CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ›› 2020, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 19-25.DOI: 10.19596/j.cnki.1001-246x.7945

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A Semi-Lagrangian Conservative Scheme for Vlasov Equation

LIU Quan1, NI Guoxi1, NIU Xiao2, HU Jun1   

  1. 1. Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China;
    2. The Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100088, China
  • Received:2018-08-17 Revised:2018-10-27 Online:2020-01-25 Published:2020-01-25

Abstract: We give a semi-Lagrangian scheme for Vlasov-Poisson equation using third order upwind interpolation polynomial with limiter. The scheme is conservative and keeps solution positive. We use the scheme to compute typical examples that include Landau damping, two stream instability and symmetric two stream instability. These simulations are compared with other numerical results. In conclusion, the conservative scheme works well in solving Vlasov-Poisson equation.

Key words: Vlasov-Poisson equation, semi-Lagrangian, interpolation, conservative scheme

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