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Main Authors: Wang, Jian, Zhang, Xiaodong, Ye, Lei, Xu, Xingyuan
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01314
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author Wang, Jian
Zhang, Xiaodong
Ye, Lei
Xu, Xingyuan
author_facet Wang, Jian
Zhang, Xiaodong
Ye, Lei
Xu, Xingyuan
contents An improved Boris algorithm for simulating the motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields has been developed. This enhancement addresses the issue of inaccurate fast-scale cyclotron phase calculations present in the original Boris algorithm, while preserving its advantage in simulating slow-scale guiding center motion. As a result, it strikes a balance between low and high-frequency dynamics, overcoming the limitations of traditional second-order volume-preserving algorithms (VPAs) which are constrained to a single characteristic frequency. Test particle simulations indicate that, in most cases, the improved Boris algorithm achieves significantly higher accuracy than conventional VPAs when simulating cases involving various frequencies of electric field within a typical Tokamak magnetic field, highlighting its superior efficacy in handling problems across a wide range of characteristic frequencies.
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spellingShingle An Improved Boris Algorithm for Charge Particle Orbit in Tokamak Plasmas
Wang, Jian
Zhang, Xiaodong
Ye, Lei
Xu, Xingyuan
Plasma Physics
An improved Boris algorithm for simulating the motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields has been developed. This enhancement addresses the issue of inaccurate fast-scale cyclotron phase calculations present in the original Boris algorithm, while preserving its advantage in simulating slow-scale guiding center motion. As a result, it strikes a balance between low and high-frequency dynamics, overcoming the limitations of traditional second-order volume-preserving algorithms (VPAs) which are constrained to a single characteristic frequency. Test particle simulations indicate that, in most cases, the improved Boris algorithm achieves significantly higher accuracy than conventional VPAs when simulating cases involving various frequencies of electric field within a typical Tokamak magnetic field, highlighting its superior efficacy in handling problems across a wide range of characteristic frequencies.
title An Improved Boris Algorithm for Charge Particle Orbit in Tokamak Plasmas
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.01314