TY - JOUR T1 - A Nonlinear PIC Algorithm for High Frequency Waves in Magnetized Plasmas Based on Gyrocenter Gauge Kinetic Theory AU - Jian Liu, Zhi Yu & Hong Qin JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 4 SP - 1167 EP - 1183 PY - 2014 DA - 2014/04 SN - 15 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.150313.051213s UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7133.html KW - AB -
Numerical methods based on gyrocenter gauge kinetic theory are suitable for first principle simulations of high frequency waves in magnetized plasmas. The δf gyrocenter gauge PIC simulation for linear rf wave has been previously realized. In this paper we further develop a full-f nonlinear PIC algorithm appropriate for the nonlinear physics of high frequency waves in magnetized plasmas. Numerical cases of linear rf waves are calculated as a benchmark for the nonlinear GyroGauge code, meanwhile, nonlinear rf-wave phenomena are studied. The technique and advantage of the reduction of the numerical noise in this full-f gyrocenter gauge PIC algorithm are also discussed.