LI Yongdong1 LIU Chunliang1 ZHANG Dianhui2 WANG Jianguo2 1. Correction of particle-moving algorithm for particle-in-cell simulation of plasma[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2005, (4): 269-272.
LI Yongdong1 LIU Chunliang1 ZHANG Dianhui2 WANG Jianguo2 1. Correction of particle-moving algorithm for particle-in-cell simulation of plasma[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2005, (4): 269-272.DOI:
Correction of particle-moving algorithm for particle-in-cell simulation of plasma
The conventional particle-moving algorithm for particle-in-cell simulation of plasma is investigated by numerical experiments
which are conducted in three typical fashions of the charged particle motions in electromagnetic fields
that is
cyclotron
drift and spiral drift. The origins of numerical error are identified
and then eliminated by correcting the cyclotron coefficient and half-accelerating coefficient of the finite difference scheme. The corrected algorithm not only improves the accuracy but also relaxes the time step condition for the simulation. It can increase the computation efficiency
especially for large-scale plasma devices with strong magnetic fields.