Numerical Simulation of the Weibel Instability in One and Two Dimensions
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- 1 April 1971
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 14 (4) , 830-840
Abstract
Particle-in-cell simulation methods for doing full electromagnetic simulations of collisionless plasma phenomena are described and applied to the Weibel instability in one and two dimensions. Magnetic particle trapping and subsequent mode coalescing are seen. Magnetic field energy is seen to reach 10% of the total particle energy. The different electromagnetic simulation methods are compared.Keywords
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