Published February 1, 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Particle Trajectory Integrator in Guiding Center Phase Space

  • 1. Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (China)
  • 2. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)

Description

A trajectory integrator is developed based on a particle’s guiding center Hamiltonian. It is verified by a series of benchmarks, which are in good accordance with theoretical prediction. This integrator can be used as the guiding center trajectory integrator of a particle-in-cell simulation platform, such as the newly developed VirtEx. It can also be used as a stand-alone tool to investigate particle dynamics in a given background field. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/35/2/025201

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chinese Physics Letters
Journal Volume
35
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
0256-307X
CODEN
CPLEEU

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52038859
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BENCHMARKS; FORECASTING; HAMILTONIANS; PARTICLES; PHASE SPACE; SIMULATION; TRAJECTORIES
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE