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Modelling and Simulation in Plasma Physics for Physicists and Mathematicians

Langue : Anglais

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Couverture de l’ouvrage Modelling and Simulation in Plasma Physics for Physicists and Mathematicians

Preface

1 Foundations of Computational Fluid Mechanics

1.1 Basic Concepts of Finite Difference Integration

1.2 Basic Concepts of Fluid Mechanics

1.3 The Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics

1.4 Ideal (Dissipationless) Flow - Hyperbolic Equations

1.5 Formal Solution

1.6 Discontinuities

1.7 Plasma Fluid Dynamics

1.8 Basic Principles of Finite Differencing

1.9 Numerical Fluid Approximations

1.10 Grid Geometry

1.11 Control Volume Differencing

1.12 Mesh types

 

2 Analytic and Quasi-Analytic Approximations

2.1 Analytic and Quasi-Analytic Methods

Appendix 2.A The Nemchinov conjecture

Appendix 2.B The energy integral

 

3 Numerical Fluid Dynamics

3.1 Eulerian Schemes

3.2 Steady State Problems

3.3 Spatial Differencing

3.4 Generalised Euler Schemes

 

4 Lagrangian Systems

4.1 Lagrangian Fluid Dynamics

4.2 One Dimensional von Neumann-Richtmyer Algorithm

4.3 Multi-Dimensional Lagrangian Schemes

4.4 Choice of Method

 

5 Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Schemes

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Step 1: The Lagrangian Stage

5.3 Step 2: The Iteration Stage

5.4 Step 3: Mesh generation

5.5 Step 4: Rezoning

 

6 Hybrid or 1 1/2 d Schemes

6.1 Introduction

 

7 Magneto-hydrodynamics

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The MHD Equations

7.3 Self-generated Fields

 

8 Monte Carlo Schemes

8.1 Monte-Carlo methods

8.2 Monte Carlo Integration

8.3 Random Walks

8.4 Nuclear Reactor Criticality

8.5 Thermodynamic Properties and Equation of State

Appendix 8.A Kinematics of Elastic Scattering

 

9 Particle transport

9.1 Particle transport

10 Numerical Diffusion Schemes

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Split time step and ADI Methods for Solving Diffusion Problems in Orthogonal Cartesian Grid Systems

10.3 The Diffusion Matrix

Appendix 10.A Thomas algorithm -Tri-diagonal matrix equation solver

 

11 Particle path tracking

11.1 Introduction

Appendix 11.A Bunemann-Boris algorithm

Appendix 11.B Stability of the 1d electrostatic model

11.B.1 Time step limitation

11.B.2 Space step limitation

11.B.3 Stability of the 1D electro-magnetic model

 

12 Ion-electron equilibration

13 Ionisation-recombination Models

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Collisional-radiative model

13.3 Two stage model

Appendix 13.A Solution of the Collisional radiative equations

Appendix 13.B A theorem on determinants

Appendix 13.C An algorithm using the exact solution

 

Supplement M.1 Partial Differential Equations

M.1.i General Form of First-Order Partial Differential Equations

M.1.ii Linear second order partial differential equations

M.1.iii Separation of variables

M.1.iv Boundary conditions

 

Supplement M.2 Stiff Equations

 

Supplement M.3 Weak solutions

 

Supplement M.4 Operator Splitting

M.4.i Split time step

 

Supplement M.5 Statistics Primer

M.5.i Basic stochastic nomenclature and results

M.5.ii Moments

M.5.iii Covariance, Correlation and Regression

M.5.iv Elementary Statistical Results

M.5.v Variance of a Sum of Samples

M.5.vi Variance of the mean

M.5.vii Weighted averaging

 

Supplement M.6 Numerical Solution of Poisson’s Equation

M.6.i One dimension

M.6 .ii Two dimensions 223

 

Supplement M.7 Compressible Gas Potential Flow

M.7.i Compressible Gas Potential Flow

M.7.ii Perturbation Flow

M.7.iii The General Solution

 

Supplement M.8 Viscous Incompressible Flow

M.8.i Introduction

M.8.ii Marker-in-Cell

 

 

Geoffrey Pert is Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics, University of York, UK. He has continuously been involved in research in plasma physics, primarily the interaction of high-power lasers with materials, since first studying the subject as a research student in the 1960’s. Professor Pert is a Fellow of the Royal Society and has published more than 200 papers in scientific research journals. He is the author of Introductory Fluid Mechanics for Physicists and Mathematicians, Foundations of Plasma Physics for Physicists and Mathematicians, and the co-author of An Introduction to Computer Simulation.

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