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A method of incorporating general relativity in electromagnetic particle-in-cell code

Authors :
Watson, Michael
Nishikawa, Ken-Ichi
Publication Year :
2009

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.<br />Comment: 17 pages, 8 figures

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.0904.0232
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2010.06.034