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Main Authors: Czekanski, Michael, Knyazev, Alexey R., Bindel, David, Paul, Elizabeth J.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07617
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author Czekanski, Michael
Knyazev, Alexey R.
Bindel, David
Paul, Elizabeth J.
author_facet Czekanski, Michael
Knyazev, Alexey R.
Bindel, David
Paul, Elizabeth J.
contents We introduce a CUDA-Accelerated Timestepper for Alpha Particles Using Local Tricubics (CATAPULT) for use in Monte Carlo calculations of alpha particle confinement in stellarators. Our GPU implementation is significantly faster than existing parallelized CPU implementations, and handles both equilibrium magnetic fields and Shear Alfven Waves. We test our implementation on several example stellarators to exhibit both the speed and correctness of our code. The source code is included in the firm3d Python package.
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spellingShingle CATAPULT: A CUDA-Accelerated Timestepper for Alpha Particles Using Local Tricubics
Czekanski, Michael
Knyazev, Alexey R.
Bindel, David
Paul, Elizabeth J.
Computational Physics
Plasma Physics
We introduce a CUDA-Accelerated Timestepper for Alpha Particles Using Local Tricubics (CATAPULT) for use in Monte Carlo calculations of alpha particle confinement in stellarators. Our GPU implementation is significantly faster than existing parallelized CPU implementations, and handles both equilibrium magnetic fields and Shear Alfven Waves. We test our implementation on several example stellarators to exhibit both the speed and correctness of our code. The source code is included in the firm3d Python package.
title CATAPULT: A CUDA-Accelerated Timestepper for Alpha Particles Using Local Tricubics
topic Computational Physics
Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07617