Particle-in-cell
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title:
Particle-in-cell
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In plasma physics, the particle-in-cell (PIC) method refers to a technique used to solve a certain class of partial differential equations. In this method, individual particles in a Lagrangian frame are tracked in continuous phase space, whereas moments of the distribution such as densities and currents are computed simultaneously on Eulerian (stationary) mesh points. PIC methods were already in use as early as 1955,
even before the first Fortran compilers were available. The method gained popul
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Mathematical technique used to solve a certain class of partial differential equations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle-in-cell
date created:
2004-04-14T22:27:58Z
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2024-09-04T01:16:19Z
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