A method of incorporating general relativity in electromagnetic particle-in-cell code
arXiv:0904.0232 · doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2010.06.034
Abstract
An algorithm is presented that incorporates the tensor form of Maxwell's equations in a general relativistic electromagnetic particle-in-cell code. The code simplifies to Schwartzschild space-time for a non-spinning central mass. The particle advance routine uses a fourth-order Runge-Kutta algorithm to integrate the four-velocity form of Lorentz force. The current density is calculated using the curved space-time of the metric.
17 pages, 8 figures
Cited by in corpus (4)
- First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Physical Origin of the Asymmetric Ring
- Modeling non-thermal emission from the jet-launching region of M 87 with adaptive mesh refinement
- PIC methods in astrophysics: Simulations of relativistic jets and kinetic physics in astrophysical systems
- M87 and the Dynamics and Microphysics inside the Blazar Zone