A Semi-Lagrangian Adaptive-Rank (SLAR) Method for Linear Advection and Nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson System

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Main Authors: Zheng, Nanyi, Hayes, Daniel, Christlieb, Andrew, Qiu, Jing-Mei
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author Zheng, Nanyi
Hayes, Daniel
Christlieb, Andrew
Qiu, Jing-Mei
author_facet Zheng, Nanyi
Hayes, Daniel
Christlieb, Andrew
Qiu, Jing-Mei
contents High-order semi-Lagrangian methods for kinetic equations have been under rapid development in the past few decades. In this work, we propose a semi-Lagrangian adaptive rank (SLAR) integrator in the finite difference framework for linear advection and nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson systems without dimensional splitting. The proposed method leverages the semi-Lagrangian approach to allow for significantly larger time steps while also exploiting the low-rank structure of the solution. This is achieved through cross approximation of matrices, also referred to as CUR or pseudo-skeleton approximation, where representative columns and rows are selected using specific strategies. To maintain numerical stability and ensure local mass conservation, we apply singular value truncation and a mass-conservative projection following the cross approximation of the updated solution. The computational complexity of our method scales linearly with the mesh size $N$ per dimension, compared to the $\mathcal{O}(N^2)$ complexity of traditional full-rank methods per time step. The algorithm is extended to handle nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson systems using a Runge-Kutta exponential integrator. Moreover, we evolve the macroscopic conservation laws for charge densities implicitly, enabling the use of large time steps that align with the semi-Lagrangian solver. We also perform a mass-conservative correction to ensure that the adaptive rank solution preserves macroscopic charge density conservation. To validate the efficiency and effectiveness of our method, we conduct a series of benchmark tests on both linear advection and nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson systems. The propose algorithm will have the potential in overcoming the curse of dimensionality for beyond 2D high dimensional problems, which is the subject of our future work.
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spellingShingle A Semi-Lagrangian Adaptive-Rank (SLAR) Method for Linear Advection and Nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson System
Zheng, Nanyi
Hayes, Daniel
Christlieb, Andrew
Qiu, Jing-Mei
Numerical Analysis
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High-order semi-Lagrangian methods for kinetic equations have been under rapid development in the past few decades. In this work, we propose a semi-Lagrangian adaptive rank (SLAR) integrator in the finite difference framework for linear advection and nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson systems without dimensional splitting. The proposed method leverages the semi-Lagrangian approach to allow for significantly larger time steps while also exploiting the low-rank structure of the solution. This is achieved through cross approximation of matrices, also referred to as CUR or pseudo-skeleton approximation, where representative columns and rows are selected using specific strategies. To maintain numerical stability and ensure local mass conservation, we apply singular value truncation and a mass-conservative projection following the cross approximation of the updated solution. The computational complexity of our method scales linearly with the mesh size $N$ per dimension, compared to the $\mathcal{O}(N^2)$ complexity of traditional full-rank methods per time step. The algorithm is extended to handle nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson systems using a Runge-Kutta exponential integrator. Moreover, we evolve the macroscopic conservation laws for charge densities implicitly, enabling the use of large time steps that align with the semi-Lagrangian solver. We also perform a mass-conservative correction to ensure that the adaptive rank solution preserves macroscopic charge density conservation. To validate the efficiency and effectiveness of our method, we conduct a series of benchmark tests on both linear advection and nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson systems. The propose algorithm will have the potential in overcoming the curse of dimensionality for beyond 2D high dimensional problems, which is the subject of our future work.
title A Semi-Lagrangian Adaptive-Rank (SLAR) Method for Linear Advection and Nonlinear Vlasov-Poisson System
topic Numerical Analysis
65
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.17963