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Main Authors: Le, Van Chien, Munger, Cedric, Andriulli, Francesco P., Cools, Kristof
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07989
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author Le, Van Chien
Munger, Cedric
Andriulli, Francesco P.
Cools, Kristof
author_facet Le, Van Chien
Munger, Cedric
Andriulli, Francesco P.
Cools, Kristof
contents This paper introduces a new boundary element formulation for transient electromagnetic scattering by homogeneous dielectric objects based on the time-domain PMCHWT equation. To address dense-mesh breakdown, a multiplicative Calderon preconditioner utilizing a modified static electric field integral operator is employed. Large-timestep breakdown and late-time instability are simultaneously resolved by rescaling the Helmholtz components leveraging the quasi-Helmholtz projectors and using temporal differentiation and integration as rescaling operators. This rescaling also balances the loop and star components at large timesteps, improving solution accuracy. The resulting discrete system is solved using a marching-on-in-time scheme and iterative solvers. Numerical experiments for simply- and multiply-connected dielectric scatterers, including highly non-smooth geometries, corroborate the accuracy, stability, and efficiency of the proposed approach.
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spellingShingle A Stable, Accurate and Well-Conditioned Time-Domain PMCHWT Formulation
Le, Van Chien
Munger, Cedric
Andriulli, Francesco P.
Cools, Kristof
Systems and Control
Numerical Analysis
This paper introduces a new boundary element formulation for transient electromagnetic scattering by homogeneous dielectric objects based on the time-domain PMCHWT equation. To address dense-mesh breakdown, a multiplicative Calderon preconditioner utilizing a modified static electric field integral operator is employed. Large-timestep breakdown and late-time instability are simultaneously resolved by rescaling the Helmholtz components leveraging the quasi-Helmholtz projectors and using temporal differentiation and integration as rescaling operators. This rescaling also balances the loop and star components at large timesteps, improving solution accuracy. The resulting discrete system is solved using a marching-on-in-time scheme and iterative solvers. Numerical experiments for simply- and multiply-connected dielectric scatterers, including highly non-smooth geometries, corroborate the accuracy, stability, and efficiency of the proposed approach.
title A Stable, Accurate and Well-Conditioned Time-Domain PMCHWT Formulation
topic Systems and Control
Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07989