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arxiv 2502.20680 v1 pith:LRQAZNUL submitted 2025-02-28 math.NA cs.NA

Asymptotic-preserving particle-in-cell method for the magnetized Vlasov--Poisson--Fokker--Planck equation

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In this work, we develop and rigorously analyze a new class of particle methods for the magnetized Vlasov--Poisson--Fokker--Planck system. The proposed approach addresses two fundamental challenges: (1) the curse of dimensionality, which we mitigate through particle methods while preserving the system's asymptotic properties, and (2) the temporal step size limitation imposed by the small Larmor radius in strong magnetic fields, which we overcome through semi-implicit discretization schemes. We establish the theoretical foundations of our method, proving its asymptotic-preserving characteristics and uniform convergence through rigorous mathematical analysis. These theoretical results are complemented by extensive numerical experiments that validate the method's effectiveness in long-term simulations. Our findings demonstrate that the proposed numerical framework accurately captures key physical phenomena, particularly the magnetic confinement effects on plasma behavior, while maintaining computational efficiency.

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