Comparison of Vlasov solvers for spacecraft charging simulation
Vauchelet, Nicolas ; Dudon, Jean-Paul ; Besse, Christophe ; Goudon, Thierry
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 44 (2010), p. 109-131 / Harvested from Numdam
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The modelling and the numerical resolution of the electrical charging of a spacecraft in interaction with the Earth magnetosphere is considered. It involves the Vlasov-Poisson system, endowed with non standard boundary conditions. We discuss the pros and cons of several numerical methods for solving this system, using as benchmark a simple 1D model which exhibits the main difficulties of the original models.

Publié le : 2010-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an/2009042
Classification:  82D10,  65M25,  76X05,  78A35 
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Vauchelet, Nicolas; Dudon, Jean-Paul; Besse, Christophe; Goudon, Thierry. Comparison of Vlasov solvers for spacecraft charging simulation. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 44 (2010) pp. 109-131. doi : 10.1051/m2an/2009042. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/M2AN_2010__44_1_109_0/

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