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astro-ph.HE2013★ 6 cited
Differences between real and particle-in-cell plasmas: effects of coarse-graining
Mickaël Melzani, Rolf Walder, Doris Folini +1
The PIC model relies on two building blocks. The first stems from the capability of computers to handle only up to particles, while real plasmas contain from t…
astro-ph.HE2013★ 55 cited
Apar-T: code, validation, and physical interpretation of particle-in-cell results
Mickaël Melzani, Christophe Winisdoerffer, Rolf Walder +4
We present the parallel particle-in-cell (PIC) code Apar-T and, more importantly, address the fundamental question of the relations between the PIC model, the Vlasov-Maxwell theory…