A structure-preserving particle discretisation for the Lenard-Bernstein collision operator

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Hauptverfasser: Jeyakumar, Sandra, Kraus, Michael, Hole, Matthew, Pfefferlé, David
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author Jeyakumar, Sandra
Kraus, Michael
Hole, Matthew
Pfefferlé, David
author_facet Jeyakumar, Sandra
Kraus, Michael
Hole, Matthew
Pfefferlé, David
contents Collisions are an important dissipation mechanism in plasmas. In one-dimensional modelling, a commonly used collision operator is the Lenard-Bernstein operator, or its modified energy- and momentum-conserving counterpart. When approximating such operators numerically, it is important to respect their structure in order to satisfy the laws of thermodynamics. It is, however, challenging to discretise such operators in a structure-preserving way when considering particle methods. In this work, we present a macro-particle discretisation of the Lenard-Bernstein collision operator that is energy and momentum preserving.
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spellingShingle A structure-preserving particle discretisation for the Lenard-Bernstein collision operator
Jeyakumar, Sandra
Kraus, Michael
Hole, Matthew
Pfefferlé, David
Plasma Physics
Computational Physics
Collisions are an important dissipation mechanism in plasmas. In one-dimensional modelling, a commonly used collision operator is the Lenard-Bernstein operator, or its modified energy- and momentum-conserving counterpart. When approximating such operators numerically, it is important to respect their structure in order to satisfy the laws of thermodynamics. It is, however, challenging to discretise such operators in a structure-preserving way when considering particle methods. In this work, we present a macro-particle discretisation of the Lenard-Bernstein collision operator that is energy and momentum preserving.
title A structure-preserving particle discretisation for the Lenard-Bernstein collision operator
topic Plasma Physics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.16894