This work describes the Plasma Simulation Code (psc), an explicit, electromagnetic particle-
in-cell code with support for different order particle shape functions. We review the basic …

Continuum Vlasov simulations can be utilized for highly accurate modelling of fully kinetic
plasmas. Great progress has been made recently regarding the applicability of the method …

This article presents an optimized and scalable semi-Lagrangian solver for the Vlasov–
Poisson system in six-dimensional phase space. Grid-based solvers of the Vlasov equation …

An accurate treatment of the relativistic Vlasov–Maxwell system is of fundamental
importance to a broad range of plasma physics topics, including laser–plasma interaction …

A detailed procedure of full-electromagnetic Vlasov simulation technique is presented. Our
new unsplitting conservative scheme exactly satisfies the continuity equation for charge. The …

A fully kinetic Vlasov simulation of the Geospace Environment Modeling Magnetic
Reconnection Challenge is presented. Good agreement is found with previous kinetic …

In this paper, a conservative semi-Lagrangian (CSL) kinetic scheme coupled with an implicit
finite element method (IFEM) is developed for multidimensional electromagnetic plasma …

We present a way to combine Vlasov and two-fluid codes for the simulation of a collisionless
plasma in large domains while keeping full information on the velocity distribution in …

Recent advancement in numerical techniques for Vlasov simulations and their application to
cross-scale coupling in the plasma universe are discussed. Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) …

Recent efforts to include kinetic effects in fluid simulations of plasmas have been very
promising. Concerning collisionless magnetic reconnection, it has been found before that …