Cell codes with uniform magnetic field where [Omega]is larger than any other characteristic frequency, yet a resolution of the particles’ gyromotion is required. Application examples and a detailed comparison with the well-known (time-reversible) Boris algorithm are presented; it is in particular shown that implementation of the Cyclotronic integrator in the kinetic codes SCEPTIC and Democritus can reduce the cost of orbit integration by up to a factor of ten.
Date issued
2008-12
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58724
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Journal
Journal of Computational Physics
Publisher
Academic Press
Citation
Patacchini, L., and I.H. Hutchinson. “Explicit time-reversible orbit integration in Particle In Cell codes with static homogeneous magnetic field.” Journal of Computational Physics 228.7 (2009): 2604-2615. © 2009 Elsevier Inc.
Version: Original manuscript
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0021-9991

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